SRH vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad beats Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 55 runs but fails to secure Top 2 finish

May 23, 2026 00:01

SRH vs RCB IPL 2026 -- Match Report

SRH vs RCB, IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad wins big but misses out on top-two finish

Sunrisers posted 255 after winning the toss and needed to restrict the defending champion below 166 to secure a top-two finish. However, Patidar and Krunal recalibrated after early wickets to safeguard RCB’s spot in Qualifier 1.

May 23, 2026 00:00

Qualifier 1 teams confirmed!

IPL 2026 — RCB to face GT in Qualifier 1 in Dharamshala

The first qualifier will be played on Wednesday, May 26 and its winner will directly qualify for the final on May 31 in Ahmedabad.

May 22, 2026 23:26

6

RCB 200/4 in 20 overs

Sakib to bowl the final over of the match. David nudges the first ball through fine leg, where a misfield inside the ring gets him two runs.

SIX! A flat-batted shot on the third to clear long on. FOUR now! Chips this length ball over mid off for another boundary.

Krunal with a couple through the on-side with a clip.

Sunrisers Hyderabad wins by 55 runs

May 22, 2026 23:25

W

RCB 185/4 in 19 overs

Travis Head to bowl the penultimate over. He gets the wicket of Patidar.

A length ball and Patidar tries to rock back and pull this over deep square leg, ends up getting caught just inside the fence.

Rajat Patidar c Smaran b Head 56(39)

Tim David is the new batter in.

Krunal with a sweep for FOUR on the fourth ball. Just eight runs off the over.

May 22, 2026 23:22

6

RCB 177/3 in 18 overs

Patidar completes his fifty in this over. He gets there in 37 balls. Also ends the over with a pick up off his pads over midwicket for SIX.

May 22, 2026 23:17

RCB 168/3 in 17 overs

RCB is secured of a spot in the first Qualifier.

It fittingly comes from the blade of captain Patidar, who upper cuts a bouncer to pick FOUR off Cummins.

Eight runs from this over, Cummins ends with 0-48.

May 22, 2026 23:10

4

RCB 160/3 in 16 overs

Eshan Malinga to finish up his quota. A slower bouncer to start off, beats Patidar.

Patidar drives the second ball on the full, gets two runs through point.

Two FOURS in this over. The first is off a top edge, Patidar pulls at this length ball and ends up skying it. Sakib runs back from short fine leg to attempt the catch but puts it down.

The next one is hammered through extra covers. No chance for the deep covers fielder.

May 22, 2026 23:06

4

RCB 149/3 in 15 overs

Nitish Reddy to bowl the next over. He starts with a loosener down leg to Patidar, who hooks this over short fine leg for FOUR.

10 runs from this over. RCB looks resigned to the defeat here. The only incentive for it now is to clear 166 and secure the top two.

May 22, 2026 23:00

4

RCB 139/3 in 14 overs

Harshal Patel bowling to Krunal. FOUR! A lap shot, shuffles to his off side and picks this delivery over the vacant short fine region. Krunal pulls the second delivery, does not get it to the fence but gets two runs.

Harshal fires back with a yorker, Krunal digs it out to the on side for a single.

FOUR for Patidar! A full toss outside off stump, drives it and a misifeld from the point fielder allows him a boundary. A single to deep midwicket on the final delivery.

May 22, 2026 22:55

4

RCB 127/3 in 13 overs

Sakib comes back for his third over. He bowls down the leg to Krunal who swivels and pulls this through fine leg for FOUR.

But a clean over overall, just six runs from this one in which he bowls multiple slower balls.

May 22, 2026 22:51

4

RCB 121/3 in 12 overs

Shivang back for his second over.

Patidar misses a sweep on the first ball and is struck on the pad. SRH takes a review but finds the ball missing the off stump.

Krunal also plays a sweep but but misses out on a delivery going down leg, gets two runs. He swats the fifth delivery through extra covers for FOUR.

May 22, 2026 22:39

4

RCB 112/3 in 11 overs

Cummins in again.

FOUR! Krunal picks a boundary with drill through mid off, there’s no fielder in the region.

There’s a no ball in the over for only three fielders standing inside the ring. Only a single off the FREE HIT though.

12 runs from this over.

May 22, 2026 22:33

RCB Live Score: 100/3 in 10 overs

Harshal with his second. Slower bouncer, Patidar pulls it to cow corner for a single. Bouncer again from Harshal, Krunal pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single.

Juicy full toss from Harshal, Patidar knocks it to deep mid wicket for a single. Krunal pulls the short ball to deep mid wicket for a single. 15 deliveries since the last boundary, asking rate has crossed 15, RCB need to get a move on here.

Ooooh Krunal drives it straight, Harshal gets his hands on that and it just misses the stumps at the non strikers end, single.

May 22, 2026 22:26

RCB Live Score: 94/3 in 9 overs

Eshan Malinga with his third. Patidar nudges it to deep third for a single. Padikkal slogs the length delivery to long on for a single.

Oooooh short ball catches Patidar off guard, keeper appeals for the nick but no reaction from the umpire. Slow bouncer from Malinga, Patidar guides it to deep third for a single. Padikkal flicks the slot ball in the air straight into the hands of the fielder at deep mid wicket! Padikkal is gone! RCB in a spot of bother!

Devdutt Padikkal c Abhishek Sharma b Eshan Malinga 21(14) [4s-2 6s-1]

Krunal Pandya is the new batter for RCB. Pacy bouncer from Malinga, Krunal tries the ramp but does not connect, Malinga is confident there’s a nick and Pat Cummins takes the review.

Clear gap between bat and ball, not sure what Malinga heard there but its definitely not out. Ultra edge confirms the same, decision stays.

May 22, 2026 22:21

RCB Live Score: 91/2 in 8 overs

Hussain with his second, pace off delivery, Padikkal goes inside out over covers for FOUR! That’s more like it from RCB!

Another slower delivery, Padikkal defends, dot ball. Oooooh Husssain is mixing things up nicely here, bowls a pacy bouncer and Padikkal leaves it alone, dot ball.

Juicy full toss and Padikkal drills it to long off for a single. Patidar taps it on the off side for a single. Swing and a miss from Padikkal, dot ball to finish. Top top over from Hussain.

May 22, 2026 22:16

RCB Live Score: 85/2 in 7 overs

Harshal Patel is into the attack. Starts with a wide half volley, Patidar creams the cover drive for FOUR! Pace off from Harshal, Patidar taps it on the leg side for a single.

Wide length delivery from Harshal, Padikkal guides it to point for a single. Slow bouncer from Harshal, Patidar pulls it in the gap between deep square leg and deep mid wicket for two runs.

Off cutter from Harshal, Patidar knocks it to deep third for a single. Pace off, Padikkal plays it with soft hands to short third, single. Excellent over from Harshal in the context of the game, just one boundary conceded.

May 22, 2026 22:09

RCB Live Score: 75/2 in 6 overs

Sakib Hussain to close out the PowerPlay. Starts with a slower delivery, Padikkal takes a single on the off side. Oooooh, pace off delivery hits Kohli’s inside edge, single.

Hussain pitches it up, Padikkal flicks it to mid on for a single. Wide half volley from Hussain, Kohli drives handsomely but he finds the fielder at covers, dot ball.

And Kohli is gone! Lofts the cover drive this time and picks out the man at covers!

Virat Kohli c Smaran Ravichandran b Sakib Hussain 15(11) [4s-2]

Rajat Patidar is the new batter for RCB. Pace off and Patidar takes a single down the ground.

May 22, 2026 21:46

RCB Live Score: 34/0 in 3 overs

Cummins with his second, Kohli gets it fine, Nitish Reddy tries his best to stop it from deep backward square leg but its FOUR!

Kohli uses his bottom hand to flick it past mid wicket for FOUR! Pace off wide down leg side from Cummins. Leg stump half volley from Cummins, Kohli chips it to deep mid wicket for a single.

Pace off slot delivery, Venkatesh drills it over mid off with one hand for FOUR! Ooooo wide outside off, umpire thinks its inside the wide line but RCB take the review.

This is taking a while, we wait for the third umpire to have a look. Decision stays, fair delivery.

Full toss angled at the pads, Venkatesh fails to put it away, one leg bye to finish.

May 22, 2026 21:41

RCB Live Score: 19/0 in 2 overs

Eshan Malinga to bowl the second. Starts with a slower one, Kohli slogs it to deep fine for a single. Venkatesh punches to covers, dot ball.

Wide outside off from Malinga, wide called. Ooooh fiery bouncer from Malinga, Venkatesh leaves it alone, dot ball.

Ooooh, pace off delivery keeps low, swing and a miss from Venkatesh. Venkatesh pulls the bouncer over mid wicket for FOUR! A good over from the Sri Lankan regardless, just five runs off the over.

May 22, 2026 21:35

RCB Live Score: 14/0 in 1 over

Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer walk out to begin the chase for RCB. Will take something magical for the defending champions to overhaul this mammoth target.

Harshal Patel is the impact sub, Salil Arora is subbed out. Pat Cummins takes the new ball for SRH. Here we go, Venkatesh charges first ball and slices the length ball in the air, ball falls safe over covers for two runs.

Cummins nails the tight line, Venkatesh punches it to mid off for a quick single. Kohli defends first ball, dot ball. Kohli pulls the bouncer to deep square leg for a single.

Venkatesh moves across and scoops the length ball for FOUR! Venkatesh slices the wide half volley over short third for SIX!

May 22, 2026 21:28

Royal Challengers Bengaluru needs 256 runs to win

It is once again the top-order that does the heavy lifting for the Sunrisers. Abhishek Sharma hit a 20-ball fifty before Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen consolidated with a 113-run partnership. Nitish Reddy came in with a fiery cameo at the death to lead SRH to a towering first-innings total.

Now, to get into the top two, SRH needs to restrict RCB to 166 or fewer. That would also cause RCB to fall out of the topn two.

May 22, 2026 21:18

W

SRH 255/4 in 20 overs

Rasikh to bowl the last over.

FOUR for Nitish, gets the third delivery angling into his pads, picks it over fine leg. Back-to-back wides down leg to follow.

Kishan is OUT on the final delivery. A low full toss, looks to heave this down the ground but gets it off the toe end. The long off fielder runs in to snaffle this.

Ishan Kishan c Padikkal b Rasikh 79(46)

May 22, 2026 21:14

SRH 246/3 in 19 overs

Bhuvneshwar for his final over. A fine over from him, just eight off it and only one boundary. He nails the yorker on multiple balls.

The only boundary goes to Kishan who guides a full toss on his pads to fine leg.

May 22, 2026 21:02

W

SRH 225/3 in 17 overs

Krunal to bowl his second over. A bouncer to Kishan, misses the line and sends it outside off, lofted to deep covers for one.

WICKET! The Klaasen storm is over! A quicker one from Krunal, Klaasen pulls this but cannot gets it past deep midwicket.

Heinrich Klaasen c Venkatesh b Pandya 51 (24)

Nitish Reddy begins his stay with a SIX over deep midwicket. A wide outside off to follow. SIX more! Too full and Nitish whacks this into the sight screen.

A bouncer to catch Nitish by surprise, he leaves it expecting it to be a wide, not given by the leg umpire.

A mishit on the final delivery, goes high but deep midwicket cannot get under it in time.

May 22, 2026 20:58

50

SRH 209/2 in 16 overs

Rasikh Dar now. RCB desperate for a wicket now. SIX! Kishan smokes the first delivery over deep midwicket. Cannot be bowling length balls at this stage.

FOUR! Kishan gets a stride forward and sweeps this past backward square leg. A wide outside off, another run for SRH. FOUR more! Once again drags this from outside off and sweeps this through square leg.

Rasikh finally gets a delivery right, rises onto Kishan awkwardly, who can get it only down to long off for one.

A slower bouncer to Klaasen, who swats this through the on side, just two off it. Fifty for Klaasen in 23 balls with another couple through the on side.

May 22, 2026 20:50

50

SRH 189/2 in 15 overs

Bhuvneshwar Kumar back for his third over. Can he get RCB a wicket?

FOUR! Kishan short-arm jabs the first delivery and gets a boundary. A wide outside off on the next. He’ll have to bowl that again.

A single to deep midwicket on the next, that gets Kishan to his 31-ball fifty. Klaasen tries to loft the fourth ball over covers, gets this too high but extra covers cannot track back to get under it.

A FOUR and a SIX to conclude the over. SRH has picked 18 runs off RCB’s strike bowler.

May 22, 2026 20:44

6

SRH 171/2 in 14 overs

Suyash Sharma back now. SIX! Klaasen is getting going here. Reads the wrong one, back-of-a-length and Klaasen backs away and smacks this over extra covers.

The second ball holds up a fraction, outside off, Klaasen delays his cut but does not time it, fielded by point. A wide down leg on the next ball.

Klaasen gets a single on the third to deep midwicket. SIX for Kishan now! A brilliant slog sweep, picks the length early and gives it a good whack.

Kishan shuffles across to the off side, tries to hit it through the on side, misses the length, ends up hitting off the toe end, stopped by square leg. One run to long off to end the over. 15 runs from the over.

May 22, 2026 20:28

SRH 129/2 in 12 overs

Shepherd to Kishan, overpitches this, but Kishan does not get his loft off the middle of his blade, just one run as long on cuts this off.

Klaasen looks to lap this second delivery through fine leg but Shepherd takes the pace off by rolling his fingers over the ball, dot. A single on the third ball to deep midwicket.

A low full toss to Kishan, again hits it straight back but does not time it well enough, just one run.

Shepherd bowls a slower bouncer, bowls this into the surface, Klaasen pulls this but does not quite get enough power behind it, another single taken.

A tidy over, just five runs off it. Kishan takes a huge stride outside off, tries to whip it behind square from outside off, can only collect a single to deep square leg.

May 22, 2026 20:25

6

SRH 124/2 in 11 overs

Krunal Pandya into the attack now.

Klaasen punches to long off a single. Kishan attempts a cut on the second, not enough room, misses.

SIX! In the slot, Kishan clears his front leg and clobbers this through midwicket. Slaps the fourth to long off for another single.

Klaasen shuffles across to heave this length ball through the on side, misses the execution. On the final ball, Klaasen makes room and shuffles to his leg side to hit, but Krunal follows him and cramps for room, hit back at the bowler.

Just eight runs off the over.

May 22, 2026 20:18

SRH Live Score: 116/2 in 10 overs

Shepherd with his second. Kishan cuts it to deep square leg for two runs, good running. Kishan smashes the short ball past covers for two more.

Slower bouncer from Shepherd, wide is given. Wide half volley and Kishan creams the drive but an excellent effort from Venkatesh Iyer from deep covers to keep it down to two runs.

Pace off from Shepherd and Kishan cuts it past short backward point for FOUR! Middle stump slot ball from Shepherd, Kishan knocks it to long on for a single.

Shepherd nails the leg stump yorker, Klaasen takes a single on the leg side. Another expensive over from the West Indian, 13 off that.

May 22, 2026 20:14

SRH Live Score: 103/2 in 9 overs

Suyash with his second, Kishan takes a single, gives the strike to the rampant Abhishek. Googly hits the toe end of Abhishek’s bat and its up in the air and Jordan Cox completes the catch at long off! Makes up for his earlier mistake! Huge wicket for RCB!

Abhishek Sharma c (sub)Jordan Cox b Suyash Sharma 56(22) [4s-4 6s-5]

Heinrich Klaasen is the new batter for SRH. Hits it to mid wicket first up, dot ball. Suyash slides it onto Klaasen’s pads, the South African pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single.

Short from Suyash and Kishan dispatches it to cow corner for FOUR! Googly from Suyash, Kishan knocks it to cow corner for a single.

May 22, 2026 20:08

SRH Live Score: 96/1 in 8 overs

Romario Shepherd is into the attack. Abhishek lofts it straight down the ground and it goes through the hands of Padikkal for SIX! Short and wide from Shepherd, Abhishek slaps it to long off for a single.

Pace off from Shepherd, swing and a miss from Kishan. Too wide outside off from Shepherd, he’ll have to bowl that again. Kishan cuts it to deep square leg for a single.

Pitched up onto the pads and Abhishek picks it up for SIX! And that’s 50 for the southpaw! He’s looking in prime touch tonight!

Abhishek slices it justtt past the diving Josh Hazlewood at short third for FOUR!

May 22, 2026 20:03

SRH Live Score: 77/1 in 7 overs

Suyash Sharma is into the attack. Oooooh nicely bowled, flights the googly, takes Kishan’s outside edge, dot ball. Kishan opens the phase of the bat and carves it to deep covers for a single.

Abhishek swings it over the fence for SIX! Abhishek goes again, Jordan Cox at long off completes the catch but lands his feet on the boundary cushions! Its SIX!

Googly from Suyash, Abhishek knocks it to cow corner for a single. Kishan charges but Suyash pitches it up, Kishan can’t get it away, dot ball.

May 22, 2026 19:55

SRH Live Score: 63/1 in 6 overs

Rasikh to close out the PowerPlay. Nails the tight line, Kishan defends, dot ball. Rasikh hits the tight line again, Kishan inside edges it behind square for a single.

Pace off slot delivery, Abhishek skies it in the air, falls safely and its FOUR! Ooooh, bouncer and Abhishek creams it straight to the fielder at deep square leg and its dropped by Venkatesh Iyer! Difficult chance!

Kishan joins the party, flicks it off his pads past deep square leg for FOUR! Short from Rasikh, Kishan plays the pull early, goes to the leg side for a single.

May 22, 2026 19:50

SRH Live Score: 52/1 in 5 overs

Hazlewood with his second. Ishan Kishan is the new batter for SRH. Pace off from Hazlewood, Abhishek guides it to short third, dot ball.

Abhishek charges and cuts the leg stump short delivery to short backward point for a single. Kishan gets off the mark with a single on the off side.

Wide full toss from Hazlewood, Abhishek fails to connect. SRH mull taking the wide review but decides against it. Slower bouncer from Hazlewood and this time its wide.

Well directed bouncer from Hazlewood, Abhishek pulls it on the leg side for two runs, misfield and its three. Kishan carves the short ball square but Kohli cuts it down to a single.

May 22, 2026 19:46

SRH Live Score: 45/1 in 4 overs

Rasikh Dar is into the attack. Around the wicket, starts with a short delivery down leg, Head hooks it over short fine for FOUR! Head makes room and drills the length delivery through covers for FOUR MORE! SRH OFF TO A FLYING START!

Pace off delivery, Head tries to go again but hits it straight to extra covers, dot ball. Slow, dipping full toss, Head waits for it and threads it through covers for FOUR!

Half volley from Rasikh, Head hits it straight to mid off, dot ball. Oh gone! Off stump yorker goes through Head’s shot, rattles the stumps! Rasikh gets the last laugh!

Travis Head b Rasikh Salam Dar 26(16) [4s-5]

May 22, 2026 19:41

SRH Live Score: 33/0 in 3 overs

Bhuvi with his second, Abhishek clips it off his pads just past deep backward square leg for FOUR! Abhishek goes again, flicks it over mid wicket for FOUR MORE!

Abhishek charges but Bhuvi pre empts the shot, hits the leg stump line and its only a single. Pace off from Bhuvi, hits the inside half of Head’s bat for a single on the leg side.

Abhishek tries to create room but Bhuvi cramps him for room again with that leg stump line, single.

Hits Head’s pads and good diving stop from the keeper to keep it down to one.

May 22, 2026 19:28

SRH Live Score: 13/0 in 1 over

Head and Abhishek walk out to the middle to kickstart things with the bat for SRH. Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes the new ball for RCB.

Abhishek on strike, first slip in place, first ball, shapes it away first up, Abhishek guides it to point, dot ball. Wide down leg side, keeper does not collect it cleanly, allows the single for SRH, first runs on the board.

Width on offer and Head cuts it square for FOUR! Ooooh, Bhuvi nails the tight line, dot ball. Early signs show there is plenty of swing on offer for the fast bowlers.

Head guides it off his pads to deep backward square leg for a single. Outswinging delivery and Abhishek goes straight down the ground for SIX! What a shot!

Nails the middle stump yorker to finish, dot ball. 13 off the first over

May 22, 2026 19:17

First innings to begin soon

SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bat first. With a place in the top two at stake, SRH will need all its batters to fire on all cylinders to post a big total, as it needs to win by a margin of 83 runs to seal a place in Qualifier 1.

RCB bowlers, led by the ever reliable Bhuvneshwar Kumar who wont make run scoring easy, stand in their way.

Who comes out on top in this clash between the table toppers? Stay tuned to find out, first innings to begin shortly.

May 22, 2026 19:08

Lineups

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain.

May 22, 2026 19:00

Toss - SRH

Pat Cummins wins the toss and opts to bat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

May 22, 2026 18:37

SRH probable playing XII

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge

May 22, 2026 18:36

RCB probable playing XII

Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Salam Dar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood

May 22, 2026 18:25

What happened the last time SRH and RCB faced off?

The two sides met in the season opener. Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to field and sent back Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head inside just 23 runs. But Ishan Kishan impressed with a 80-run knock and took the Sunrisers to 201 for nine. In response, RCB had little trouble in chasing the score. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal struck half centuries to get RCB over the line in the 16th over.

May 22, 2026 18:21

No word on Phil Salt's availability yet

English opener Phil Salt, who has missed a major part of the tournament due to a left hand finger injury, has still not rejoined the team and will not be available for RCB’s game against SRH.

The management will hope the Englishman can return in time for Qualifier 1, RCB’s most likely destination as things stand.

May 22, 2026 18:14

SRH full squad

Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Travis Head, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, RS Ambrish, Amit Kumar

May 22, 2026 18:14

RCB full squad

Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Venkatesh Iyer, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jordan Cox, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Philip Salt, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Mangesh Yadav, Satvik Deswal, Richard Gleeson, Jacob Duffy

May 22, 2026 18:00

Head-to-head record

SRH holds a slender edge in the head-to-head record between the two teams. In 26 meetings, SRH has won 14 times while RCB has won 12 times.

May 22, 2026 17:51

Patidar set to return as captain

RCB captain Rajat Patidar, who missed the last game against Punjab Kings due to a concussion, is set to return to action against SRH tonight.

Jitesh, who deputised in Patidar’s place in the last game, had indicated Patidar would be back tonight, and RCB director of cricket Mo Bobat confirmed the same on the eve of the match.

Patidar had a long spell in the nets on the eve of the match highlighting that he is match fit for the team’s last league game.

May 22, 2026 17:43

Is RCB guaranteed a Top 2 finish?

The defending champion has one foot in the first Qualifier. It has nine wins from 13 games and an impressive NRR of 1.065. Even in case of a defeat today, its NRR is unlikely to drop below Gujarat Titans’ which is currently at 0.695.

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