IPL 8, RCB vs MI: Mumbai overcome royal challenge, Bhajji stands out
Bengaluru: Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 18 runs here on Sunday.
MI 209/7 (20)
RCB 191/7 (20)
RCB innings
Chris Gayle dropped on the first ball, Simmons usually has a safe pair of hands but he puts it down. Mitchell McClenaghan starts the proceedings for Mumbai.
Lasith Malinga from the other end and starts off with his signature yorker.
Manvinder Bisla is the other opener for RCB. The man who starred in Kolkata Knight Riders' 2012 IPL victory against Chennai Super Kings.
FOUR! Bisla in action.
FOUR! The second boundary of the over by Bisla off McClenaghan.
In the meanwhile, have a look at the stadium and the fans who bleed red for the local team.
The M Chinnaswamy Stadium bleeds red for the Royal Challengers Bangalore #RCB #IPL https://t.co/1MNFN2vdH5
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 19, 2015Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack and FOUR! Bisla sweeps.
SIX! Bisla looking dangerous now.
WICKET! Bhajji bowls quicker and straighter, castles the batsman. Bisla dismissed for 20.
Virat Kohli is out in the middle. He is playing his 100th game for RCB.
Bhajji going round the wicket to Kohli.
Pollard, on the other hand, is trying to win some fairplay points by putting a tape over his mouth.
#Pollard's cheeky message to the umpires #MI #IPL pic.twitter.com/V1TgZBKhNH
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WICKET! Bhajji does the trick, Gayle gone. He was struggling at 10 off 23 balls. He has let his team down here.
Earlier, two legends - Jonty Rhodes and Ricky Ponting - were caught together in the same frame discussing strategies for Mumbai.
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WICKET! That's the end of Virat Kohli (18), caught by Rayudu off McClenaghan.
This brings the AB de Villiers - the magician - out in the middle.
And AB starts his unorthodox shots - one SIX and two FOURS - quickly to 14 off three balls.
FOUR! AB again. He has moved to 19 off five balls. What a player.
FOUR! Karthik scoops, what a fantastic last minute improvisation.
RCB seems to be in the match now.
WICKET! Karthik (18) chips and finds the fielder. Malinga to Paltans' rescue.
SIX! Second six for AB. He is batting on 25 off six balls.
SIX! 31 off seven balls.
Are we in for the fastest IPL fifty?
Bhajji picks up his 100th WICKET! Rilee Rossouw goes for a duck.
Bumrah claims the WICKET of his life, AB de Villiers gone. With five boundaries and three sixes, he scored 41 off 11.
Wiese playing a champion innings, he has moved on to 38 off 17. RCB now need 37 runs off 13 balls.
Iqbal Abdullah is the other batsman.
MI innings
Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel have walked out in the middle. Varun Aaron and Iqbal Abdullah start RCB's proceedings.
Corey Anderson misses the tie being injured. Unmukt Chand and Mitchell McClenaghan in for the Paltans. Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah also make cut. Pawan Suyal misses the bus.
For RCB, Manvinder Bisla could be the surprise package.
Patel - who was out for a duck against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - is looking to make amends. Simmons throwing his bat at every ball. He was not able to middle against the CSK bowlers and even today, he looks frail.
FOUR! Simmons finally finds the boundary
FOUR! Ferocious pull towards midwicket
FOUR! This one races towards the short fine-leg. An expensive over from Varun Aaron.
David Wiese introduced into the attack.
And that's OUT! First wicket down for MI. Wiese rattles Patel (12 off 13).
The new batsman in is Unmukt Chand.
Mumbai going at eight-and-half runs per over.
Earlier, at the toss, Rohit was caught fumbling when talking about the changes made in the squad. He was not able to remember. Virat Kohli, from the other side, could not hold back his smile.
Fun times at the toss earlier - @imVkohli and @ImRo45 #IPL #MI #RCB https://t.co/KRIE2W7sL4
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SIX! The first one for MI, Simmons moves to 35. Chand joins the party, pulls Chahal for the big one. He has quickly moved to 26 off 16.
SIX! Simmons hits the upper tier, the ball kisses the stand and bounces back to the ground. What a powerful shot! He has moved to 49 off 35. Aaron has no clue.
HALF-CENTURY: And that's 50 off 36 for Simmons.
WICKET! Aaron takes a stunner to dismiss Simmons (59 off 44). A good innings comes to end. Chahal is the bowler.
Rohit Sharma - who scored a half-century in the last tie - has joined Chand.
Abdullah has finished his quota of four overs conceding 35 runs without a wicket.
Aaron has turned out to be expensive with 50 off his four overs, without a wicket.
Chand, on the other hand, is close to his half-century.
HALF-CENTURY: And that's fifty for Chand off 33 balls.
Sharma is turning over a new leaf. He has moved to 36 off 11 balls and the shot of the match remains the six off a half strike. It went passed Wiese fielding in the deep. He has already slammed three sixes.
It was on this ground he had scored his first double hundred.
WICKET! Chand (58 off 37) has to go, but he played a good hand, caught by Kohli off Chahal.
Now with 14 balls remaining, the in-form Kieron Pollard joins Sharma.
WICKET! Pollard caught by Chahal off Wiese.
WICKET! A repeat of the same sight, this time, the man to go is Ambati Rayudu.
Wiese was on a hat-trick.
FOUR! Sharma moves to 42 off 14.
WICKET! And that's a bizarre dismissal. Wiese picks up his fourth but he would have never imagined the batsman to play a shot like Sharma did.
