IPL 2020 LIVE SCORE, Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore latest updates: Surya finishes it off with style. Excellent shot, on covers and that’s the game for Mumbai. They win the contest for five plots. He returns undefeated in 79 of 43 balls. He and Bumrah, the chief architect, win tonight. He finished the game and gestured to the dug, saying, “Everyone, please calm down, I’m here and I have this.”
Advance: This season the competition has been more intense than before and, except for CSK, all teams are still alive in the competition and fighting for the playoff spots. Even the best teams cannot take it easy with increasingly difficult matches. MI and RCB would like to put a foot inside the playoff door with a victory in Abu Dhabi. The two teams are even on points (14) but separated by run index, MI ranking first and RCB taking third.
RCB has played a good brand of cricket and, for a change, it is their bowling alley that has shined in the tournament. They had a bad day against CSK in the last game as they lost by eight wickets and it was their hitting that disappointed them as they could only handle 145. Maybe they need to rethink their approach to hitting, they are slow to start Trust heavily at AB de Villiers to top things off in style.
This over-reliance on ABD can hurt them, after all, you won’t click every match. Aaron Finch’s form is also a concern, he averaged just 21.45 and failed to cross 20 in his last four innings. He’s a much better hitter than his scores read and he would be looking to find some form against MI. With increasingly slow pitches, RCB might want to stick with Moeen Ali, who played his first game of the tournament, against CSK, replacing Isuru Udana.
The bowling attack had a rare day off and would look to rally against ME. However, it won’t be easy against a formidable IM batting lineup. The battle of Bumrah vs Kohli will be fascinating to watch.
MI, meanwhile, suffered a heavy defeat to RR in the last match. It’s been a roller coaster the last three games with one game for the Super Over being won by KXIP, then in the next IM he hit CSK for 10 wickets and then suffered a hammering at the hands of RR for eight wickets.
They would seek to gain some consistency. The bowlers had a bad day against RR and a much better performance is the necessity of the hour. There is still uncertainty surrounding the participation of Rohit Sharma, who was left out of all the Indian squads that will travel to Australia. However, late Monday night, the Mumbai Indians posted a video of him practicing on social media.
The only positive that came out of RR’s game was Hardik Pandya’s hitting. He was in his prime pulling the bowlers out of the park. MI needed him to find that touch and get a batting time in the middle.
If Rohit is out of shape, MI could come in with an unchanged lineup.
The last time these two teams met, early in the tournament, it ended up being a thriller with RCB winning in the Super Over.
Full Mumbai Indians Team: Rohit Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijukunlard, Jay Deshand Pollardieron , Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, James Pattinson
Full Squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande, Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmad.
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