MI vs RCB : Mumbai hold on; Victory over Bangalore by seven wickets leader

Leaders Online Desk: In the 25th match of IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians won against RCB by seven wickets. With the second win, Mumbai moved up to the seventh position in the points table. While RCB is at the ninth position. After losing the toss and electing to bat first, Bengaluru scored 196 for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai scored 199 runs for the loss of three wickets in 15.3 overs. (MI vs RCB)

Aggressive start from Ishan – Rohit

Chasing a target of 197 runs, Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma gave Mumbai a strong start. Both shared a partnership of 101 runs for the first wicket. Ishan Kishan hit seven fours and five sixes in this match at a strike rate of 202.94. He was dismissed for 69 runs. So, the hitman returned to the pavilion with 38 runs. In the 12th over, he was caught by Will Jackkarvi at the hands of Reece Basket.

Surya's half-century

Suryakumar Yadav, who came to bat at number three for Mumbai, did an explosive performance. He hit his half century in just 17 balls. He scored a powerful knock of 52 runs at a strike rate of 273.68. In between, five fours and four sixes came from his bat. He was caught by Vijaykumar Visak at the hands of Lomara. After this, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma took the lead of the innings and led the team to victory. The duo shared an unbeaten partnership of 23 runs for the fourth wicket. Hardik scored 21 runs in six balls with the help of three sixes. Tilak Verma scored 16 runs in 10 balls. For RCB, Akash Deep, Vijaykumar Vishak and Will Jack took one wicket each.

Earlier, in the 25th match of IPL, RCB scored 196 runs against Mumbai for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Faf Duplessis top scored for Bengaluru. He played a powerful innings of 61 runs. While Rajat Patidar scored a half-century. Virat Kohli could score only three runs in the match. Bumrah makes him his prey on 14 runs. Bumrah dismissed Kohli for the fifth time in the IPL. The team received another shock in the form of Will Jack. Jack could only score eight runs in his debut match. He was dismissed by Akash Madhwal for 23 runs. (MI vs RCB)

This was followed by a massive 82-run stand for the third wicket between Faf Duplessis and Rajat Patidar, which was broken by Gerald Coetzee. Patidar, who came as an impact player, was caught by the wicket-keeper. He was dismissed after scoring a half-century. In between he hit three fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 192.30. Immediately after this, the wicket of Glenn Maxwell fell and he was dismissed for nil.

Bumrah became a headache for RCB. He had skipper Faf Duplessis caught by Tim David on the fourth ball of the third over. On the fifth ball of this over, Bumrah dismissed Mahipal Lomara lbw. He returned to the pavilion without opening the account.

After this, Bumrah again took two wickets in two consecutive balls in the 19th over. He dismissed Sourav Chauhan and Vijaykumar Vishak. With this he managed to get five wickets. While Dinesh Karthik did a strong performance. He completed his 21st half-century in 22 balls. He remained unbeaten with 53 runs off 23 balls. During this he hit five fours and four sixes at a strike rate. Akash Deep remained unbeaten by scoring two runs. For Mumbai, Bumrah took five wickets while Gerald Coetzee, Akash Madhwal and Shreyas Gopal took one wicket each.

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