NEW DELHI: A excellent display through bowlers helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat fellow laggards Mumbai Indians through 14 runs in an Indian Premier League fit at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Chasing 168, Mumbai Indians managed 153/7 in spite of Hardik Pandya's 42-ball 50 – the only half-century from all sides on the evening.
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RCB started their protection on a perfect observe when Tim Southee produced peach of a supply to scrub up MI opener Ishan Kishan for a first-ball duck within the first over. Umesh Yadav then picked up two wickets in successive deliveries including the scalp of captain Rohit Sharma (zero) to position his staff on best.
The wickets of Kieron Pollard (13) and JP Duminy (23) all but ended MI's hopes. However, the Pandya brothers - Krunal and Hardik – kept the competition alive with a 56-run stand between them. But the pair of Mohammed Siraj (2/28) and Southee (2/25) bowled excellently within the demise overs to restrict MI to 153. With their 3rd win of the season, RCB climbed up to the fifth spot with six points.
RCB VS MI: MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Earlier, Mumbai bowlers leaked runs towards to the top after holding RCB batsmen in check for the simpler a part of the innings after opting to box. Captain Virat Kohli (32) and Brendon McCullum (37) added 60 quick runs within the center overs to assist the aspect recover from a gradual start but Hardik (3/28) scalped three batsmen in an over and effected a run out to prevent the hosts from operating away with a big general as they posted 167/7.
Colin de Grandhomme (23* from 10) hit three sixes within the ultimate over, bowled through fellow New Zealander Mitchell McClenaghan, to offer a flourishing finish to the innings.
Opener Manan Vohra (45) played a useful knock at the best ahead of being trapped through Mayank Markande. As the wicket introduced turn and pacers too generated tempo, Mumbai Indians succeeded in straight-jacketing the RCB batsmen. Since it had rained, there was once dampness within the wicket, causing the ball to come slightly gradual on the bat.
Vohra broke the shackles through creaming off 22 runs from South African allrounder JP Duminy's 2d over. McClenaghan, though, kept troubling Quinton de Kock (7), who struggled to glue the bat with the ball and was once in the end stuck brilliantly through Rohit Sharma at brief mid-wicket off the Kiwi paceman.
Considering the prerequisites, expectedly, all three spinners had been employed through captain Rohit Sharma. Krunal Pandya turned the ball away from McCullum whilst spectacular Markande another time kept the batsmen on a decent leash.
The spinner was once hit for a six through Vohra but Markande trapped his Ranji teammate from Punjab. It introduced skipper Kohli at the crease who got here to bat at quantity 4. The hosts claimed 20 runs from the 10th over, bowled through Hardik, with McCullum hitting him for two sixes and a 4.
Runs started to drift with each Kohli, who introduced Markande for a huge six, and McCullum getting into the groove. Hardik was once bang on the right track when the Kiwi batsman tried a unmarried and was once run out.
Pandya then ripped aside the RCB batting line up through disregarding Mandeep Singh (14), who looked in excellent touch, Kohli and Washington Sundar (1) within the 18th over.
AS IT HAPPENED | POINTS TABLE | SCORECARD
RCB started their protection on a perfect observe when Tim Southee produced peach of a supply to scrub up MI opener Ishan Kishan for a first-ball duck within the first over. Umesh Yadav then picked up two wickets in successive deliveries including the scalp of captain Rohit Sharma (zero) to position his staff on best.
The wickets of Kieron Pollard (13) and JP Duminy (23) all but ended MI's hopes. However, the Pandya brothers - Krunal and Hardik – kept the competition alive with a 56-run stand between them. But the pair of Mohammed Siraj (2/28) and Southee (2/25) bowled excellently within the demise overs to restrict MI to 153. With their 3rd win of the season, RCB climbed up to the fifth spot with six points.
RCB VS MI: MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Earlier, Mumbai bowlers leaked runs towards to the top after holding RCB batsmen in check for the simpler a part of the innings after opting to box. Captain Virat Kohli (32) and Brendon McCullum (37) added 60 quick runs within the center overs to assist the aspect recover from a gradual start but Hardik (3/28) scalped three batsmen in an over and effected a run out to prevent the hosts from operating away with a big general as they posted 167/7.
Colin de Grandhomme (23* from 10) hit three sixes within the ultimate over, bowled through fellow New Zealander Mitchell McClenaghan, to offer a flourishing finish to the innings.
Opener Manan Vohra (45) played a useful knock at the best ahead of being trapped through Mayank Markande. As the wicket introduced turn and pacers too generated tempo, Mumbai Indians succeeded in straight-jacketing the RCB batsmen. Since it had rained, there was once dampness within the wicket, causing the ball to come slightly gradual on the bat.
Vohra broke the shackles through creaming off 22 runs from South African allrounder JP Duminy's 2d over. McClenaghan, though, kept troubling Quinton de Kock (7), who struggled to glue the bat with the ball and was once in the end stuck brilliantly through Rohit Sharma at brief mid-wicket off the Kiwi paceman.
Considering the prerequisites, expectedly, all three spinners had been employed through captain Rohit Sharma. Krunal Pandya turned the ball away from McCullum whilst spectacular Markande another time kept the batsmen on a decent leash.
The spinner was once hit for a six through Vohra but Markande trapped his Ranji teammate from Punjab. It introduced skipper Kohli at the crease who got here to bat at quantity 4. The hosts claimed 20 runs from the 10th over, bowled through Hardik, with McCullum hitting him for two sixes and a 4.
Runs started to drift with each Kohli, who introduced Markande for a huge six, and McCullum getting into the groove. Hardik was once bang on the right track when the Kiwi batsman tried a unmarried and was once run out.
Pandya then ripped aside the RCB batting line up through disregarding Mandeep Singh (14), who looked in excellent touch, Kohli and Washington Sundar (1) within the 18th over.
IPL 2018: RCB beat MI by 14 runs to go fifth
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