Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) take on rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 11 of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) season at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday, April 5, as part of a double-header weekend.
RCB come into the game after winning the opening game of the new season against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Garden City. Deciding to bowl first, the champions restricted SRH to 201 after Jacob Duffy and Romario Shepherd took three wickets each. In reply, they chased down the total with more than four overs to spare thanks to Devdutt Padikkal’s 26-ball 61 and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 69, resulting in RCB winning the game by six wickets.
CSK, meanwhile, have suffered two defeats from two matches. After losing by eight wickets to Rajasthan Royals, the five-time champions once again finished second best to Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Chepauk. Despite putting 209 on the board, last year’s runners-up chased down the total with five wickets and eight balls to spare, thanks to Shreyas Iyer’s 50 and Priyansh Arya’s 11-ball 39.
Both sides are coming into the game on Sunday in contrasting forms. The game, however, should be an exciting contest with two very strong sides in action, comprising excellent T20 players. Some players involved in the game are veterans of the shortest format of the game, with a host of games under their belt. It is, therefore, very likely that some of these stars have a personal milestone in their sights when they take the field in Bengaluru.Â
Here are the important upcoming milestones for players of both teams:
RCB Players’ Upcoming Milestones
- Virat Kohli: Needs 1 century for 10 T20 hundreds
- Devdutt Padikkal: Needs 3 fours for 200 IPL fours
- Rajat Patidar: Needs 1 appearance for 100 T20 games
- Rajat Patidar: Needs 81 runs for 3,000 T20 runs
- Rajat Patidar: Needs 3 catches for 50 T20 catches
- Rajat Patidar: Needs 1 fifty for 10 IPL fifties
- Jitesh Sharma: Needs 11 fours for 300 T20 fours
- Jitesh Sharma: Needs 9 runs for 1,000 IPL runs
- Tim David: Needs 3 sixes for 400 T20 sixes
- Krunal Pandya: Needs 7 wickets for 100 IPL wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Needs 1 wicket for 200 IPL wickets
CSK Players’ Upcoming Milestones
- Sanju Samson: Needs 4 sixes for 400 T20 sixes
- Ruturaj Gaikwad: Needs 5 sixes for 100 IPL sixes
- Shivam Dube: Needs 1 run for 4,000 T20 runs
- Shivam Dube: Needs 1 six for 250 T20 sixes
- Shivam Dube: Needs 1 four for 250 T20 fours
- Jamie Overton: Needs 1 appearance for 200 T20 games
- Noor Ahmed: Needs 2 wickets for 50 IPL wickets
