A good half century of Devdutt Padikkal was not enough as Jasprit Bumrah first, with the ball, and then Suryakumar Yadav, with the bat, organized master classes that guided the Mumbai Indians to what in the end was a comfortable victory of 5 land on Royal. Challengers Bangalore. Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets to derail RCB’s middle order, before Suryakumar Yadav played a marvelous unbeaten 79-of-43-delivery unbeaten to help the Mumbai Indians comfortably chase their 165-run goal. The victory sees the Mumbai Indians move to 16 points on the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) points table, nearly sealing a spot in the playoffs.
The Mumbai Indians, with regular captain Rohit Sharma still out with injury, won the toss and opted to go bowling.
RCB replaced Aaron Finch with Josh Philippe and the young Australian helped Devdutt Padikkal get RCB off to a good start. The two established a 71-race partnership before Philippe was fired from Rahul Chahar for 33 of 24 deliveries.
Padikkal kept hitting home runs and reached his fourth half-century IPL. But before RCB could regain momentum, Bumrah scored in the 12th inning to return RCB captain Virat Kohli by just nine runs.
It was Bumrah’s 100th window at the IPL. Coincidentally, his first field in the tournament was also the current captain of India.
Kieron Pollard then set out to bowl for a lap and grabbed the wicket on AB’s wrench from Villiers, who holed deep square for 19.
But it was Bumrah’s next change that completely changed the game for the Mumbai Indians as they landed both Shivam Dube and Padikkal. Padikkal finished 74 of 45 deliveries in a full stroke of 12 limits and six.
From then on, it was all Mumbai Indians. Trent Boult got Chris Morris in the next over and the bowlers ensured that RCB was limited to a pursueable total of 164. Bumrah finished 3-14.
Quinton de Kock and Ishan Kishan got off to a fast start for MI, before Siraj landed De Kock for 18. Ishan Kishan was soon to follow, as he pocketed Yuzvendra Chahal’s bowling alley.
Suryakumar, whose exclusion from team India for the Australia tour raised some questions after another good season in the IPL, then took control and played a well-controlled shot, playing some beautiful shots against players like Chahal and Dale Steyn.
Despite Saurabh Tiwary (5) and Krunal Pandya (10) falling around him, Suryakumar never slowed down and kept the pressure on RCB.
Hardik Pandya fell to death after his 17-run hit helped bring MI close to victory. Pollard marked a limit on the only installment he faced before Suryakumar Yadav sealed the victory with a limit on the last installment.
Yadav hit 10 limits and three sixes in his innings at a good pace.
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While the Mumbai Indians, who also have the best net run rate in the league, have almost qualified, RCB will be wary of missing out on qualifying after spending most of the season after two consecutive losses see them in the fight for the playoff spots. .
Their next two matches will see them against SunRisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals, who are high on the qualifying list.
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