Vaibhav Arora Drops Sitter After 92-Run Padikkal-Kohli Stand

Vaibhav Arora dropped a sitter in the RCB vs KKR clash on 13 May 2026, and Devdutt Padikkal survived the chance after mistiming a pull shot off Cameron Green’s bowling. The miss came in the square-leg region, and it let Royal Challengers Bengaluru keep building through the middle overs.

The reprieve came before Kartik Tyagi later removed Padikkal with a slower ball, and Ajinkya Rahane took the catch after he failed to get proper elevation. By then, Padikkal and Virat Kohli had already added 92 runs for the second wicket, a stand that pushed RCB deeper into the innings.

Kohli and Padikkal

Padikkal and Kohli’s 92-run partnership was their fifth half-century stand for RCB in IPL 2026, and they had also shared two century stands in the same season. Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethell had earlier put on 37 for the opening wicket, giving RCB a steady start before the innings moved into a more productive phase.

That sequence mattered because KKR had already held the batting under pressure by keeping the total below 200. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, and Josh Hazlewood had restricted Rinku Singh and Angkrish Raghuvanshi from taking Kolkata Knight Riders past that mark, so every extra life for RCB’s top order carried weight.

Kartik Tyagi’s spell

Tyagi was the only wicket-taker in the game, and his dismissal of Padikkal broke the rhythm of a partnership that had already done its work. He struck with the first ball of his returning spell, using the slower delivery to end Padikkal’s stay and close the door on a longer stay at the crease.

The sequence left one clear takeaway from the match: the dropped catch gave Padikkal the opening he needed, and RCB used it to build a 92-run second-wicket stand before KKR finally claimed the breakthrough. The game was published at 11:34 PM and updated at 11:51 PM on 13 May 2026.