The Royal Challengers Bengaluru were looking to start afresh after resting their top players who had underperformed but their IPL 2024 campaign went from bad to worse. The Sunrisers Hyderabad beat RCB by 25 runs in a run-fest to make it a hat-trick of wins.
Batting first, SRH ran riot at the Chinnaswamy and smashed 287/3, the highest score in the history of the IPL.
Chasing which, RCB raced to 79/0 in the powerplay overs. Virat Kohli smashed a fiery 42 and Faf du Plessis scored a 28-ball-62 before they had a mini-collapse and lost half their side with 122 runs on the board.
Dinesh Karthik tried to do the unthinkable with a super knock of 83 off just 35 balls but the mountain proved too big for the hosts to summit.
549 aggregate runs were scored in the match, the most in a T20 match ever but when the dust settled, it was SRH which survived an onslaught. RCB managed 262/7 and lost their 5th consecutive game.