Overview
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Punjab Kings by seven wickets in Mohali, chasing down 158 with ease.
- Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 73 off 54 balls, marking his 67th IPL fifty and surpassing David Warner's record.
- Devdutt Padikkal registered his first IPL half-century, scoring 61 off 35 balls in a crucial 106-run partnership with Kohli.
- RCB's spin duo, Krunal Pandya (2/25) and Suyash Sharma (2/27), restricted Punjab to 157/6 on a spin-friendly pitch.
- With this victory, Bengaluru moved to third place on the IPL points table, pushing Punjab Kings to fourth based on net run rate.