IPL 2026, RR vs RCB: In the IPL 2026 match against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) suffered a huge setback in the initial batting. The top order batsmen were a complete flop and the team was stuck in a difficult situation. RCB lost 7 wickets in the first 14 overs and the score could reach only 125 runs. Batsmen like Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal could not do anything special. Under this pressure, RCB took a big decision, under which a player suddenly got a chance to debut.
suddenly got a chance to debut
Due to the poor batting of Royal Challengers Bangalore, the team management was forced to resort to the impact player rule in the first innings itself. RCB included Venkatesh Iyer in the team as an impact player in place of Devdutt Padikkal. The most interesting thing is that Venkatesh Iyer was not even included in the playing-11 before this match, nor had he played any match for RCB till now.
This match became the debut match for Venkatesh Iyer with RCB. RCB bought him for Rs 7 crore in the IPL auction, but he did not get a place in the playing-11 in the initial matches of the season. He made his debut due to a sudden opportunity in the middle of the match. Venkatesh Iyer has played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the last few seasons and proved to be a useful batsman in the middle order. But he was kept on the bench at the beginning of this season.
Team crossed 200
Venkatesh Iyer took full advantage of this opportunity. He played an unbeaten inning of 29 runs on 15 balls, which included 1 four and 2 sixes. Due to which RCB team managed to score 201 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Before this, Rajat Patidar played a captaincy inning of 63 runs in 40 balls. At the same time, Virat Kohli also scored 32 runs.