MI vs RCB, IPL 2019 Highlights: Mumbai Indians take on Royal Challengers Bangalore. (Source: IPL)
MI vs RCB, IPL 2019 Highlights: Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets. Out to chase 172, Mumbai Indians got off to a fantastic start, courtesy Quinton de Kock and skipper Rohit Sharma. Moeen Ali dismissed both of them in the same over. Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed by Chahal. Siraj dismissed Krunal Pandya. Hardik Pandya smashed 37 runs in 16 balls to take his side to a win.
Coming out to bat, Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a poor start. Skipper Virat Kohli edged a delivery to the keeper Quinton de Kock off Jason Behrendorff. AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali scored fifties each after Parthiv Patel was dismissed. Ali and Stoinis were dismissed in quick succession. De Villiers and Akshdeep Singh were dismissed in the final over. RCB reached 171/7 in 20 overs.
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Mumbai Indians
172/5 (19.0)Royal Challengers Bangalore
171/7 (20.0)Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets
FOUR! Pitched it fuller and Pandya comes underneath it and hits it over the covers for another boundary.
SIX! Another slower delivery and Pandaya has smashed it for the maximum over long-on. Relying purely on his bat speed on a slow ball.
WIDE AND A SINGLE. Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets
BIGGIE! Hardik Pandya did not connect it well, but the little bit too short delivery hqas been hammered for a six, nonetheless.
FOUR! Pitched it outside off and Pandya has hammered it for a boundary. Hit it so hard and it clears the distance. 12 needed off 9 now.
GONE! Krunal Pandya has holed out to a substitute fielder Milind. Siraj gets his first wicket in the match. Mumbai are 148/5.
FOUR! Hardik Pandya hits it straight down the ground - and this will cover the distance for a boundary.
Siraj then gives away too wide deliveries.
FOUR! Hardik Pandya has hit it miles into the air and Tim Southee gives it a chase. But somehow he misses and somehow it raced to the boundary.
SIX! Hardik Pandya has hammered the first ball from Navdeep Saini for a boundary. These death overs will be difficult for Mumbai with spinners being bowled out.
GONE! Chahal gets the much-needed breakthrough and it is the dangerous Surya Kumar Yadav who has to walk back. Tried to go for a six and holed out in the deep by Navdeep Saini. MI 129/4
Mumbai Indians are 127/3 after 15 overs. Still need 42 to win in 30 balls. RCB need wickets if they want to win this on for their side.
A massive caught behind appeal from Patel and Moeen Ali. It prompts Kohli to consider to go for a review. But in the end, Ali was not too sure.
A partnership is building between Surya and Krunal here - the duo are slowly taking their side closer to the target. Kohli brings Ali back into the attack. MI are 116/3
WICKET! BIG, BIG WICKET! Yuzvendra Chahal gets the wicket of Ishan Kishan who had hammered 21 runs in 8 balls before this ball. Parthiv Patel does brilliant work behind the stumps. MI 104/3
WICKET! Akash Chopra said that one will bring two, and it did. Ali has trapped Quinton de Kock and in just one over, the game has completely changed. MI are 71/2
WICKET! Just what the doctored ordered - Moeen Ali! Pitched it outside off, Sharma was looking to cut it, but the ball took a massive deflection and knocked down the stumps. MI 70/1
FOUR! Rohit Sharma crunched through the covers on a fuller delivery outside off stump. Brilliant strokeplay. Takes a single and brings de Kock to strike.
SIX! De Kock goes big. Length delivery around the hip and the left-handed batsman hammers a pull, flat and hard over deep square leg.
6 overs gone, MI are 67/0
It has just taken 4.2 overs for Mumbai Indians to reach the 50-run mark. RCB have brought Yuzi Chahal into the attack, hoping to get a wicket here.
SIX! Is that Rohit Sharma or Cesaro because that is a sweet, sweet upper cut. A bouncer from Mohammed Siraj outside off stump and the Mumbai skipper slashed hard for a flat six.
FOUR! Overpitched outside off from Umesh and driven crisply through the covers by de Kock for another four.
FOUR! Length outside off Umesh. de Kock swings across the line and swings hard and so the outside edge flies over slip for another boundary.
SIX! WOW, that is so much better. Umesh Yadav tries to hit a bouncer and de Kock has pulled it for a biggie.
SIX! Navdeep Saini bowls it short and outside off. Rohit Sharma thinks this is a gift. He pounces on it. Pulls it over for a six at deep backward square.
BOUNDARY! Length outside off, no swing there and de Kock drags it across the line to mid-on's left for four.
FOUR! Umesh Yadav misses his line, straying down the leg side, bit of bounce, de Kock drags it towards deep backward square for another boundary.
Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma out to open for Mumbai Indians. Umesh Yadav starts the attack for Mumbai Indians. CHASE IS ON!
Crazy over from Malinga. A six and a double in the over. RCB finish 171/7 in 20 overs. MI need 172 to win.
WICKET! Pawan Negi copies and pastes Akshdeep Nath. Gets out in exactly similar fashion. RCB 169/7
WICKET! Akshdeep Nath has skied it miles into the air. Quinton de Kock calls it, but he was far away from the ball. Dives in the end to take it cleanly. RCB 169/6
GONE! Direct hit from Pollard and the dangerous De Villiers has been run out for 75. RCB 169/5. Still four balls to go in the final ball and it will be Akshdeep Singh on the strike.
RCB are 162/4 after 19 overs. AB de Villiers is in the middle with and Lasith Lainga is with the ball.
1st ball! SIX! Miles into the stands - de Villiers has smashed it miles into the stands.
WICKET! Slinga Malinga strikes again. Completely foxes Marcus Stoinis, who has holed out to Rohit Sharma in the covers. RCB 153/4
SIX! Malinga bowls it fuller, misses his line, and this was straying down the leg side. de Villiers comes underneath it and hits it over deep backward square for the maximum. Brings up 150 for RCB.
GONE! Moeen Ali hits it into the air and this will be caught. Slower delivery, could not get the right connection, Hadik Pandya comes under it and takes the catch. RCB 144/3
Moeen Ali, too brings up his half century. This is a great partnership between the two overseas cricketers and it has put RCB in total control.
FIFTY for AB de Villiers! The former Proteas batsman plays it straight and Kieron Pollard misfields it. Allows him to take a double. This brings up his second half century.
Jason Behrendorff is on the receiving of a Moeen Ali hammering. De Villiers takes a single off the first ball of the 16th, Ali then faces a dot and then it is 6, 4, 0, 6. He moves to 46 off 27.
Moeen Ali picks up Krunal Pandya's final ball of the 15th over and clobbers it over long-on. That covered some distance, vertically and horizontally.
It's Moeen Ali and AB de Villiers in the middle now. They are still in a good position, the visitors, having crossed 100 within 14 overs but will need one of these two to stick around to put up a big total.
SIX! Hardik Pandya has top edged this one over the wicketkeeper's head for a maximum. Crafty from ABD, and with the pressure building, he is looking to target a few bowlers.
SIX! Moeen Ali in the pads, full on the pads and nonchalantly chipped over deep midwicket! Did he even mean to hit that for six? Regardless, it sailed over the fence with as much grace with which the stroke was played
Royal Challengers Bangalore are going slow about their business. After 9 overs, the total is just 62/2. Moeen Ali and ABD have to get going now.
FOUR! Reverse sweep executed to perfection from ABD. What a shot that is - comes under the ball and hits it over the fielder at slip and short third man. Brings up 50 for RCB in style.
WICKET! A little bit of pace and bounce, outside off stump to Parthiv and he has literally just handed it straight to SK Yadav. Hardik Pandya gets his first wicket. RCB 49/2
FOUR! Bumrah misses his length just once and ABD punishes it. Short of a length delivery, wide outside off stump and ABD has glided it over mid-off for a boundary.
SIX! Parthiv Patel picks a slower ball and then hammers it to long-on. The fielder Ishan Kishan jumps in the air to try and catch it in the air, but he has only placed it over the ropes. Tough chance.
FOUR! Terrific shot! Length outside off from Behrendorff, the third-man's up and Parthiv just steers it between keeper and the fielder for four.
FOUR! An action replay of the previous ball.
FOUR! A little short of length delivery, outside off stump. Parthiv Patel pulls it over mid-on for a boundary. Good shot. RCB need a few more of these in the powerplay.
What a start by Jasprit Bumrah - he gives away just two runs in the over. The seamer maintained strict lines and troubled both Patel and ABD with swingers. 4 overs gone, RCB are 21/1. Pressure is building.
FOUR! Nice shot, well timed from Parthiv Patel. PItched it fuller, Behrendorff, on the pads, and Patel flicked it over the fielder in covers. Powerplay over, this will not be stopped.
GONE! Virat Kohli has been caught behind. Deceived by a slow delivery - absolutely perfect length. Kohli tried to play it on the front foot, but the ball bounces, and the skipper gets a faint edge. RCB 12/1
WOW! The ball was travelling lightning quick. Pitched it fuller and wide, Patel just glided it on the mid-off. But Suryakumar Yadav jumped to his right and saved a certain boundary.
Slow start for RCB. 2 overs gone, RCB 12./0
Not a bad start from Behrendorff. Just a boundary and a couple of singles. There were couple of opportunities as well on offer. But Kohli and Patel have weathered the storm.
Slinga Malinga on the other end.
FOUR! If you bowl to Virat Kohli on the pads, you will be hit for a boundary all day long. Too straight and Kohli just flicked it on the side for the first boundary.
Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel are out in the middle to bat. Jason Behrendorff starts the attack with the new ball for Mumbai Indians. HERE WE GO!
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan(w), Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj
Virat Kohli: I would have done the same. As Rohit said, it's a difficult ground to defend and we're good at chasing. So, we would have bowled first too. Wouldn't want to look too far ahead. Have told the boys to enjoy on the field and not take much pressure. We're playing the same team.
Rohit: We're gonna bowl first. The nature of the ground says that it plays better in the second half. Also it's something our team is good at. Yes, it was a tough loss (against RR) but you need to give them credit. Jos Buttler played a fab knock. We have one change - Alzarri is injured, Malinga is back
Mumbai Indians win toss, elect to bowl!
"There is a bit of grass, a good covering across the surface. 192 is the average score here batting first. High scoring ground it is. Dew is around and so, teams would want to bat second. Score a lot and then, you might have a chance (if batting first)."
- Mpumelelo Mbangwa
SACHIN! SACHIN!
All the talk about India's World Cup squad and a few of them will be in action tonight -
RCB
1) Virat Kohli
2) Yuzvendra Chahal
MI
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Jasprit Bumrah
Total number of matches played: 26
Matches won by MI: 17
Matches won by RCB: 9
Matches played in Mumbai: 10 (MI 6, RCB 4)
Matches played in Mumbai: 10 (MI 8, RCB 2)
MI average score against RCB: 164
RCB average score against MI: 156
Most runs for MI: 475 (Kieron Pollard)
Most runs for RCB: 675 (Virat Kohli)
Most wickets for MI: 16 (Jasprit Bumrah)
Most wickets for RCB: 16 (Yuzvendra Chahal)
"We know what we have to do. We have to win a lot of games of cricket. The next step is Mumbai, the Wankhede stadium. We love playing cricket there."
- AB de Villiers
- Since 2016, Mumbai Indians have won six of the seven head to head contests against RCB, including all three at the Wankhede.
- Rohit Sharma hasn't scored a fifty in his last 13 innings - the longest such sequence for him playing for MI and the second-longest in all IPL.
- Jasprit Bumrah has taken more wickets against RCB than any other opposition - 16. He has dismissed both Kohli & de Villiers twice each.
MI Predicted Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendoff, Alzarri Joseph/Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah
RCB Predicted Playing XI: Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj
The stage cannot be set for a more exciting match. On the day the World Cup squad is announced, it will be India's captain Virat Kohli taking on India's vice-captain Rohit Sharma. RCB have already suffered a defeat in the tournament against MI this year. They would hope to avoid it at any cost again. Kohli would feel pumped up after the first win.