RCB were successful in defending 149 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad towards the beginning of IPL 2021. 126 vs CSK Chennai 2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore had little hope to win the 46th match of IPL 2008 when they could only manage 126/8. Their top scorer was Rahul Dravid with 47 runs off 39 balls. However, the RCB bowlers came to their own to restrict CSK to just 112. Anil Kumble was their most impressive bowler and picked up three wickets while conceding just 14 runs from his 4 overs. Dale Steyn also picked up two wickets from his 4 overs while conceding 28 runs as Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 14 runs. 133 vs RR Cape Town 2009 Next year as well, when the IPL was shifted to South Africa for one year, Bangalore were successfully in defending the total of 133. Again, Rahul Dravid was the top scorer for the franchise with 66 off 48 deliveries. Kevin Pietersen also made 32 off 30 balls. In return, Rajasthan Royals were bowled for just 58. Anil Kumble was again the top wicket-taker for RCB, picking up 5 wickets from just 3.1 overs and conceding just 5 runs at an economy of 1.61. Praveen Kumar and Jesse Ryder also picked up two wickets each. 145 vs KXIP Durban 2009 The same year, Royal Challengers Bangalore made 145 on the back of a 19-ball 35 from South Africa's Roelof van der Merwe. They then restricted Punjab to 137 despite Yuvraj Singh's half century. With two wickets each from Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble and Roelof van der Merwe, RCB pulled off a heist. 149 vs SRH Chennai 2021 Royal Challengers Bangalore must have not been very confident of pulling it off when the team managed just 149 runs in the 6th match of IPL 2021 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Glenn Maxwell was the top run scorer for the franchise and scored 59 runs from 41 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes, batting at a strike rate over 43.90. ViratKohli also chipped in with 33 off 29 balls with four boundaries. However, it was the bowling of Jason Holder and Rashid Khan which got the better of Bangalore. SRH were in cruise mode with David Warner and Manish Pandey registering a 83-run partnership for the second wicket, but once Warner and Pandey were dismissed in a matter of three overs, the Hyderabad batting suffered a collapse and could only manage 143. As a result, RCB won the match by 6 runs.
