In the 41st match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore broke their consecutive losing streak in the tournament by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. This is RCB's second win in this tournament and with this win they have also kept their hopes of reaching the playoffs alive. Even after this win, RCB remains at 10th position in the points table.

In this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 206 runs in 20 overs on the scoreboard. In this match for RCB, Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar scored half-centuries while Cameron Green also remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs. Due to the excellent performance of the batsmen, RCB set a target of 207 runs for Sunrisers Hyderabad to win. In this match for Hyderabad, Jaydev Unadkat bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets.

In reply, when Hyderabad team came out to chase 207 runs, wickets kept falling from the beginning and the entire team could score only 171 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Hyderabad had a bad start and Travis Head, who was in excellent form, was out after scoring 1 run in the very first over of the innings. After this, Abhishek Sharma continued his fast playing style and scored 31 runs in just 13 balls. However, he got trapped by Yash Dayal's ball and was out while trying to play a big shot.

After this, Hyderabad team had high expectations from Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen but in this match both these players also flopped and Swapnil Singh was out in the very first over. After this, it was very difficult for the Hyderabad team to make a comeback and the team only seemed to drag the match. Shahbaz Ahmed scored unbeaten 41 runs for Hyderabad. While Pat Cummins also tried to keep the hopes alive by playing an inning of 31 runs in the end but by then it was too late. For RCB, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma and Cameron Green took 2-2 wickets and ensured their team's victory. With this win, RCB has kept their hopes alive but they will have to continue their performance to play the playoffs and will also have to keep an eye on the results of other teams.