MI vs RCB: After Kohli-Salt, captain Rajat Patidar created panic in Wankhede, Bengaluru gave the target of 241 runs to Mumbai.

MI vs RCB: The 20th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which Royal Challengers Bangalore, who came to bat first, scored 241 runs for 4 wickets. Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and captain Rajat Patidar scored brilliant half-centuries for RCB.

RCB batted brilliantly in the first 10 overs.

In this match against Mumbai Indians, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli started the innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both the openers of RCB batted brilliantly and scored 71 runs without losing any wicket in the powerplay itself, then in 10 overs, Virat Kohli and Phil Salt thrashed the Mumbai Indians bowlers and made a partnership of 115 runs.

Phil Salt played a stormy inning of 78 runs.

After this Shardul Thakur gave the first success to Mumbai Indians. Shardul showed Phil Salt the way to the pavilion. Phil Salt was out after playing an innings of 78 runs in 36 balls. During this, 6 fours and 6 sixes came from his bat.

Virat Kohli scored a half century

After this, as soon as he came on the field, RCB captain Rajat Patidar started hitting sixes and fours. On the other end, today Virat Kohli played slowly. However, he was out after scoring a half-century. Hardik Pandya sent Kohli to the pavilion. Virat Kohli scored 50 runs in 38 balls. During this, 5 fours and one six came from his bat.

A Virat Kohli fifty at Wankhede. Classic. 🫡👑

Held the fort like a true King. Well played, 🐐!#PlayBold#নমমRCB#IPL2026#MIvRCBpic.twitter.com/GJoMM1BX9Y

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 12, 2026

Rajat Patidar hit a stormy fifty

After this, RCB captain Rajat Patidar was out after playing a stormy innings. Mitchell Santner has sent him to the pavilion. Patidar played an explosive inning of 53 runs in just 20 balls. During this, 4 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat. After this, Tim David played an unbeaten inning of 34 runs in just 16 balls, taking RCB’s score to 240. Jitesh Sharma contributed 10 runs.

Rajat Patidar, BENKIIIIII BATTING! ❤️🔥🔥

His fastest half-century in the IPL, came up in just 1️⃣7️⃣ deliveries! Well played, Skip! 😮‍💨🔥 pic.twitter.com/4m1stxb7vd

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 12, 2026

Brute force & pure ball striking 🔥

🎥 Tim David with the perfect finish as #rcb put 2️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ on the board 👊

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/q1MGJfD2d8#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #MIvRCB | @rcbtweetspic.twitter.com/e2ek6dykNd

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 12, 2026

Playing 11 of Mumbai and Bengaluru

Playing 11 of Royal Challengers Bangalore: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Suyyash Sharma.

Impact Players of RCB – Rasikh Salam Dar, Venkatesh Iyer, Jacob Bethel, Swapnil Singh, Mangesh Yadav.

Playing 11 of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah.

MI’s Impact Players – Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Raj Bawa.

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