Rajat Patidar admitted there were “a lot of runs” on the board after Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 255/4 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL 2026 league stage clash on Friday.Thanks to half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen, SRH posted a big score at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium after captain Pat Cummins decided to bat first.SRH eventually won the match by 55 runs, but the result was not enough for them to finish in the top two. Both teams finished the league stage with 18 points each.RCB needed to score at least 166 runs to stay ahead of SRH on net run rate even in the loss, and they managed to do so by finishing at 200/4.Despite the loss, RCB remained on top of the table with a net run rate of 0.783, ahead of Gujarat Titans, who also had 18 points but a lower net run rate of 0.695. SRH finished the league stage in third place.RCB made an aggressive start through their new opening pair of Venkatesh Iyer and Virat Kohli, who added 60 runs in just 27 balls.After both the batsmen were out with a difference of 14 runs, Devdutt Padikkal continued the attack before being caught in the deep off the bowling of Ishan Malinga.Speaking after the match, Patidar said that SRH’s batting and bowling execution made the difference.“Obviously, I think their top five batsmen played really well and they completely dominated the first innings.”Asked if there were too many runs on the board, Patidar said: “The top priority was to be on top, but I think, there were too many runs in the first innings. I think 255 is a good score on this wicket. And I think their five bowlers executed the slow bouncers and yorkers very well.”“The slow bouncers were holding up a bit, but I think the way…his strengths are the slow bouncers and yorkers, he did very well.”Asked whether it was getting easier to hit slow bouncers, Patidar said, “Obviously, Hyderabad, I think it’s a good wicket, but when you start bowling slow bouncers, slow pace into the wicket, I think it’s really difficult for the batsman to score runs.”