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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals are clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RR vs RCB) in the 16th match of IPL 2026 on Friday at Barsapara Cricket Stadium. Batting first, RCB scored 201 runs on the scoreboard after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs.

RCB, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Phil Salt returned to the pavilion on the very first ball of the match without opening his account. Salt was dismissed by Jofra Archer. After this, Devdutt Padikkal, who had played half-centuries in the last two matches, was out after scoring 14 runs in 7 balls. Krunal Pandya could not show anything special with the bat and was out after scoring just one run. Virat Kohli failed to take advantage of the good start and was clean bowled by Ravi Bishnoi after scoring 32 runs in 16 balls.

Jitesh Sharma also disappointed with his performance and could score only 5 runs. Tim David, who played a stormy innings of 70 runs against Chennai Super Kings, flopped in this match and could score only 13 runs. Romario Shepherd hit some powerful shots, but after scoring 22 runs in 11 balls, he was caught by Brijesh Sharma off the ball of Ravindra Jadeja. However, Rajat Patidar stood at one end and played a strong inning of 63 runs in 40 balls.

Rajat Patidar’s captaincy innings

While playing the captaincy innings, Rajat hit 4 fours and four sixes in his innings. Rajat along with Venkatesh Iyer played an important partnership of 41 runs in just 19 balls. At the same time, Venkatesh played an unbeaten inning of 29 runs in 15 balls, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained unbeaten after scoring 9 runs. In bowling, Joffra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma took two wickets each. Sandeep Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each.

RR vs RCB Playing-11 of both the teams

Under the leadership of Rajat Patidar, RCB has taken the field in this match with Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh and Josh Hazlewood.

Rajasthan Royals are playing in this match under the captaincy of Ryan Parag with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi and Brijesh Sharma.