IPL 2020, RCB vs MI: RCB won in the Super OversIPL 2020, RCB vs MI Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), batting first vs Mumbai Indians (MI), put up 201/3 after 20 overs. MI also scored 201/5 in their 20 overs, as Ishan Kishan (99) and Kieron Pollard (60*) pulled off a remarkable turnaround, plundering 89 runs in the last 5 overs of the chase. RCB won in the Super Over, after Navdeep Saini gave away only 7 runs and Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers overhauled that.
Aaron Finch (52) and Devdutt Padikkal (54) got RCB off to a cracking start. Virat Kohli (3 off 11 balls) had another poor outing. After his wicket, RCB added 105 runs in the last 7 overs as AB de Villiers (55*) went into carnage mode. Shivam Dube (27*) smashed three sixes in the last over to take the total across 200. Washington Sundar (1/12) helped RCB take control of MI’s chase, with Rohit Sharma falling to him in the 2nd over. Ishan Kishan saw wickets fall frequently around him from then on. Till he was joined by Kieron Pollard.
RCB win the game off the last ball in the Super Over.
Brillinat yorker! ABD can only dig it out. Single. Kohli on strike for the last ball. Scores are tied again. 1 to win off the last ball. Kohli faces Bumrah. Every Mumbai Indians fielder comes in.
The Review is successful. Replays show no bat involved. ABD gets to have another go. 6 to get off 3. Swings. Gets a four to fine leg. One bounce and over. Gavaskar laments the absence of a deep fine leg on air. A top edge sets RCB on their way.
Kohli pulls. Hard. But straight to Boult at fine leg. Single. ABD back on strike for the third ball. 6 to get off 4. ABD swings and misses. Umpire gives him Out caught behind. ABD Reviews.
Mumbai Indians have played and won 2 Super Overs till today. Bumrah is who they go to. 7 to defend. ABD takes strike. Single off the first ball. Kohli on strike for the second ball.
ABD and Kohli out to bat in the Super Over for RCB
Ishan Kishan cuts a broken figure in the Dugout. Came into the team because of Saurabh Tiwary's injury. Stuck it through while wickets fell around him today. And struck form just when MI needed him to. Was caught in the deep on 99 off the second last ball of the match. Is explaining to teammates that his gloves were too wet and slippery for him to hit the shot cleanly.
A bye off the last ball. A super Super Over from Navdeep Saini. Keeps it down to 7 runs. RCB will need 8 runs in their Super Over.
Pollard gets a boundary off the fourth ball. Saini misses the yorker and Pollard can turn it into a helpful full toss. Off the fifth ball, Saini strikes! Pollard is out. Rohit Sharma will come out for the last ball.
Single from Pollard to start. Pandya swings and gets one to long on off the second ball. Saini bowls a dot ball. MI 2/0 after 3 balls
Pollard and Pandya walk in for MI, the team batting first. Navdeep Saini is who Kohli goes to.
Pollard hits a four off the last ball. It's a Tie! Super Over!
Wicket! Unbelievable! Ishan Kishan is caught by Padikkal. He is gone for 99 off the penultimate ball of the match. MI need 5 to win off 1 ball.
Six! Over long on! Kishan connects! Gurkeerat fumbles at long on, and again that is spilled over the fence. Kishan moves into the 90s with this. Six over midwicket off the next ball! Kishan moves to 99.
Isiru Udana bowls the 20th over. 1/27 in his spell so far. Kishan gets off strike off the first ball. Manages to get home at the non strikers end just in time. Pollard also can only get a single off the second ball. MI need a boundary off every ball now.
27 off Zampa. 22 off Chahal. Two overs have completely turned the game around. RCB were completely on top, how did they let this slip? Navdeep Saini to bowl the 19th over, with this partnership now worth 95 off 41 balls. Saini bowls a sensational over in the circumstances. Bowls straight on the stumps on a good length. Just singles from the first 4 balls of the over. Kishan connects with the 5th ball. The ball just beats Kohli at long off. Six! Kishan moves into the 80s, on his highest IPL score now, the partnership crosses 100 runs. MI 183/4 after 19, Kishan on 86 and on strike for the last over, Pollard on 55
Chahal in the 18th over. Pollard starts the over with a six, smashed over long off. This chase is on! Kishan faces in the second half of the over. Kishan gets into the act now, smashes a six over deep midwicket. Pollard ends the over with a six, gets to his fifty in 20 balls! 22 from the over! MI 171/4 after 18, Kishan on 77, Pollard on 53
Fireworks! Pollard goes after Zampa! Four off the first ball over long off. Negi of all people drops a catch at deep extra cover off the second ball, the ball goes over for six. Third ball, Pollard smashes Zampa for a six over midwicket. A double off the 4th ball. 5th ball, Pollard goes high and handsome over long on again. Six again! The Pollard Blizzard is on! 27 runs from the over. MI need 53 in 3 overs
Saini bowls the 16th over. Kishan places the first ball of the over for a four fine past third man. Kohli has a word with Saini as Pollard gets on strike for the last ball. A lengthy delay as Pollard takes a moment to survey the field as well. Pulled for a single in the end. MI need 80 in 4 overs
14 runs in the 15th over, bowled by Chahal. Kishan bludgeons one for six. Pollard ends the over with a four, his first boundary of the day. MI need 90 in 5 overs.
4 runs off the first 5 balls in Zampa's 14th over, but Ishan Kishan dispatches a big six on the on side off the last ball to reach his 50, off 39 balls. Could he and Pollard script a turnaround? MI need 104 in the last 6 overs
Just 6 runs off Zampa's over. The required run rate has climbed over 15. Udana brought back in the 13th over. Lot of power behind Ishan Kishan's shots but can't find the gaps often enough. 6 runs from Udana's over too.
Hardik Pandya goes for a big shot but is caught at the ropes - again by sub fielder Negi. Adam Zampa gets his first wicket for RCB. Pandya is gone for 15 off 13 balls. Pollard is in at 6.
Saini back in the attack in the 11th. Kishan clears his front foot and goes over the bowler's head for six. Another overpitched ball from Saini and Kishan swings and connects and gets a mighty six on the leg side. 14 runs off the over.
Six singles in the 9th over, bowled by Chahal. Sundar back to bowl out his quota after a Timeout. Continues bowling tight lines at a sharp pace. Sundar finishes with 1/12, at an economy rate of 3 in a 200 chase. That's the fewest runs conceded from 4 overs by a bowler in IPL 2020 so far.
Hardik Pandya walks in at 5. Chahal has some banter with him. MI need a blinder from Pandya today. Adam Zampa into the attack in the 8th over. Making his debut for RCB. Pandya picks up a full toss from the leggie and smashes a six onto the second tier of the stands on the biggest boundary of the ground. Zampa's first over for RCB goes for 11.
Chahal bowls the 7th over, following Sundar. MI's Powerplay score 24 runs less than RCB's. De Kock takes the aerial route and it's the sub fielder negi who comes under the catch again. QdK is out for 14 off 15. RCB's spinners are ruling the roost!
Navdeep Saini bowls the 5th over. Ishan Kishan brings out a monstrous pull for a six. Just a single in the rest of the over. Sundar back to bowl his third over in the last Powerplay over. Another excellent over from him, all the deliveries fizzing off the surface. Sundar's figures 1/7 after 3 overs. Bowling at an economy of 2.33.
Ishan Kishan slashes at his first delivery for four. Washington Sundar continues in the 4th over. Starts this over too with three dot balls. A super shift from Sundar in the opening overs. 1/3 in his 2 overs so far.
Isiru Udana continues in the 3rd over. And he strikes for RCB too! Suryakumar is out for a duck. An edge caught by ABD, donning the wicketkeeper's gloves today. Mumbai have lost two cheap wickets and what's more it's the wickets of their in-form batsmen. MI 16/2 after 2.2 Ishan Kishan is in at 4.
A productive first over for Mumbai Indians. Rohit pulls a short ball for a six. De Kock then goes over the covers with an aggressive shot to find the ropes for four. 14 runs from the first over. Washington Sundar bowls the 2nd over. And gets the breakthrough! Rohit Sharma is caught in the deep. He is out for 8.
Padikkal 54
Finch 52
Kohli 3
De Villiers 55*
Dube 27*
RCB put up 201/3 in their 20 overs. Can Mumbai Indians chase this down?
Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock walk out for them. Isiru Udana bowls the first over.
Pattinson bowls the 20th over. Shivam Dube faces. Dot ball to start up. Two sixes to follow as Dube matches ABD shot for shot. Smashes his third six of the over off the last ball of the innings. 78 runs added in the last 5 overs. 105 runs off the last 7 overs. 55 off 24 not out for ABD, 27 off 10 not out for Dube as RCB cross 200 off the last ball of the innings.
It's all ABD at the moment. Pulls Boult for a huge six off the last ball of the 18th over. Bumrah back to bowl the 19th. Bumrah misses an yorker and ABD swings for the fence again. Dube also gets a boundary as Bumrah goes short and wide this time. ABD smashes a huge six off the last ball to get to his 50. ABD on 54 off 23 balls.
ABD smashes Bumrah for a six off the last ball of the 17th over. 18 runs come off Bumrah's over. Boult comes back to bowl in the 18th over. Padikkal swings, and is caught by Pollard in the deep. He is out for 54 off 40. ABD on a roll, 36 off 17, is joined by Shivam Dube at 5.
ABD fires too in the Pollard over. A pulled four. Bumrah back to bowl the 17th over. ABD continues in smashing mode. Bumrah errs in bowling on his body and ABD delivers a four and a six. A delay as Padikkal is hit on the kneeroll by a Bumrah delivery and needs some attention from the physios. De Villiers 31, Padikkal 54
Krunal Pandya bowls the 15th. De Villiers pulls for four. Padikkal takes the aerial route and gets a boundary to move to within one shot of 50. One bounce and over the ropes. RCB are rediscovering some of their lost momentum. Pollard bowls the 16th over. Padikkal gets another boundary with a cut to get to his 50, off 37 balls. RCB 128/2 after 15.2
ABD comes in at 4. Runs have dried up since Finch's wicket. Both batsmen try to get some momentum going in the innings with singles. 5 runs off Chahar's over. Pattinson bowls the 14th over. Padikkal lofts a six over long off. A second consecutive six off the next ball. Padikkal moves to 44.
Kohli is out for 3 off 11 balls. Returns a dolly of a catch to Rohit Sharma as Rahul Chahar continues in the 13th over. Kohli's terrible IPL 2020 continues.
Chahar bowls the 11th over. Troubles Kohli with some turn. An outside edge and a few defensive strokes. Just 3 runs from the 11th over. Bumrah back to bowl the 12th. Kohli's travails continue against Bumrah too. Dot balls the order of the day. Kohli on 3 off 10 balls.
Kohli joins Padikkal at 3. Krunal Pandya bowls the 10th over. With Padikkal attacking every ball, Krunal looks to vary things. Goes wide of off stump, so wide that a wide is signalled. Then bowls a Kedar Jadhav-esque underarm delivery. Just 4 runs off the over.
Boult bowls the 9th. Strays on the left hander's pads and Padikkal swivels and pulls for a boundary hit very fine. The next ball he does it again. Bumrah, at fine leg, collects on the first bounce. Finch is OUT off the last ball of the over. Caught at long off. Finch is out for 52 off 35 balls.
Krunal Pandya bowls the 7th over. Finch gets a boundary going inside out over covers, but is a tight over. 6 runs off the over. Rahul Chahar changes ends and bowls the 8th over. Finch gets to his 50 with a sweep. His first 50 for RCB. 9 runs off the 8th over.
Bumrah into the attack for the first time in the 6th over. Padikkal gets a fine edge to run past the keeper's right for four. Pulls for another four to square leg next ball. Padikkal moves to double digits, even as Finch has rampaged to 40 at the other end in the same time. RCB prosper in the Powerplay. Finch on 40, Padikkal on 14
Time for Rahul Chahar's spin as early as in the 5th over. Finch pulls for another four, one bounce and over. Another pull for four, this time finer, off the next ball. Pierces the off side field for the third consecutive boundary. Finch has Chahar's number!
Boult continues in the 3rd over. Rohit puts down a difficult low catch. Finch goes big down the ground for the first six of the day. 10 runs from the 3rd over. Finch attacks Pattinson in the 4th over too. A boundary - one bounce and over the ropes - off the second ball. Continues taking the aerial route but cannot reach the ropes.
Pattinson starts with fire. Finch edges an inswinger onto his box, is winded up for a while and needs a moment or two to regain his stance. Advances down the track off the fifth ball and gets a thick edge to run down to third man for four. Last ball, he goes aerial again. The ball lands just short of a diving Krunal Pandya in the deep.
Boult starts off looking for some movement in the air. Padikkal attacks from ball one. The first ball goes just wide off a diving Ishan Kishan at cover. The second ball if flicked off the pads for the first boundary of the day. Finch also off the mark with a single.
MI runaway favourites in this match, according to Brett Lee and Brian Lara ahead of the match. The first few minutes of the match will be the real test for RCB. Can Finch stand tall and lead the innings against MI's rampaging pace unit? Padikkal and Finch walk out. Trent Boult to bowl the first over for MI.
Kohli says he would have been wanting to bat first anyway. 1 change in the MI XI. Saurabh Tiwary is not fit. Ishan Kishan comes in. For RCB, Udana and Zampa come in for Steyn and Philippe. Gurkeerat Mann comes in for Umesh Yadav.
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, James Pattinson, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Adam Zampa, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mumbai Indians win the toss and opt to field first.
'The surface is very dry and that means the seamers might not enjoy the conditions. There are some long boundaries on this ground and the dew factor has been minimal,' say KP and Slater in the pitch report.
Adam Zampa and Isuru Udana given RCB caps minutes before the toss. Suggests RCB will be turning around their bowling attack a bit today. Foreign spinners coming in into the XI. Who gets the chop then? Could ABD don the keeping gloves? No such activity on the MI side.
Jasprit Bumrah, James Pattinson, and Trent Boult have formed a terrific pace trio for MI. RCB, meanwhile, have had some expensive showings from their pacers and also have had some batting weaknesses exposed. Kohli, captaining a T20 team for the 150th time, might have something to say about that. Toss and team news in 30 minutes.
RCB started on a winning note but then their star-studded order collapsed against Kings XI Punjab, resulting in a humbling 97-run defeat. After scores of 14 and 1, Kohli is due for a big one and would be itching to spend more time in the middle. Mumbai Indians, who ticked all the boxes in their comfortable win against Kolkata Knight Riders, are unlikely to tinker with their team composition. The biggest positive is that skipper Rohit Sharma is back among the runs and looked in ominous touch against KKR, and so did Suryakumar Yadav.
SQUADS
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Josh Philippe, Pawan Negi, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, James Pattison, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prince Balwant Rai, Quinton De Kock, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult.
Welcome to another blockbuster night in the IPL. Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by two of India's most high-profile batsmen, two of the most followed sides in the league, take on each other.