In a remarkable performance at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Sarfaraz Khan became the first batter in Indian Premier League (IPL) history to score a fifty during the powerplay while batting at No. 4 or lower. His innings helped the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) recover from a precarious position at 30/3 against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who had posted a record total of 250/3. Sarfaraz scored a half-century at a strike rate exceeding 200, marking his second IPL fifty after a gap of 2,556 days since his last one in April 2019. This achievement places him joint-second on the list for the longest time taken between two IPL fifties. The match saw RCB's Tim David leading the charge with an impressive 70 not out, contributing to a final assault that saw RCB score 97 runs in the last five overs.