{"id":48239,"date":"2026-05-23T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=48239"},"modified":"2026-05-23T07:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:04:45","slug":"srh-crush-rcb-by-55-runs-despite-bengaluru-finishing-top-of-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/srh-crush-rcb-by-55-runs-despite-bengaluru-finishing-top-of-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"SRH crush RCB by 55 Runs despite Bengaluru finishing Top of the Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Agency, May 23:<\/strong> Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) produced a dominant batting display to defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 55 runs in the 67th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Friday night in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>After being asked to bat first, SRH posted a massive total of 255\/4 in 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Ishan Kishan starred with a brilliant 79 off 46 balls, while Abhishek Sharma gave SRH a flying start with a 22-ball 56. Heinrich Klaasen added a quick half-century and Nitish Kumar Reddy\u2019s late cameo helped Hyderabad cross the 250-run mark. SRH\u2019s aggressive intent from the powerplay and their acceleration in the death overs completely put RCB\u2019s bowling attack under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>In reply, RCB managed 200\/4 in their 20 overs. Captain Rajat Patidar scored 56, while Venkatesh Iyer smashed 44 from just 19 balls. Krunal Pandya remained unbeaten on 41, but the target proved far too big for Bengaluru. Eshan Malinga was the pick of the SRH bowlers with two wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the defeat, RCB remained at the top of the IPL 2026 points table due to a superior net run rate. RCB, Gujarat Titans, and SRH all finished level on 18 points, but Bengaluru\u2019s stronger NRR ensured a top-two finish and a crucial \u201cdouble chance\u201d advantage in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agency, May 23: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) produced a dominant batting display to defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 55 runs in the 67th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Friday night in Hyderabad. After being asked to bat first, SRH posted a massive total of 255\/4 in 20 overs. Ishan Kishan starred [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48242,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48239\/revisions\/48242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}