RCB vs MI Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 8 wickets – Ex-captain and current captain Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have delivered Royal Challengers Bangalore the perfect homecoming with an 8-wicket thrashing of Mumbai Indians. Kohli smashed an unbeaten 82 while Du Plessis struck 73 as RCB chased down a 172-run target with 22 balls to spare. Earlier, Tilak Verma single-handedly rescued Mumbai Indians with a brilliant 46-ball 84 to help them post 171/7. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN.
An 8⃣-wicket victory at home to kick off the season in style 👌👌@RCBTweets are up and running in #TATAIPL 2023 🙌
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With Mohammed Siraj and Reece Topley bowling in tandem, RCB took early command with MI only posting 29/3 in powerplay. But as MI kept losing big wickets, Tilak held the innings together and blew RCB attack away. RCB were also dealt a big blow as Reece Topley has been ruled out of the game with a dislocated shoulder.
RCB Innings Highlights: Chasing 172, Kohli (82 not out) and Du Plessis (73) produced an exhibition of sublime stroke-making. The duo plundered 10 boundaries and as many maximums during their near flawless 89-ball 148-run stand.
Their assault at the packed Chinnaswamy Stadium was enough to secure victory. However, there was a sudden dip. After Arshad Khan broke the stand, removing Du Plessis in the 15th over, Dinesh Karthik was promoted to get the job done quickly to get an NRR boost. However, the finisher could not finish things off as Cameron Green removed him in the next over for a three-ball duck.
But Kohli in a sublime form completed the job. He hit a four and six off Arshad Khan to knock off the winning runs to hand MI their 11th consecutive defeat in their first match of the season.
An electrifying atmosphere here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium 🏟️@RCBTweets fans, describe this opening partnership in one word! ✍️
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MI brought in Jason Behrendorff in place of Suryakumar Yadav as their impact player. But it did not work. He and his new-ball partner Arshad were taken to the cleaners by Kohli and du Plessis. The duo racked up 30 in three overs.
If Behrendorff was smacked for successive sixes by du Plessis, Kohli blasted a four and six off Jofra Archer after being dropped by the bowler in the first ball. Archer had a pretty ordinary MI debut, going for 0/33 in his four.
Du Plessis took apart Cameron Green hitting two fours and a maximum. The skipper repeated the treatment to Hrithik Shokeen with two maximums to reach his fifty.
Kohli then whacked Chawla over long-on to bring up the team hundred before reaching his individual fifty in the 12th over.
Mumbai Indians Innings Highlights: Earlier, MI had a poor start. RCB bowlers had reduced MI to 20/3 in 5.2 overs. But it was Tilak Varma who added 50 and 48 with Nehal Wadhera (21) and Arshad Khan (15 not out) for the fifth and eighth wickets, respectively.
The 20-year-old decorated his knock with nine boundaries and four sixes to take MI to a respectable total.
MI suffered early trouble with Mohammed Siraj removing Ishan Kishan with an outswinger. Reece Topley dismissed Cameron Green before he dislocated his shoulder while trying to stop a run. He took no further part in the game.
Rohit got a life when Siraj and Dinesh Kartik collided while going for the catch in the fifth over. However, the India skipper couldn’t capitalise as Akash Deep induced an edge.
Suryakumar Yadav, who has been in poor form, too perished after a start, hitting straight to Shahbaz Ahmed. However, Varma continued to bat with confidence. But Tim David once again disappointed.
A 1⃣0⃣1⃣m maximum followed by a wicket!
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Karn Sharma gets Nehal Wadhera who looked in impressive touch 👌👌
The fifty partnership gets broken at the right time for @RCBTweets 💪
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Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan
Mumbai Indians Subs: Jason Behrendorff, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Sandeep Warrier, Ramandeep Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj
RCB subs: David Willey, Sonu Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai.
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