MI vs RCB, IPL 2021 Live Score: Phenomenal Innings From AB de Villiers Helps RCB Secure Nail-Biting IPL Opener In Chennai
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2021 Live Score Updates: Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the first match of IPL 2021. Only 1 run was needed to win on the last ball, Harshal Patel took one run off Marco Janson to give his team a thrilling 2-wicket win. Once again, Mumbai Indians have failed to win the first match of the season. This is the 9th consecutive season since 2013, when the 5-time champions have lost their first match.
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IPL 2021 Live Updates: Defending Champios Mumbai Indians will square off against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of IPL 2021. Mumbai Indians (MI), looking to win their sixth Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy and complete a hat-trick of titles will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who are yet to win a title.
Mumbai Indians have the formula for a succesful IPL season. The team that started in a wobbly fashion back in 2008 and 2009 came back to become the strongest team in the tournament. Mumbai Indians have won five titles in the last eight years. That will give you an idea of MI's domination in the IPL.
On the other hand, RCB has not won a single title. They reached the final in 2009 and always had a good team to back their chances. But, somehow the team from Bangalore always choked at the business end of the tournament. They have attained the reputation of being 'chokers', a term famously used for the South African cricket team.
"Having done well last year in such a competitive scenario and space, we're very confident that as a side, with a stronger squad this time around, we'll have another great season. Just playing in set venues with four teams, I think that's going to nullify all the home advantage that every team used to have." - Virat Kohli, RCB skipper.
SQUADS
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers(w), Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Quinton de Kock, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh
MI vs RCB, Live Score: RCB BEAT MUMBAI INDIANS BY TWO WICKETS!
After Mumbai Indians took quick wickets in form of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Shahbaz Ahmed, a phenomenal counterattack innings from AB de Villiers ( 27 runs off 48 balls) powered Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a thrilling two-wicket win over defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2021 opener in Chennai.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians (MI), who were invited to bat first after losing the toss, scored 159 runs after losing 9 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Apart from Chris Lynn's 49-run knock, no other MI batter was able to score big. Making his comeback at RCB, Harshal Patel wreaked havoc with his medium pace and restricted MI from scoring a big score. The young talented speedster bagged 5 wickets in his 4 overs, including 3 wickets in the last over.
MI vs RCB, Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah gets his second wicket
Jasprit Bumrah takes his second wicket by dismissing Dan Christian for just one run! After getting the wicket of Virat Kohli, once again Bumrah returned to attack and bagged another wicket to put the pressure on RCB. RCB are 122/6 in 16.3 overs and need 38 runs in 21 balls.
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