MI vs RCB IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians have easily defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets on their home ground. RCB scored 196 runs while playing first. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a stormy start to Mumbai Indians chasing the target. There was an excellent and fast partnership of 101 runs between Rohit and Kishan. Ishan Kishan completed his fifty in 23 balls and he played an innings of 69 runs in 34 balls. Mumbai scored 72 runs in the first 6 overs while chasing. Meanwhile, Rohit scored 38 runs in 24 balls hitting 3 fours and 3 sixes. Suryakumar Yadav is also back in form as he scored a fifty in just 17 balls. Suryakumar Yadav scored 52 runs in his innings and at the end of the innings Hardik Pandya also contributed 21 runs in 6 balls.
Mumbai had scored 111 runs for the loss of one wicket in the first 10 overs. However, in the 12th over, Reece Topley took an incredible catch and sent Rohit Sharma back to the pavilion. But Suryakumar Yadav, who came as an impact player, made the RCB bowlers go crazy. The bowlers were thrashed in the next 2 overs, due to which Mumbai had reached a score of 151 runs after the end of 12 overs. While the team was at a score of 111 runs after 10 overs, 58 runs were scored in the next 3 overs, due to which MI’s score reached 169 by the 13th over. But Suryakumar Yadav was out in the 14th over. Mumbai needed only 16 runs in the last 6 overs. With this, Mumbai has won this match by 7 wickets with 27 balls remaining.
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The storm of Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan
In this match against Mumbai Indians, RCB bowlers could not stand. On one hand, Ishan Kishan stole the show in the first 10 overs. Kishan had already scored a fifty before the powerplay overs were over. Kishan hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in his 69-run innings. On the other hand, before getting out in the 14th over, Suryakumar Yadav had torn apart the opposition bowlers. He scored 52 runs in 19 balls, hitting 5 fours and 4 sixes. Kishan and Suryakumar’s innings made the match one-sided for Mumbai Indians.
Bumrah took 5 wickets
Before this, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 196 runs for 8 wickets while avoiding the havoc of Jasprit Bumrah. Faf du Plessis scored the highest 61 runs (40 balls) from his side. Faf took the team past 100 runs amidst continuous blows. Rajat Patidar played an innings of 50 runs in 26 balls. Dinesh Karthik scored 53 runs in 23 balls. Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets in the match. This was the first time in IPL 2024 when a bowler dismissed 5 batsmen in a single innings.
Virat disappointed
Virat Kohli did not live up to expectations in this match against Mumbai Indians. He became the victim of Bumrah after scoring 3 runs in 9 balls. This is Virat’s lowest score in the current tournament. Glenn Maxwell once again returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Will Jacks, who was included in the team in place of Cameron Green, scored only 8 runs.
