IPL 2025: Kohli, Patidar, Krunal Star As RCB Beat Mumbai Indians By 12 Runs, Finish Ten-Yr Wankhede Jinx
Royal Challengers Bengaluru survived an enormous scare from a doughty Mumbai Indians to finish their six-match winless streak on the Wankhede Stadium with a 12-run victory within the Indian Premier League on Monday.
Set a frightening goal of 222, Mumbai Indians staged a surprising late restoration to show the tables on their opponents however the activity proved too tough ultimately for the hosts, who haven’t misplaced a sport right here in opposition to RCB since 2015.
Mumbai Indians have been reeling at 99 for 4 with their pursuit falling aside with the dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav (28), however skipper Hardik Pandya (42 off 15 balls) and Tilak Varma (56 off 29 balls) launched a surprising onslaught to carry them again into the competition.
Hardik went hammer and tongs whereas hitting three fours and 4 sixes, whereas Tilak additionally fought his method again into type, however the goal proved far an excessive amount of for Mumbai Indians who have been once more extraordinary with the bat for a big half of their chase.
Rohit Sharma (17) was cleaned up by Yash Dayal (2/46) whereas swinging throughout an inswinging supply and MI’s greatest batter Suryakumar struggled throughout his 28-run knock for which he consumed 26 balls.
However, Tilak introduced up his maiden fifty of the season off 26 balls to make a comeback after being retired out within the final sport.The fortunes swung when Hardik clobbered two sixes and as many fours off his first 4 balls off Krunal Pandya within the 14th over.
Earlier than Hardik lower free, Tilak had raced to 30 off 15 balls to maintain MI’s faint hopes alive, which stored bettering with each hit that the batters unleashed.
The asking fee had zoomed previous 15 an over however MI stored clearing the ropes to stay within the hunt. However Tilak fell within the 18th over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/48) and Hardik within the penultimate over from Josh Hazlewood (2/37). Within the closing over, MI wanted 19 runs to win however Krunal Pandya (4/45) took three wickets to close the doorways on them.
Earlier, RCB rode on scintillating fifties from Virat Kohli (67) and skipper Rajat Patidar (64) to publish 221 for 5.
Kohli dominated the roost with a 42-ball 67 which gave RCB early impetus in Jasprit Bumrah’s (0/29) comeback sport. Afterward, Patidar’s 32-ball 64 (5x4s, 4x6s) and Jitesh Sharma’s 19-ball 40 (2x4s, 4x6s) ensured the RCB ended on a blazing notice.
Phil Salt (4) performed throughout the road to an inswinger from Trent Boult (2/57). Unfazed by the early blow, RCB recorded their highest powerplay rating in opposition to Mumbai Indians by scoring 72/1, as each Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal (37 off 22 balls) went all weapons blazing.
The momentum had swayed RCB’s method earlier than MI launched Bumrah within the fourth over, and Kohli welcomed his India teammate with a six over midwicket.
Going at almost 10 an over, RCB collected 20 runs off the ultimate over within the powerplay from Deepak Chahar as Padikkal tore into the India bowler, smacking two sixes and a 4.
Padikkal was extreme on any MI bowler who erred in his size, smashing three sixes and two fours earlier than he was caught on the ropes off Vignesh Puthur within the ninth over. By then nonetheless, he had added 91 runs off 52 balls with Kohli for the second wicket.
Kohli has had vital success with the bat at Wankhede Stadium and Monday was no totally different — if he started with a number of unconvincing boundaries, his beautiful drive by way of covers off Boult within the third over confirmed he was up for an enormous knock.
Having accomplished 13,000 runs to maneuver into unchartered territory for any Indian within the format in a bit of over 400 matches, a century appeared on the horizon. However, within the fifteenth over, Kohli uncharacteristically walked throughout the crease to heave Hardik over the leg facet and located Naman Dhir at deep midwicket, as his innings ended with two sixes and eight fours.
Patidar introduced up his fifty off solely 25 balls. He struck MI skipper Hardik Pandya for 23 runs within the seventeenth over. His innings ended within the penultimate over when a prime edge was grabbed close to the ropes by a diving Ryan Rickelton in what was probably the most spectacular catches of this IPL season.
