Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 23 runs
Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl
Player of the Match Venkatesh Iyer
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru finished Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 23 runs. The match is part of the Indian Premier League - 61st Match. It was played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Date: Sunday, 17 May 2026. Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings 222/4 (20 ov). Top scorer: Venkatesh Iyer 73 (40). Best bowling: Harpreet Brar 2/35.
Punjab Kings Innings 199/8 (20 ov). Top scorer: Shashank Singh 56 (27). Best bowling: Rasikh Salam Dar 3/36.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bethell(LHB) | b Brar | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 157 |
| Virat Kohli(RHB) | c Arya b Chahal | 58 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 157 |
| Devdutt Padikkal(LHB) | c Iyer b Brar | 45 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 180 |
| Venkatesh Iyer(LHB) | not out | 73 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 183 |
| Tim David(RHB) | c Brar b Singh | 28 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 233 |
| Extras | (b 1, w 5, nb 1) | 7 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 222 | ||||
1-21 (Jacob Bethell, 2.2 ov), 2-97 (Devdutt Padikkal, 9.1 ov), 3-157 (Virat Kohli, 14.6 ov), 4-222 (Tim David, 19.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Harpreet Brar | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 14.33 | 2 | 0 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Shashank Singh | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priyansh Arya(LHB) | c Shepherd b Kumar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prabhsimran Singh(RHB) | c Padikkal b Kumar | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Cooper Connolly(LHB) | c Bethell b Shepherd | 37 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 168 |
| Shreyas Iyer(RHB) | c Sharma b Dar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Suryansh Shedge(RHB) | c Kohli b Sharma | 35 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 159 |
| Marcus Stoinis(RHB) | lbw b Hazlewood | 37 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 148 |
| Shashank Singh(RHB) | c Kohli b Dar | 56 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 207 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai(RHB) | c David b Dar | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 140 |
| Harpreet Brar(LHB) | not out | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 167 |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 8) | 12 | ||||
| Total | (20 ov) | 199 | ||||
1-1 (Priyansh Arya, 0.3 ov), 2-18 (Prabhsimran Singh, 2.5 ov), 3-19 (Shreyas Iyer, 3.2 ov), 4-62 (Cooper Connolly, 7.3 ov), 5-93 (Suryansh Shedge, 10.5 ov), 6-160 (Marcus Stoinis, 16.1 ov), 7-194 (Shashank Singh, 19.2 ov), 8-199 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 19.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Rasikh Salam Dar | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Suyash Sharma(LB) | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Romario Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Krunal Pandya | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
