Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan supplied the fireworks with the bat after Jasprit Bumrahâs magical five-wicket haul as Mumbai Indians pummelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets for his or her second win within the IPL right here on Thursday.
Kishan went ballistic to make 69 off simply 34 balls (7x4s, 5x6s) and Suryakumar dazzled with a 19-ball 52 with 4 sixes and 5 fours, as Mumbai Indians overhauled RCBâs 197-run goal in simply 15.3 overs.
RCB huffed and puffed however put up a difficult 196/8 courtesy skipper Faf du Plessis (61), Rajat Patidar (50) and Dinesh Karthikâs 23-ball 53 not out however the complete proved to be removed from sufficient.
The tone for an aggressive reply on a placid deck was set by Kishan, who tore into Mohammed Siraj to gather 23 runs off the India pacerâs second over, hammering him for 3 sixes and a 4.
The onslaught continued when RCB launched Glenn Maxwell within the sixth over, with the MI opener swatting two fours and a six to race to his first fifty of the season off solely 23 balls.
Kishan as soon as once more cast a significant stand for Mumbai in firm of Rohit Sharma, with the pair placing on 101 runs off 53 balls for the primary wicket.
While Rohit (38 off 24 balls, 3x4s, 3x6s) performed second fiddle to each Kishan and Suryakumar, the previous MI skipper additionally dished out some spectacular photographs earlier than he fell to a shocking one-handed diving catch at brief nice leg from Reece Topley off debutant Will Jacks.
Suryakumar, who was dropped by Glenn Maxwell at backward level on 15, went after Akash Deep within the eleventh over to gather 24 runs with three sixes and one 4.
Playing solely his second recreation after comeback from damage, Suryakumar was aided by wayward RCB bowlers who offered him loads of deliveries to knock himself into type and the world No 1 T20 batter obliged with a 17-ball fifty.
The contest, which noticed partisan crowds cheering loudly for each India stars Rohit and Virat Kohli, additionally witnessed booing of MI skipper Pandya intermittently.
As he walked out to bat, Pandya was hit by loud boos however a piece additionally started chanting âHardikâĤ Hardikâ with Kohli instantly encouraging the followers to cheer for the India all-rounder.
Hardik made it more durable for the followers to boo him by smashing three sixes in his 6-ball 21 not out.
Earlier, Bumrah weaved his magic en path to a five-wicket haul earlier than Karthik performed a blinder within the dying overs to take RCB near 200.
In a contest the place his fellow pacers erred persistently, Bumrahâs accuracy and mastery over variation helped him rule the roost as soon as once more.
Mixing up his fiery yorkers completely with sharp bouncers, Bumrah snaffled the in-form Kohli (3) early on to increase his peculiar run at this venue within the IPL.
Du Plessis and Patidar banished their poor run with their respective half-centuries whereas placing on 82 runs for the third wicket, however Bumrah, who bowled three overs put up the midway mark, appeared to have damaged the again of RCBâs resistance with a terrific spell.
Karthik, who took a liking for Akash Madhwal (1/57) to gather 38 runs off his two overs, completed with 5 fours and 4 sixes.
A little bit tentative at begin, Patidar grew in confidence for his first fifty of the season to complete at 50 from 26 balls with three fours and 4 sixes, whereas du Plessis acquired his 61 from 40 balls, studded with 4 fours and three sixes.
Scoreboard
Royal Challengers Bengaluru : Virat Kohli c Ishan Kishan b Bumrah 3 Faf du Plessis c David b Bumrah 61 Will Jacks c David b Madhwal 8 Rajat Patidar c Ishan Kishan b Coetzee 50 Glenn Maxwell lbw b Gopal 0 Dinesh Karthik not out 53 Mahipal Lomror lbw b Bumrah 0 Saurav Chauhan c Madhwal b Bumrah 9 Vijaykumar Vyshak c Mohammad Nabi b Bumrah 0 Akash Deep not out 2 Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-8) 10
Total: (For 8 wickets in 20 overs) 196
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-23, 3-105, 4-108, 5-153, 6-153, 7-170, 8-170
Mumbai Indians bowling: Mohammad Nabi 1-0-7-0, Gerald Coetzee 4-0-42-1, Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-21-5, Akash Madhwal 4-0-57-1, Shreyas Gopal 4-0-32-1, Romario Shepherd 2-0-22-0, Hardik Pandya 1-0-13-0.
