Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Mohammed Siraj and wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik dropped a vital catch of Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma in match quantity 5 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) on the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday. Siraj eliminated Ishan Kishan whereas Reece Topley dismissed Cameron Green contained in the powerplay. RCB have been seeking to dominate the powerplay and take a giant wicket of Rohit. Rohit went for a pull shot on a brief ball bowled across the off stump, however finally ends up getting a prime edge. As the ball goes up within the air, each Siraj and Karthik rushed in the direction of it. Siraj managed to succeed in the ball first however fails to take care of his steadiness as each gamers miss out on one another and collide with one another. As a results of the collision, Siraj fell to the bottom.
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Earlier, RCB captain Faf du Plessis gained the toss and elected to bowl first. RCB are enjoying their first match of their dwelling floor after three years of absence and are coming into the competitors on the again of creating the playoffs within the final three seasons. Mumbai, then again, are coming after a backside place end in final yr’s event. After profitable the toss, Faf mentioned he, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, and Reece Topley are the abroad gamers in RCB enjoying eleven.
“There was a bit of dew when we practised. We have been so excited to get started tonight. This is one of the great stadiums to play cricket in,” he mentioned.
“Our first goal is to make those playoffs, and follow the processes. We have to make sure we get off to a good start, 14 games to go in the tournament, and then we can talk about that,” he added.
Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma mentioned Tim David, Cameron Green, Jofra Archer and Jason Behrendorff (within the substitutes) are the abroad gamers for the match.
“With the new Impact Player rule, teams are backing themselves to chase. The pitch looks good and we have to come out with a positive intent,” mentioned Rohit.
“Last season was a disappointment for us but again, we know exactly where we went wrong. We will try to correct the mistakes we made last time. There have been a few new faces as well in the side, so that will help. A great achievement to captain in 200 games,” he added.
Playing XIs:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer and Arshad Khan
Substitutes: Jason Behrendorff, Vishnu Vinod, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Sandeep Warrier
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf Du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma and Akash Deep
Substitutes: David Willey, Sonu Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat
