- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.6 huge mix up and Rohit is gone! Googly, short of a length and into middle stump. Lynn meekly taps it into the covers. Rohit wants the run, Lynn does not. Kohli swoops down on that and sends a throw in one the bounce to the bowler and Rohit has gone too far to recover. Massive wicket, it's not easy to start on this pitch by all indications so far and Rohit was looking good 24/112.5 oh good catch running backwards from Sundar! Pushed through flat and at a length at middle stump. Lynn clears the front leg and looks for the big slog. That holds its line a little and he gets this off the high part of the bat. It loops behind the bowler, in the direction of long-on. AB de Villiers yells out to Washi to go after that and he tracks it perfectly over his shoulder, still in his sprint when he gets underneath that and stretches out to grab it. Keeps his balance too after that is done 105/310.6 thick edge and taken! Short and wide outside off, cross seam and getting a bit more stick in the surface as opposed to the last ball which skidded through. This one gets big as he reaches out for the cut and it's an easy take for AB 94/217.4 they've reviewed for lbw and I reckon this is going to be out. It's a dead-on yorker at middle stump. Kishan swishes across it and misses. Struck on the back leg, right in front of middle. No bat. Yup, that will be overturned. Perhaps the umpire thought that was pitching outside leg, but it has curved subtly to land on a leg stump line and would have ripped middle stump out. Good ball, good review. Mumbai are losing steam here 145/515.6 Pandya's been given lbw and he reviews. Outfoxed by a dipping slower ball and struck on the full right in front of middle and leg. UltrEdge shows no murmurs. And tracker shows that hitting leg stump. Lovely change up from Harshal. It's a ball he's always had, and one that works well because of his quick arm action 135/419.2 holes out to deep square! A quick offbreak, at leg stump on a length. Pollard reaching out again, third ball in a row, without control. Can only flick it high for that fielder. Harshal is on a hat-trick 158/719.1 taken at deep midwicket. Short of a length, pushed across leg stump. Gets into a half crouch and tries to turn that behind square. Only gets it high in front of square and that is an easy grab 158/619.4 Harshal has a five-for! What a ball. This is some mastery of the slower yorker. Not this ball, but the three that set it up. Jansen is reaching out in anticipation of another, but Harshal gets this regular paced delivery to tail in from outside off, squeeze through between inside edge and front foot, and knocks the stumps 158/819.6 full slower ball at middle stump, waits on that and drives to long-on. Chahar wants to come back for the second, Bumrah in no position to respond. The throw goes to the striker's and that is four wickets and only a run off Mumbai's last over 159/9Extras4 (nb 2, w 2)TOTAL159/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.95)Did not bat: TA BoultFall of wickets: 1-24 (Rohit Sharma, 3.6 ov), 2-94 (Suryakumar Yadav, 10.6 ov), 3-105 (Chris Lynn, 12.5 ov), 4-135 (Hardik Pandya, 15.6 ov), 5-145 (Ishan Kishan, 17.4 ov), 6-158 (Krunal Pandya, 19.1 ov), 7-158 (Kieron Pollard, 19.2 ov), 8-158 (Marco Jansen, 19.4 ov), 9-159 (Rahul Chahar, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Siraj 4 0 22 0 5.50 12 2 0 1 0 KA Jamieson 4 0 27 1 6.75 13 3 1 0 1 YS Chahal 4 0 41 0 10.25 8 3 3 0 0 Shahbaz Ahmed 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 1 1 0 0 HV Patel 4 0 27 5 6.75 12 2 1 0 1 DT Christian 2 0 21 0 10.50 3 3 0 1 0 Washington Sundar 1 0 7 1 7.00 2 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 taken at short third man. Pushed across off stump at a length, from around the wicket. Sundar stuck between being forward and back. Has a hack at it and gets a top edge that floats out easily to the fielder. An experiment that fails for RCB on first attempt. For Mumbai, bringing the spinner on has worked 36/112.3 oh that looks plumb. Good length and slanted into him. He shuffles, but hasn't gone forward as he usually does. Looks to tickle it fine from the crease and he's pinned in front of middle, just above the knee roll. He won't review that 98/35.5 chopped on! Slower ball at a length, wide outside off. He shapes to slash that through the off side but is too keen and playing away from the body. Into off stump off the inside edge. A knuckle ball that he hasn't picked 46/214.1 ramped straight to short fine! It's a slower short ball at leg stump, he's shaped to get this over the fielder but he's done by the change-up from the young man. It dips for the fielder who tracks it brilliantly as he lunges forward to get his fingers under that. Mumbai have clawed back 103/419.4 they might have got AB here! He's walking off! Ooooohhh boy! He is well short! Short of a length delivery, tucked out towards long-on, to his right. AB hares down and turns for the second. But it is a blistering throw to the keeper's end. Krunal Pandya has kept Mumbai alive. Runs in fro deep midwicket, one bounce, beats AB's big give by some distance. Stunning, stunning work from Krunal 158/814.6 he picks out deep square! Jansen has two in the over. It's the night of bowling comebacks. Length and into the body. Uses his bottom hand to shovel this. Decent connection, but straight to the fielder 106/516.3 Chahar holds on at point! Panic stations? Short and wide outside off, decent connection on the cut but it is hip height and just to Chahar's right. He sticks two soft hands out and that lands neatly. Christian was the big-money finisher for RCB, he departs 122/618.5 Jamieson misjudges and commits to a run, and he is dismissed with ease. It's a low full toss outside off, slammed down the pitch. Bumrah sticks a leg out in the follow through and this trickles behind him, to the left of the stumps. AB's takes a step forward and waits for Jamieson's call. Jamieson runs through and Bumrah has an easy recovery and a walk to the stumps to get him out 152/7Extras12 (lb 2, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL160/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Did not bat: YS ChahalFall of wickets: 1-36 (Washington Sundar, 4.2 ov), 2-46 (Rajat Patidar, 5.5 ov), 3-98 (Virat Kohli, 12.3 ov), 4-103 (Glenn Maxwell, 14.1 ov), 5-106 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 14.6 ov), 6-122 (Dan Christian, 16.3 ov), 7-152 (Kyle Jamieson, 18.5 ov), 8-158 (AB de Villiers, 19.4 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
9 April 2021 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Mumbai Indians 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 1 wicket)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (CA Lynn 29, SA Yadav 21, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 83/1 in 9.0 overs (CA Lynn 40, SA Yadav 22)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 135/4 in 16.0 overs (Ishan Kishan 21)
- Over 15.6: Review by Mumbai Indians (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - HH Pandya (Struck down)
- Over 17.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bangalore (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Ishan Kishan (Upheld)
- Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (112 balls), Extras 4
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (43 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 69/2 in 9.0 overs (V Kohli 27, GJ Maxwell 16)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (V Kohli 13, GJ Maxwell 36, Ex 2)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 10
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 121/5 in 16.0 overs (AB de Villiers 18, DT Christian 1)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 11
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