Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar went hammer and tongs from the outset in the IPL 2026 clash against the Mumbai Indians on April 12, Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium. Although the right-handed batter was on track to achieve the quickest fifty in the history of the tournament, he brought up RCB’s second-fastest fifty, getting to the milestone only in 17 deliveries to put the Mumbai Indians under the pump.
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Patidar, who walked out after Phil Salt’s explosive after his 78 that comprised six fours and as many sixes, was 33 off 8 at one point, offering no respite to the home side despite the Englishman walking out. But a few good deliveries on the trot meant that Patidar could not surpass or equal Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 13-ball half-century. However, the veteran equalled Chris Gayle’s record of 17 deliveries for the Royal Challengers. Meanwhile, the record for the fastest fifty by an RCB batter belongs to Romario Shepherd as the West Indian blasted one off only 14 deliveries against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2025.
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Meanwhile, Patidar hammered 53 off 20 deliveries before being dismissed by Mitchell Santner as the New Zealand captain came on for his final over. Patidar shared a 23-ball 65-run stand with Virat Kohli, who laboured to 50 off 38 deliveries. At the time of writing this, the defending champions had Tim David and Jitesh Sharma at the middle as they try to chalk out as many runs as possible on what appears to be an excellent batting track.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru started their IPL 2026 campaign walking over the SunRisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in one home and away game each. However, it needed Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s whirlwind 78 to take down the defending champions in Guwahati despite Rajat Patidar’s rescue act of 63. As for the Mumbai Indians, they began by dismantling the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a home game. But they lost the away fixtures to the Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals to sustain two defeats on the bounce.
