MI beats Royal challengers to 19 runs in IPL match
Mumbai: Skipper Mumbai Indians rallied to comfortably defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Tuesday.
Invited to bat, Mumbai Indians rode on Rohit’s 35-ball 59 and Kieron Pollard’s handy 43 off 31 balls to post a stiff 187 for five.
Patel struck five fours for his 26 but Gayle was the aggressor of the two, carting the bowlers all over the park.
He hit Pawan Suyal for two sixes and an equal number of fours in the third over, with the bowler going for 28 runs. RCB dominated the start and scored 43 runs in three overs.
Bumrah, however, managed to dismiss the dangerous A B de Villiers (9) cheaply in the next over, when the batsman attempted a sweep shot.
Kohli couldn’t capitalise on the advantage handed to him and departed five balls later, thanks to a brilliant catch by Corey Anderson at long -off. At that stage, RCB were 119 for four, requiring 69 runs off 39 balls.
Mumbai wrested back the momentum when the visitors further lost two quick wickets, as Kieron Pollard put his football skills to good use to kick the ball at the stumps to run out Yuvraj Singh and caught Mitchell Starc at cover off Malinga in the next over.
Rilee Rossouw struck a 14-ball 24 but it was an uphill task for RCB after the South African was dismissed in the penultimate over, with the team needing 29 runs off 10 balls.
Earlier, Rohit combined with Pollard to forge a 60-ball 97-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
