Rajat Patidar storms Wankhede, hits fifty in 17 balls, destroys MI, equals Chris Gayle

Rajat Patidar Half Century vs Mumbai Indians: In the 20th match of IPL 2026, a high scoring match was seen between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai won the toss and chose to bowl first, but RCB batsmen adopted an aggressive approach from the beginning. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli gave a strong base to the team by making a brilliant partnership of 120 runs for the first wicket.

Rajat Patidar’s stormy half-century

Captain Rajat Patidar, who came to bat at number 3, started scoring runs in a stormy manner. He made a big record in his name by scoring a half-century in just 17 balls. With this, Patidar has reached joint second position with Chris Gayle in terms of scoring the fastest half-century for RCB in IPL.

Fastest half century for RCB in IPL

• 14 balls – Romario Shepherd vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2025
• 17 balls – Chris Gayle vs PWI, Bengaluru, 2013
• 17 balls – Rajat Patidar vs MI, Wankhede, 2026*
• 18 balls – Faf du Plessis vs GT, Bengaluru, 2024
• 19 balls – Robin Uthappa vs KXIP, Bengaluru, 2010

Rain of sixes in Mayank Markande’s over.

Rajat Patidar changed the course of the match in one over of Mayank Markande. Patidar, who came on strike after Virat Kohli took a single, hit a long six on the first ball. After this, he hit a six on the second consecutive ball. For the third time, he played reverse sweep and sent the ball across the boundary. In this way, Patidar put pressure on the Mumbai bowlers by hitting a hat-trick of sixes in a single over.

Also read: RCB made a mountain-like score, Mumbai Indians will have to score 241 runs in 20 overs to win.

RCB scored a huge score

Batting first, RCB scored 240 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. The team’s top order played an important role in this score. Phil Salt scored 78 runs in 36 balls, while Virat Kohli scored 50 runs in 38 balls. Rajat Patidar put the team in a strong position by scoring 53 runs in 20 balls. On the basis of brilliant innings of these three batsmen, RCB set a big target of 241 runs for Mumbai Indians.