Having put to bat first, RCB's opening batsman Phil Salt smashed 78 runs in just 36 balls, which also included six boundaries and the same number of maximums. Stalwart Virat Kohli registered 50 runs after facing 38 balls. During his knock, he registered five boundaries and a maximum (Pic: X/@RCBTweets)

Skipper Rajat Patidar delivered an explosive knock of 53 runs. Facing just 20 balls, he smashed four boundaries and five towering maximums (Pic: X/@RCBTweets)

Later, Tim David smashed an unbeaten 34 runs in just 16 balls, with the help of two boundaries and three maximums. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma was dismissed for 10 runs in nine balls, including a boundary. Along with David, Romario Shepherd stayed unbeaten on two runs in two balls. With this, RCB posted a total of 240 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs (Pic: File Pic)

MI's Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Hardik Pandya, Mitchell Santner, and Shardul Thakur bagged one wicket each. Jasprit Bumrah and Mayank Markande went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against RCB (Pic: File Pic)

The home crowd will expect its star batsman, Rohit Sharma, to entertain with humongous maximums. It will be interesting to see if the right-handed batsman manages to deliver a big knock tonight (Pic: File Pic)