RCB vs MI HIGHLIGHTS: Bangalore Beat Mumbai By 8 Wickets
RCB vs MI IPL 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: This was Mumbai's 11th straight first-match defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Bangalore win. Faf du Plessis got out for 72 and Dinesh Karthik got out for a duck with Arshad Khan and Cameron Green being the wicket-takers for MI but that was after the match had practically been over. Eventually, Kohli's unbeaten 82 and Glenn Maxwell's 3-ball 12 finished off things in style for RCB.
Still no breakthrough for MI. Faf du Plessis has got to a half-century and is still going strong while Kohli is playing just the most second fiddle, also approaching his own half-century. They have looked at ease and comfortable in this run-chase.
What a start from the Bangalore openers. Du Plessis (26*) and Kohli (23*) have ensured the home team score over 50 in the first six overs.
The Bangalore run chase begins. It is captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli who are opening for the home team. Jason Behrendorff starts things off for MI.
What a finish from MI. 16 came off the 19th over from Siraj, 22 came off the final over from Harshal Patel. MI finish strong and have managed to post a competitive 171/7 in their 20 overs. Verma finished the innings with a six and remained unbeaten on 84 off 46 deliveries in what was a superb innings. This might not be a match winning total but surely the momentum has shifted.
Last 2 overs remaining and MI are 133/7. Tim David didn't quite fire, falling to Karn Sharma for 4 and neither did Hrithik Shokeen who made 5 off 3. It's all up to Varma really. The southpaw is unbeaten on 59 off 38.
Nehal Wadhera provides some impetus to the innings with his 21 off 13. He scores two sixes in this over from Karn Sharma before going for another one which finds Virat Kohli in the deep. MI- 98/5 in 13.5 overs. Tim David joins Tilak Varma.
WICKET! Another one goes down for Mumbai and this time it's Suryakumar Yadav who walks back.
WICKET! Third inside the powerplay and captain Rohit Sharma departs. He was given an opportunity when a catch was dropped off the bowling of Siraj with wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and the bowler colliding while trying to get underneath the ball but he didn't last long as he got out in the next over from 1 off 10 balls. Akash Deep gets the MI opener out caught behind.
WICKET! Cameron Green has a short stay in the middle. Topley gets his maiden IPL wicket as he bowls MI's Australian star.
WICKET!!! And Siraj strikes for Bangalore. Kishan doens't connect that from the middle of the bat and is caught at deep square leg.
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan have started off the proceedings for Mumbai Indians. Mohammed Siraj and Reece Topley the new-ball bowlers for Bangalore.
Team News:
Playing XIs-
Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj
Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff
Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis wins the toss and has decided to bowl first.
Background
The second fixture of the double header on Sunday is the contest between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. While Mumbai are the most successful side in the history of the tournament, they are known to start slow in the tournament. However, they had a forgettable season last time around where they finished at the bottom of the table.
On the other hand, Bengaluru secured a place in the Playoffs last season but the title still eluded them in IPL 2022 as they got eliminated after losing the Qualifier 2 to Rajasthan Royals. While Rohit Sharma-led MI would look to bounce back after a disastrous season last time around, Bangalore would gear up once again to make this the season where they end the 15-year title drought and give one of the most loyal fanbases their reward for sticking with them even they did not deliver a title.
The action will return to Bengaluru and a jam-packed stadium is expected in a venue which has starved to see league matches owing to the Coronavirus pandemic. It will be the second year at the helm for Faf du Plessis in the RCB camp and he wouldn't want to star the proceedings with a defeat knowing well that the Blue and Gold Brigade could be under a bit of pressure, having to break its own streak of losing the first match of the league.
Squads:
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Manoj Bhandage, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Siddarth Kaul, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Sonu Yadav, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Finn Allen, Himanshu Sharma
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Ramandeep Singh , Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff, Sandeep Warrier, Akash Madhwal, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal
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