Mumbai Indians easily defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets at their home ground. RCB had scored 196 runs in the first game. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan got Mumbai Indians off to a storming start in the hunt for the target. There was an excellent and explosive partnership of 101 runs between Rohit and Kishan. Ishan Kishan completed his 50 runs in 23 balls and played an innings of 69 runs in 34 balls. During the chase, Mumbai had scored 72 runs in the first 6 overs. Meanwhile, Rohit scored 38 runs in 24 balls, hitting three fours and three sixes. Suryakumar Yadav is also back in rhythm as he scored a fifty in just 17 balls. Suryakumar Yadav scored 52 runs in his innings and at the end of the innings, Hardik Pandya also contributed 21 runs in 6 balls.
Mumbai had scored 111 runs in the first 10 overs for the loss of one wicket. But in the 12th over, Reece Topley pulled off an incredible catch, sending Rohit Sharma back to the pavilion. But Suryakumar Yadav, who came here as a batsman, had created a spirit for the RCB bowlers. There was a lot of bowling from the bowlers in the next two overs, which took Mumbai to the score of 151 runs at the end of 12 overs. While the team had a score of 111 runs after 10 overs, 58 runs were scored in the next 3 overs, taking MI’s score to 169 in the 13th over. But Suryakumar Yadav was out in the 14th over. Mumbai needed just 16 runs in the last 6 overs. With this, Mumbai won the game by 7 wickets with 27 balls remaining.
The Storm by Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan
The RCB bowlers could not survive in this game against Mumbai Indians. On the one hand, Ishan Kishan stole the show in the first 10 overs. Kishan had already scored fifty before the end of the powerplay over. Kishan hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in his innings of 69 runs. Before he got out in the 14th over, Suryakumar Yadav had blown away the opposition bowlers. He scored 52 runs in 19 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. The innings of Kishan and Suryakumar had made the game one-sided for Mumbai Indians.