NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings secured a five-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a rain-curtailed Indian Premier League encounter on Friday. The match, delayed due to evening showers, was reduced to 14 overs per side.
Batting first, Tim David played a counter-attacking knock of 50 off 26 balls, guiding RCB to 95 for nine. Josh Hazlewood starred with the ball for RCB, returning impressive figures of 3/14, but his effort couldn’t prevent PBKS from cruising to the target in just 12.1 overs. Nehal Wadhera top-scored for Punjab with a brisk 33 off 19 deliveries.
Despite the loss, RCB skipper Rajat Patidar reached a personal milestone, becoming the second-fastest Indian to score 1000 runs in IPL history.
He achieved the feat in just 30 innings, second only to Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan, who took 25 innings. In doing so, Patidar surpassed the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Ruturaj Gaikwad (both 31 innings), and Tilak Varma (33 innings).
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Notably, Patidar also became the first Indian batter in IPL history to reach 1000 runs with an average above 35 and a strike rate exceeding 150.
Following the result, RCB slipped to fourth in the points table with four wins and three losses from seven games.
Punjab Kings, meanwhile, climbed to the second spot with 10 points, registering their fifth win in seven matches.
RCB will face Punjab Kings again in their reverse fixture in Mullanpur on Sunday.
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