The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League started and the season kicks off with a nailbiter, the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the defending Champions Mumbai Indians with two wickets in hand. On the slow and tricky pitch in Chennai, both teams struggled to score runs and it was a low-scoring game but provided all the excitement and thrilling movements throughout the game. So without making any further delay let’s dive into the article to check out the complete details of the match between Mumbai Indians versus Royal Challengers Bangalore.
When the captain and vice-captain of the Indian team came face to face Virat Kohli who is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field the first. Rohit Sharma and Chris Lynn came out to open the innings and to start the proceedings of IPL 14th edition which was a stable start but the captain Rohit Sharma went back to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs and he was dismissed in run out after a mix-up.
Lynn continuously playing good shots and scored 49 runs but missed his half-century. SuryaKumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan showcased fireworks in the middle and they scored 30 and 28. As I mentioned above, it was a slow track and that resulted in a low-scoring match and Mumbai Indians scored 159 after losing 9 wickets after 20 overs on the board. It is worth mentioning that Harshal Patel bagged 5 wickets and become the first to do against the defending champions.
In the reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore came out with a tricky choice as Washington Sundar came out open with the captain Virat Kohli and Sundar went back after scoring 10 runs. Virat Kohli and the sensational all-rounder Glenn Maxwell scored 33 and 39 runs respectively.
After that, AB de Villiers rolled back the years with his sensational batting performances and he announced his arrival with a sixer. De Villiers smashed 48 off 27 balls after RCB were down at 106 for 5. Harshal Patel capped off his dream day as he guided RCB to the victory in the last ball of the match.
It is worth mentioning that the defending Champions Mumbai Indians followed their tradition of losing the first game of the season as we can look back to the previous editions of the Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians have lost their first match. Today Chennai Super Kings will take on Delhi Capitals and the game will start at 7:30 pm.
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