Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed 78 off 26 balls — eight fours, seven sixes, strike rate 300 — as RR crushed RCB by six wickets in Guwahati. Bhuvneshwar Kumar said the 15-year-old "bats too maturely."
Virat Kohli made a blistering 32 off 16 balls but was clean bowled by a Ravi Bishnoi googly as Rajasthan Royals beat RCB by 27 runs to make it three wins from three in IPL 2026.
Tim David's 70 off 25 balls, including four sixes off Jamie Overton in one over and a 106m hit out of the stadium powered RCB to 250/3 and a 43-run win over CSK in IPL 2026.
Irfan Pathan says Kohli will be "hungrier than ever" for back-to-back IPL titles as RCB open against SRH on March 28 — if M Chinnaswamy gets final safety clearance after the June 2025 tragedy — and backs Padikkal to be the unsung key to RCB's 2026 campaign.
Sanju Samson matched Virat Kohli's highest score by an Indian in a T20 World Cup knockout match with a brilliant 89 off 40 balls, setting India a formidable 253/7 against England at Wankhede — including a record 16 sixes this edition.
MS Dhoni strongly backs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for 2027 World Cup if fit, rejects age debate and calls India dangerous for T20 WC despite dew worry.
