Rajat Patidar vs MI: In the 20th match of IPL 2026, defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) faced 5-time champion Mumbai Indians (MI). RCB, who came to bat first after winning the toss, made a great start and scored a big score on the board. Virat Kohli and Phil Salt laid the strong foundation of RCB's innings.

Both scored strong half-centuries. But the real hero of the innings was captain Rajat Patidar. As soon as he came to the crease, he started hitting fours and sixes.

Rajat Patidar scored a stormy half-century

Rajat Patidar, playing at number three in this match, played a stormy inning of 53 runs in 20 balls, which included 4 fours and 5 sixes. His strike rate was 265.00. The most important thing is that he completed his half-century in just 17 balls. At one time during the innings, it seemed that Rajat Patidar would break the record of scoring the fastest half-century of IPL 2026, but the pace of runs slowed down a bit in the last few balls.

The record of fastest half-century in the current season is in the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has scored fifty twice in just 15 balls.

Even though Rajat Patidar could not leave Vaibhav Suryavanshi behind, his captaincy innings took RCB to a strong score. Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Patidar together destroyed the Mumbai Indians bowlers.

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Kohli-Salt also scored half-centuries

Before Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli and Phil Salt also scored strong half-centuries. Phil Salt played an explosive inning of 78 runs in just 36 balls, which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored 50 runs in 30 balls, which included 5 fours and 1 six. During this, both the players added 120 runs in 10.5 overs for the first wicket.