The Indian Premier League (IPL) was the only high-scoring match of the day. But Mumbai Indians won this match against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Beat Bangalore by 6 wickets. Bengaluru scored 199 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Mumbai won with 21 balls and 6 wickets in hand.
Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited Bengaluru to bat at the start of the match held at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting lost two wickets for 16 runs. Virat Kohli for 1 run and Anuj Rawat for 6 runs.
However, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell continued to bat brilliantly in the third wicket pair. At this time, the two made a pair of 120 runs. That’s how the group got the basis of the big collection. Both completed personal half-centuries. Maxwell was out for 68 runs from 33 balls and du Plessis was out for 65 runs from 41 balls. Besides Lamroer 1 and Karthik scored 30 runs. And both Yadav and Hasaranga remain unbeaten on 12 runs.
Mumbai got off to a good start chasing runs. 51 runs came from the opening pair. Opener Rohit Sharma was out for a personal 7 runs. Another opener Ishan Kishan stopped with 42 runs in just 21 balls.
Then Suryakumar Yadav made a partnership of 140 runs with Nehal Wadhera for the third wicket. That’s how Mumbai got the basis for victory. Yadav returned to Sajghar after scoring 83 runs off just 35 balls. Meanwhile, Wadhera left the field with victory. He remained unbeaten on 52 runs. Cameron Green remains unbeaten on 2 runs.
(10 May/MM)