Virat Kohli perished within the first over. Rohit Sharma was dismissed for his fifth consecutive single-digit rating. Still, the capability crowd on the Wankhede Stadium was enthralled in a high-scoring IPL 2023 affair between host Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis and maverick Glenn Maxwell set the stage ablaze with a 120-run partnership off 61 balls. Suryakumar Yadav’s blitzkrieg then had RCB reeling below the mat as MI made a mockery of a 200-run goal.
Riding on Suryakumar’s 35-ball 83 and his 140-run affiliation with Nehal Wadhera for the third wicket off 66 balls, MI overhauled the goal with a whopping 21 balls to spare, incomes its third profitable 200-plus chase this season.
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By the time Wadhera joined Suryakumar within the center, Ishan Kishan had already made optimum use of the Powerplay and bought MI off the blocks. The duo then stored scoring freely for the following six overs till Surykumar determined to alter the gears in trademark style.
The final 12 balls Suryakumar confronted after dealing with a dot ball fetched him a whopping 44 runs. Mohammed Siraj was smoked down the bottom, Vyshak Vijayakumar’s full toss was despatched packing into the highest tier of the Vijay Merchant Pavilion, and Wanindu Hasaranga was swept into the stands.
Suryakumar’s audacious show not solely helped Mumbai Indians notch up its sixth win, however the Net Run Rate (NRR) distinction meant MI catapulted into the third place on the factors desk.
The MI batting unit, nonetheless, would realise that had it not been for its bowlers pulling the plug on its rival’s shaky decrease middle-order, the goal may have been effectively in extra of 220.
With du Plessis scooping and driving a hapless MI assault with aplomb and Maxwell at his progressive greatest, RCB was working away with the sport. It took Jason Behrendorff, who had struck twice within the Powerplay, to return into the assault for MI to interrupt the deadly 120-run affiliation off simply 61 balls. Starting from Maxwell’s slog-sweep to the deep midwicket fielder, RCB’s center order ghosts got here again to hang-out it because it misplaced three wickets in 10 balls.
It was adopted by RCB managing simply 47 runs off its final 5 overs, which was far too low on a belter. With an on-song Suryakumar on the crease afterward, even a robust end might not have been sufficient.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com