The opening match of the Indian Premier League 2021 between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore witnessed an fascinating second when RCB pacer Kyle Jamieson, who was enjoying his maiden IPL match, broke MI all-rounder Krunal Pandya’s bat with a 132-kmph Yorker on Friday (April 9).
The incident happened within the nineteenth over of Mumbai Indians’ innings when New Zealand’s Jamieson, who’s 6.8 ft tall, bowled the thundering yorker on the center stump which Pandya managed to defend however at the price of his bat, which broke into two items after the ball hit the toe-finish of it.
Notably, the bat’s deal with remained in Krunal’s fingers, however the remainder of the willow broke and fell to the bottom.
Here’s the clip of the incident:
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— Mahesh (@mahesh_4you) April 9, 2021
Talking in regards to the match, seamer Harshal Patel’s 5-wicket haul (5/27) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by two wickets in a final-ball thriller within the opening match of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) season on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
Patel ran by MI’s center and decrease order to limit them to 159/9 after they have been cruising at 86/1 halfway by their innings.
RCB have been then powered by a 27-ball 48 from AB de Villiers and a 28-ball 39 from Glenn Maxwell whilst they made heavy climate of the chase, profitable it off the final ball of the match though they’d been arrange effectively by a 52-run third-wicket stand between skipper Virat Kohli (33 off 29) and Maxwell.
Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 159/9 in 20 overs (C Lynn 49, S Yadav 31, I Kishan 28, H Patel 5/27) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 160/8 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 48, G Maxwell 39, V Kohli 33, J Bumrah 2/26, M Jansen 2/28).
