Nine matches of the group stages of IPL was left and between the two, RCB and MI there had to be one making its name into the playoffs today. Pollard won the toss and had elected to field first. MI 11 remained unchanged, whereas RCB, made three changes as Shivam Dube, Josh Phillipe and Dale Styen replaced Navdeep Saini, Aaron Finch and Moeen Ali in the playing XI.
RCB openers, young Devdutt Padikkal and Josh Phillipe were a little watchful in the first two overs before they hit two fours in the next two overs. The right-hander added a six to his tally before inside-edging Boult for four in the fifth over.The pair completed a fifty-run stand as RCB moved to 54/0 at the end of the powerplay.While the duo hit Rahul Chahar for three fours in the eighth over, the leg-spinner dismissed Phillipe in the same over as Quinton de Kock completed a sharp stumping to give MI their breakthrough wicket.Padikkal then went onto complete his fourth IPL fifty in the 11th over. But MI struck back as Jasprit Bumrah, got the big fish out of the pond as skipper Virat Kohli became the victim of Bumrah’s third 100 IPL wicket. In came, AB de Villiers and he scooped James Pattinson for a six and followed it up with a four in the 14th over. Devdutt Padikkal then took on Chahar, hitting two fours and a six as RCB moved to 129/2 after 15 overs. Soon Pollard played a witty plan as he came into bowl and picked ABD in the 16th over and Bumrah followed it up with a two-wicket maiden, dismissing Shivam Dube and a well-set for Padikkal for 74.In the 18th over, Trent Boult dismissed Chris Morris as MI picked four wickets for 7 runs. Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Washington Sundar then added 26 runs together as RCB eventually posted 164/6 on the board.
Needing 165 runs to win, MI made a decent start as Ishan Kishan and Quinton de Kock scored 35 runs from the first five overs. However, MI lost their first wicket as Siraj trapped De Kock in his strength of hitting the shorter ones on the on side and getting caught. Yuzvendra Chahal was introduced into the attack in the eighth over, and struck immediately in his first over as he got Ishan Kishan out for 25 trying to play the lofted off drive and getting caught. MI lost their third wicket in the 11th over after Devdutt Padikkal took a mind boggling diving catch to get Saurabh Tiwary out. Meanwhile, Suryakumar Yadav,was reigning the rcb bowlers and playing some elegant shots at all didirection. The right-hander banged four fours and a six in the next three overs as MI moved past hundred in the 14th over. While Krunal got out in the same over, Hardik, who replaced his brother in the middle, dispatched a six on the fourth ball he faced as MI reached 117/4 at the end of the 15th over.
MI needed 48 from the last five overs and a well set Surya scored 13 of those runs in the 16th over as he creamed three fours off Mohammad Siraj and brought up his third fifty of the season in 29 deliveries. Later on he added few more shots against Dale Steyn.While Chris Morris got Hardik out in the 19th over, Kieron Pollard hit a four on the final ball of the penultimate over to bring down the target to three runs in the final over. Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 79 as Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore