Overview
- RCB, which opened the season Saturday in Bengaluru, chased 202 in 15.4 overs to beat SRH by six wickets.
- Virat Kohli finished on 69 not out, Devdutt Padikkal smashed 61 off 26 balls, Jacob Duffy took 3 for 22, and Ishan Kishan top-scored for SRH with 80.
- Before play, the teams observed a minute’s silence, wore black armbands, and left 11 seats empty to honor fans who died in last year’s stampede.
- SRH played under stand-in captain Ishan Kishan as Pat Cummins sat out with a back injury but is expected to return later in the tournament.
- RCB’s early pace plans remain in flux with Josh Hazlewood unavailable and Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Thushara lacking an NOC under a new compulsory fitness test.