Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians: RCB beat MI in exciting Super Over game | Cricket news

Just when it seemed Royal Challengers Bangalore had checked most of the boxes Monday night at Dubai International Stadium, Mumbai Indian’s Kieron pollard (60 no, 24b, 3×4, 5×6) and Ishan Kishan (99.58b, 2×4, 9×6) decided to make party poppers, well almost.
For the second night in a row, the Indian Premier League witnessed a desert storm, an astonishing display of batting brilliance and heart attack moments galore.
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With a mammoth, 90 needed 30 balls, Mumbai Indians He rode over the brilliance of Kishan and the mighty West Indies and nearly crossed the finish line. Needing 19 runs in the last over, Sri Lanka’s left arm pacemaker Isara Udana took breaks to send the match into a Super Over after the match was tied at 201.
Then Navdeep saini restricted Mumbai to seven in the Super Over, Ab de Villiers Y virat Kohli led the team to a thrilling victory, with the latter finishing with a limit against Jasprit Bumrah.

Previously, starter Aaron Finch (52, 35b 7×4, 1×6) chimed in with his experience, while fellow rookie Devdutt Padikkal (54, 40b, 5×4, 2×6) logged into the fold with maturity and calm. The result: a solid platform for AB de Villiers (55 no, 24b, 4×4, 4×6) to show their style and flamboyance. Finch and Padikkal did well to counter a pair of new balls from Trent Boult (2/34) and James Pattison and raced to 59 on power play.
It took a slower from Boult to break the 81-run partnership when Finch, who did not go out on the field after an injury, handed Pollard a babysitter in the distance. RCB’s skipper Kohli who followed was rusty and as a result the boundaries dried up and RCB left without a big hit for nearly five overs. Soon, Kohli returned to the dugout after Rohit Sharma took cover from his half shot against Rahul Chahar.
With De Villiers at the other end, Padikkal got back on the gas with consecutive highs against Pattison on lap 14. Padikkal made a statement of talent with shots that came first with the front foot and then with the rear foot.
Boult used a slower one to lure Padikkal into a large one, which did not reach the distance and was taken by Pollard. But there was no respite for Mumbai, as ABD, in the company of Shivam Dube (27 no) secured 65 runs in the last four overs.
RCB handed De Villiers land maintenance duties in place of Josh Phillippe, who made way for Zampa. Sri Lanka Udana, the other RCB rookie, replaced Dale Steyn. Gurkeerat Mann replaced Umesh Yadav.