Kohli delighted; RCB beat Mumbai

MI made one change to their playing eleven – Chidhambaram Gautam made way for Jasprit Bumrah.

RCB made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49, and lost a wicket.

Michael Hussey, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. Twenty-four balls into the match, he was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal. Albie Morkel broke the 20-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 6.2 overs (39 balls). RCB had conceded eight extras at that point.

Aditya Tare, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Eighteen balls after Michael Hussey’s dismissal, he was caught by Nic Maddinson. Aaron broke the 32-(Va)run stand.

Rohit Sharma, MI’s skipper, faced five balls, scoring a couple. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by A B de Villiers. Chahal broke the eight-run stand.

Kieron Pollard had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just three. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Sachin Rana. Chahal broke the 10-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 16.2 overs (99 balls). RCB had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Ambati Rayudu, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 35. Thirty-one balls after Pollard’s dismissal, he was caught by de Villiers. Starc broke the 41-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Corey Anderson, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. The next ball, he was caught by Kohli off the bowling of Starc.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Zaheer Khan, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. Four balls later, he was caught by Rana off the bowling of Ashok Dinda.

Harbhajan Singh, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Nine balls later, Aaron broke the run-a-ball stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on (Lasi)three. Malinga, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, Yuvraj Singh ran him out.

Pragyan Ojha, who faced five balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten, as was Bumrah, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

RCB eventually conceded a dozen extras. MI scored 115 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Yuvraj, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded half-a-dozen.

Albie, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Dinda, who bowled four overs, conceding 14.

Aaron, Starc, and Chahal bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. They conceded 30, 21, and 17, respectively.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 30, and lost three wickets.

Maddinson, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Three overs into the chase, Malinga broke the 16-run stand.

Kohli, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan. Khan broke the one-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Yuvraj, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Khan.

RCB scored 50 off 10 overs (60 balls). MI had conceded an extra at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 51 balls. While Parthiv Patel’s contribution to the partnership was 17, de Villiers’ contribution to it was 32. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

RCB scored 100 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Parthiv’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 42 balls.

He eventually scored 57 off 45 balls, which included seven boundaries. He was unbeaten, as was de Villiers, who scored 45 off 48 balls, which included three boundaries and a six.

RCB, who scored 116 for the loss of three wickets off 17.3 overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – they won with 15 balls to spare.

Bumrah, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as were Pragyan and Harbhajan, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter conceded 14.

Malinga, who bowled 3.3 overs, conceded 29. He picked up a wicket.

Khan, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up two scalps.