Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Glenn Maxwell and Faf du plessis throughout their century stand towards Mumbai Indians on the Indian Premier League 2023 match in Mumbai on May 9, 2023.
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A fourth century stand of the season between Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell took Royal Challengers Bangalore to 199 for 5 towards Mumbai Indians within the IPL in Mumbai on May 9.
After RCB have been rocked early by Jason Behrendorff (4-0-36-3) who struck twice within the powerplay, du Plessis (65 off 41) and Maxwell (68 off 33) teamed up to expose MI’s bowling troubles as soon as once more whereas profiting from the right batting circumstances on the Wankhede Stadium.
Du Plessis and Maxwell added 120 runs for the fourth wicket off simply 62 balls, powering RCB’s cost after Mumbai Indians made early inroads with Virat Kohli (1) and Anuj Rawat (6) falling early.
Maxwell was in his ingredient as he performed some excellent strokes, hitting 4 sixes and eight fours to report his fourth half-century this season.
On the opposite hand, du Plessis, dropped by Nehal Wadhera within the first over when he was but to open his account, was equally spectacular along with his strokeplay, attacking quick bowlers and spinners alike to get to his sixth half-century.
Du Plessis additionally prolonged his lead on the prime of the listing for the very best run-getters this yr, reaching 576 runs in 11 matches at a median of 64.
But to their credit score, MI fought again within the second half to dismiss Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror (1) and du Plessis in fast succession, which halted RCB’s cost as they may not transcend the 200-run mark, which at one stage seemed possible.
Mumbai Indians’ bowlers did nicely to permit solely 68 runs within the final seven overs, placing up a far improved efficiency with the ball.
RCB slipped from 131/2 after 13 overs to 146/5 within the fifteenth earlier than Dinesh Karthik (30 off 18 balls) did nicely to banish his abnormal run with the bat.
Scoreboard
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli c Ishan Kishan b Behrendorff 1 Faf du Plessis (c) c sub (Vishnu Vinod) b Green 65 Anuj Rawat c Green b Behrendorff 6 Glenn Maxwell c Wadhera b Behrendorff 68 Mahipal Lomror b Kartikeya 1 Dinesh Karthik c Wadhera b Jordan 30 Kedar Jadhav not out 12 Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva not out 12 Extras: (LB-1, NB-1, W-2) 4
Total: (For 6 wickets in 20 overs) 199
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-16, 3-136, 4-143, 5-146, 6-185
Mumbai Indians bowling: Jason Behrendorff 4-0-36-3, Piyush Chawla 4-0-41-0, Cameron Green 2-0-15-1, Chris Jordan 4-0-48-1, Kumar Kartikeya 4-0-35-1, Akash Madhwal 2-0-23-0.
