MI vs RCB Live Score, Match 25: All it took Mumbai Indians was 87 balls to achieve a monstrous target of 197 vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The stars of the show for MI were Ishan Kishan (34-ball 69) and Suryakumar Yadav (19-ball 52), who made short work of the mammoth total.
Dinesh karthik played a sublime knock of 23-ball 53 to take Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 196/8 after Jasprit Bumrah rattled the tail with a five-wicket haul. Earlier, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl. RCB, who have been heavily reliant on Virat Kohli, have brought in Will Jacks, dropping Cameron Green to the bench for the Wankhede clash.
Who won yesterday’s IPL match?
Mumbai Indians showed that they are a force to reckon with as they thrashed RCB by seven wickets, to register their second win of IPL 2024. With this win, the MI team has risen to the sixth spot in the IPL points table, with RCB lying in ninth place after sixth match.
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That’s it
Mumbai have registered a famous win here. The way they started this tournament, no one gave them a chance to make a comeback. But the way their last two matches have gone, they are certain contenders. Pandya ends the match with a six.
Target achieved with 4.3 overs to spare.
Out
And after his blinder, Surya has departed for 52 from only 19 balls. But the message is clear from Mumbai, finish it early. It is 180/3 after 13.5 overs.
52 in 17
Surya comes up with a blinder of an innings here. He slams his fifty, first of the season in only 17 balls, hit towering four sixes. MI 169/2 in 13 overs.
Rohit gone
Topley with an excellent catch here. A wicket against the run of play here. Rohit is out for 38, as MI reach 140/2.
Surya show
Surya slams 24 in one over
Ishan gone
And after scoring 34 from 69, Ishan departs here. But Mumbai are still in a solid position. The score moves to 103/1 in 9 overs.
Chase going well
On the other hand, Rohit has also picked up pace. That means, MI have now scored 85 in seven overs.
Kishan slams 50
And there we go. Kishan has slammed a quickfire 50 here. It is an excellent innings here. MI reach 72/0 in 6 overs.
Kishan going well
The good part about Mumbai’s batting so far has been, there hasn’t been unecessary risk-taking. Ishan has smoothly done bulk of the scoring. It is 25/0 after 3.4 overs.
Mood at Wankhede
Wankhede crowd singing Vande Mataram here.
MI 9/0 after 2 overs
Ishan & Rohit start
There we go. The chase has started here and Ishan and Rohit open for Mumbai. Excellent over here by Topley. MI 2/0 after 1 over.
RCB 196/8
Dinesh Karthik saves RCB the blushes despite Jasprit Bumrah bagging a fifer. He scores an unbeaten 53 to take RCB to 196/8.
DK hits fifty
Dinesh Karthik plays the best knock of IPL 2024. He hits 22-ball half-century. T20 World Cup for DK, anyone?
Bumrah gets fifer
The magician that he is, Jasprit Bumrah has rattled with his magic at the death. He bags fourth wicket at the death to get to his 2nd fifer of IPL career.
RCB 170/8 in 18.4
Bumrah strikes twice!
Faf du Plessis falls for 40-all 61. It has been a solid knock but Jasprit Bumrah always creates magic at the death. And Du Plessis wasn’t the only one. He bowled a toe-crushing yorker to trap Mahipal Lomror for a golden duck.
RCB 153/6 in 16.4
Last four approaching
Dinesh Karthik and Faf du Plessis shoulder on at the death. They have four overs left to get to 180+.
RCB 149/4 in 16
Du Plessis hits 50
Faf du Plessis gets his 34th IPL half-century off 33 deliveries. He has held the RCB innings together so far.
RCB 121/4 in 14
Duck, duck, go!
Glenn Maxwell equals Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik for the joint most ducks in IPL.
17 – Glenn Maxwell (126 innings)
17- Dinesh Karthik (226)
17 – Rohit Sharma (248)
Maxwell gone!
The last time Glenn Maxwell was in Mumbai, he smashed 200 in an ODI against Afghanistan. However, no fireworks today. He falls for a four-ball duck as Shreyas Gopal strikes.
RCB 108/3 after 12.2
Patidar departs
Rajat Patidar finally arrived for RCB with a 25-ball half-century. But Gerarld Coetzee gets the better of him soon after.
RCB 105/3 after 11.3
Rohit the leader
Hardik Pandya might be the captain but Rohit Sharma is always the leader. At the time out, Rohit led the team talk for MI.
Halfway!
Rajat Patidar has finally broken the shackles. He is looking more confident now and RCB need that batter. Patidar moves to 36 off 19.
RCB 89/2 after 10.
Hardik Pandya returns to bowling
Captain Hardik Pandya has picked up the ball finally. He needs to bowl as he adds value with his four overs.
RCB 76/2 after 9.
50-run stand!
Faf du Plessis and Rajat Patidar have brought up a fifty-run stand. And this would be redemption for Patidar, who has been in poor run of form. But this partnership of 30-balls will give him confidence.
RCB 74/2 after 8.4.
Du Plessis-Patidar shoulder on
Faf du Plessis has found his rhythm today. He is the aggressor between the two. But RCB need contribution from Rajat Patidar as well.
RCB 67/2 after 8.
End of powerplay
As Shane Watson and Eoin Morgan had predicted, RCB have lost two wickets in the powerplay. They have only managed 44 runs. Faf du Plessis and Rajat Patidar are on the crease.
Bumrah bamboozles Kohli
It’s always a fascinating battle between Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. While Kohli has had a better strike rate against Bumrah, today, the premier pacer had the last laugh.
Bengaluru in trouble
Cameron Green failed and now Will Jacks too has failed. Akash Madhwal strikes and he gets the big fish Will Jacks.
RCB 28/2 after 4 overs.
Kohli vs Bumrah
It is time for Kohli vs Bumrah and both are the best in business. Bumrah troubles the batsman in his very first over, and manages to induce an edge too. He is out for 3.
RCB 14/1 after 2.3 overs.
Excellent start for Coetzee
Okay, Coetzee troubles Faf for a while in his first over, but the veteran comes up with a solid reply here. He scoops him for a six on the last ball.
RCB 14/0 after 2 overs.
Excellent start for Coetzee
Okay, Coetzee troubles Faf for a while in his first over, but the veteran comes up with a solid reply here. He scoops him for a six on the last ball.
RCB 14/0 after 2 overs.
Nabi starts
Mumbai start with spin here. Nabi comes for a bowl. Faf comes up with a four here.
RCB 7/0 after 1 over.
Look what Mumbai has done
RCB XI
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
MI XI
Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Akash Madhwal
Hardik to bowl
There you go. Mumbai have opted to bowl first and have only one change. Shreyas Gopal comes in for Piyush Chawla.
Toss time
And we are just minutes away from the all important toss here. It could be an important one to win for both teams.
Hitman scrutinizes pitch at Wankhede
MI vs RCB Head to Head Stats
Mumbai and Bangalore have played each other 32 times before. While MI have won 19 matches, RCB has won on 13 occasions.
RCB gear up for Wankhede challenge
Welcome to the live coverage of Match 25 of the IPL 2024 season between the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Wankhede Stadium.
MI vs RCB: Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Saurav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Will Jacks, Anuj Rawat, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Shreyas Gopal, Luke Wood, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Nuwan Thushara, Dewald Brevis, Harvik Desai.