MI vs RCB Highlights: The Mumbai Indians freight train is heading towards other franchises. After three losses on the trot, the Hardik Pandya-led side is looking unbeatable, courtesy of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, and Suryakumar Yadav. Chasing 197 seemed like a walk in the park for the home side, as no bowler stood out for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Dinesh Karthik, Rajat Patidar, and Faf du Plessis emerged as the only three positives in what was a humiliating loss.
Welcome to the Jasprit Bumrah show
Another day of Bumrah proving why he’s the best T20 bowler in the world. RCB scored 196 runs and lost 8 wickets. Out of these, the unorthodox pacer gave up just 21 runs and claimed 5 wickets. The rest of the Mumbai Indians’ bowling line-up gave up 175 runs in 16 overs and took just 3 wickets. In what was his second 5-wicket haul and the first-ever against RCB in IPL history, Bumrah sent Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Saurav Chauhan, and Vijaykumar Vyshak back into the hut.
Ishan ‘pocket dynamo’ Kishan
It looked like Kishan was angry at the ball. The pint-sized batter went berserk, scoring his fifty in just 23 balls. By the end of the powerplay, he’d take the Mumbai Indians to 72/0. He departed in the 9th over with a strike rate of 202 and 12 boundaries to his name (7 fours and 5 sixes). With questions raised about his commitment to domestic cricket, the southpaw decided to vent out his frustration with a match-winning knock at his adopted home.
SKY back where he belongs
It looks like all the Mumbai Indians needed to return to their winning ways was Suryakumar Yadav. The 360-degree wasn’t even included in the playing XI vs RCB and came in to nonchalantly smash a 17-ball fifty, the second fastest of the IPL 2024 season. As is his style, she bashed the ball to every corner of the ground and helped Mumbai win with 27 balls left.
Dinesh Karthik: Old but gold
Should Dinesh Karthik retire? The way he’s going at the moment, RCB fans would want the finisher to rescind with the desire to leave the sport. The wicketkeeper batter smashed a 22-ball 50, hitting nine boundaries (5 fours and 4 sixes), including an over where he hit Akash Madhwal 4 fours in an over and scored 17 off the last over to take RCB to 196.
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