After a mini collapse, Devdutt Padikkal is anchoring the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) innings in the IPL 2026 game against the Gujarat Titans on April 30 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar lost their wickets early as the side suffered a mini collapse.
After being invited to bat first, Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli opened the innings while Mohammed Siraj opened the bowling attack.
The duo made a decent start, scoring 34 runs for the first wicket. Siraj bagged the wicket of Bethell for 5 runs, where Rashid Khan picked the catch at mid-wicket.
Rabada picked the wicket of Virat Kohli for 28 runs. He got dismissed on a short and quick delivery where the batter played across the line, but top edge made Rashid Khan picked the wicket at mid-wicket.
However, Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar stitched a decent partnership as the side posted 59 runs in the powerplay.
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The third wicket came where Rajat Patidar got dismissed for 19 runs by Arshad Khan. He got dismissed on a short ball where he played for pull but got top edged and went back deep backward square leg.
Jason Holder picked the catch which was a close call as the ball seem appeared to touched the ground. However, umpires gave out as RCB lost three wickets for 79 runs.
Jitesh Sharma who came to bat got dismissed by a catch behind the wicket. He got dismissed for 1 on a outside off delivery where the ball got outside edge and Jos Buttle picked the catch.
Tim David who came to bat at No. 6 got dismissed by Rashid Khan for 9 runs. He got dismissed on a catch by Jason Holder at mid wicket. RCB was in deep trouble as the lost 5 wickets for 91 runs.
With Devdutt Padikkal on the other side, Krunal Pandya came to bat at No. 7. However, he got dismissed by Arshad Khan.
Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood
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