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News India Live, Digital Desk: In the high-voltage match of IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 43 runs. In this match played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB batsmen created havoc and scored a huge score of 250 runs. One of the heroes of this victory was Devdutt Padikkal, who played an aggressive inning of 50 runs in 29 balls. However, after his dismissal, an interesting statement came out that Padikkal was not sad but happy when he got out after completing his half-century. The real secret behind Padikkal’s ‘happiness’: Batsmen are often disappointed when they get out, but the case was different for Padikkal. In fact, Padikkal (50 runs, 29 balls) had put his foot on the accelerator during his innings, but he knew that the batsmen coming after him—Tim David and Rajat Patidar—were in an even more dangerous mood. After Padikkal’s dismissal, Patidar (48*) and David (70*) took the field and scored 97 runs in the last 5 overs. Padikkal believed that his wicket falling proved to be a ‘blessing in disguise’ for the team as it gave the finishers a chance to play more balls. Padikkal’s ‘back-to-back’ blast in Chinnaswamy. Devdutt Padikkal is looking in amazing form this season. After playing an inning of 61 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he scored his second consecutive fifty against CSK. Padikkal hit 6 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes in his innings. He laid a strong foundation for RCB with a quick-fire partnership of 56 runs for the second wicket with Phil Salt (46) and 58 runs for the third wicket with captain Rajat Patidar. ‘Disastrous’ batting by Tim David and Patidar The real show began after Dikal was dismissed. Tim David played an unbeaten inning of 70 runs in just 25 balls, which included 8 huge sixes. He hit a hat-trick of sixes in a single over of Noor Ahmed. At the same time, captain Rajat Patidar, while playing his captaincy innings, scored unbeaten 48 runs in 19 balls. There was an unbroken partnership of 99 runs in 35 balls between these two, due to which RCB made its highest ever score (250/3) against CSK. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s ‘magical spell’ and CSK’s defeat. Chennai Super Kings, chasing the mountain-like target of 251 runs, had a very bad start. Experienced bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the back of CSK’s top order with his spell (3/41). He also took his 200th IPL wicket in this match. Sarfaraz Khan (50) and Prashant Veer (43) definitely put up some struggle for CSK, but they could only take the team to 207 runs. With this win, RCB has further strengthened its position in the points table.