Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Highlights: Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the IPL match at Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing 200, MI rode on Suryakumar Yadav’s 35-ball 83, ably supported by young Nehal Wadhera’s unbeaten 34-ball 52, to chase down the target in 16.3 overs. The win gives Mumbai Indians a huge boost in Net Run Rate taking them above in the points table.
Earlier, Glenn Maxwell and skipper Faf du Plessis smashed half-centuries to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to 199 for six. Sent into bat, RCB lost Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat quickly before Du Plessis (65 off 41 balls) and Maxwell (68 off 33) joined hands to stitch 120 runs in just 67 balls. Towards the end, Dinesh Karthik made an 18-ball-30.
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Indian Premier League, 2023
Mumbai Indians
200/4 (16.3)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
199/6 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 54 )
Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets
Impressive performance of MI's batting side resulted in some class game of cricket. Mumbai Indians handed a 6-wicket defeat to Royal Challengers at Wankhede Stadium.
Tim David comes in to play and then sent back to pavilion on the very next ball by Vijay Kumar for duck. MI need 7 runs off 24 balls.
A 123-run patnership has come up between SKY and Wadhera. Suryakumar Yadav refuses to stop, hits a sixer to Vyshak's first ball of the over, followed by a boundary. And another sixer from his bat. However, the 4th delivery takes him out at 83. MI need 8 runs off 26 balls.
Suryakumar Yadav continues the same momentum in the 14th over. Starts Hasaranga's over with a Maximum and then 2 runs between wickets and then another sixer into the stands. Nehal Wadhera doesn't restrict himself too, hits a boundary on the second-last delivery. MI need 26 runs off 30 balls.
And then Suryakumar Yadav, aka the game-changer, hits a Maximum in the stands followed by 2 runs between wickets to complete his half-century off just 26 balls. MI need 46 runs in 36 balls.
Nehal Wadhera hits the car showcased in the stadium while hitting a Maximum in Hasaranga's over. The spinner bowled an expensive spell giving 15 runs. MI 114/2 (11)
SKY and Wadhera are taking the chase forward as 54-run partnership comes up between them. Harshal Patel gives 10 runs in the over. MI 106/2 (10.2)
Nehal Wadhera (14) and Suryakumar Yadav (14) are standing strong on the crease taking the team ahead in the 200-run chase. Mumbai openers departed early in Hasaranga's over. MI 82/2 (8)
After an explosive inning of 42 runs off just 21 balls, Ishan Kishan was sent back to pavilion by Hasaranga. The spinner then takes down skipper Rohit Sharma. The big wickets from Hasaranga comes at a crucial time when the opening partnership started to pose serious threat. Suryakumar Yadav comes in to play. MI 52/2 (5)
Ishan Kishan (32 runs off 17 balls) is playing with an intent to speed up the chase early on. Starts Josh Hazlewood's over with a 103-metre-long sixer. Skipper Rohit Sharma on the other end. MI 41/0 (4)
Skipper Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan has provided a good start to MI's 200-run chase. The early action in the second over added 15 runs to the scoreboard. MI 19/0 (2)
Royal Challengers has posted a 200-run target for Mumbai Indians to chase in 20 overs. More action awaits on the other side!
Chris Jordan took down the threat of Dinesh Karthik in first ball of his last over. This is also Jordan's first wicket of the match. Hasaranga and Kedar takes the baton. RCB 193/6 (19)
DK is playing with an intent to take the team's total over 200 in the match. He starts the 18th over with 2 back-to-back boundaries and then a Maximum on the fourth delivery. RCB 185/5 (18)
Dinesh Karthik hits a boundary in the third delivery of Chris Jordan. Cameron Green misses the catch of Karthik in Jordan's next delivery. DK and Kedar are trying to rebuild the momentum after du Plessis' dismissal. RCB 170/5 (17)
Kumar Kartikeya dismisses Mahipal Lamror for 1 as RCB lost its 4th wicket. Kumar gives 6 runs in the over. RCB 146/4 (14)
Jason Behrendorff takes a big wicket of Glenn Maxwell. Behrendorff has been a stunner today with the bowl as he has taken all the three wickets so far. RCB 140/3 (13)
Mumbai bowlers are struggling to find that one wicket which can break the 100-run partnership between Maxwell and du Plessis. Both the batters have completed their half-centuries and are now aiming to post a big target for Mumbai Indians. RCB 119/2 (11)
Glenn Maxwell smashes half-century off 25 balls. Faf du Plessis gets a Free Hit and he does the best to send it for a Maximum behind the wickets. As their innings reach halfway, RCB is 104/2 (10)
In what could have been an economical over of Piyush Chawla, Glenn Maxwell walked out of the crease on the last delivery to send the ball into the stands. RCB 81/2 (8)
Glenn Maxwell starts Chris Jordan's over with a six and add another maximum in the third delivery. A 50-run partnership has come up between Maxwell and du Plessis. RCB 72/2 (7)
Maxwell aims to take complete advantage of the last over in the powerplay. Hits first two balls for a boundary. Third delivery again hit in the gap but Chris Jordan's amazing fielding skills save 3 runs. RCB 56/2 (6)
Glenn Maxwell doesn't spare the Mumbai bowlers. Hits two boundaries in the over. Faf ends the over with a smooth Maximum. RCB 45/2 (5)
RSC skipper Faf du Plessis maintains his top game as he starts Cameron Green's over with a boundary. Hits another on the third delivery. Green gives 9 runs in the over. RCB 29/2 (4)
Jason Behrendorff bagged his second wicket of the game in his second over. Glenn Maxwell comes into play. RCB 20/2 (3)
Faf du Plessis made up for the slow first over by hitting two boundaries to Piyush Chawla. RCB 12/1 (2)
Virat Kohli and RCB skipper Faf du Plessis open for the team. A crucial catch of du Plessis dropped on the 4th delivery of Jason Behrendorff but on the next ball, he dismisses Virat Kohli. RCB 3/1 (1)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (C), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
Mumbai Indians XI: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorf
Rohit Sharma has won the toss and opted bowling first for Mumbai Indians. MI has slight change in the Playing XI as Chris Jordan comes in for Jofra Archer. For RCB, Vyshak comes in for Karn Sharma.