After about when just eight matches are left , we have finally got a franchise that has made themselves clear for the playoffs.
Without doubt , the defending champions , Mumbai indians, with a victory against RCB they have made gained two points and are likely to face off in the playoffs in the later stage. Earlier on Kieron Pollard , winning the toss chose to field first. RCB , who got a decent start on the back of youngsters Josh Phillipe and Devdutt padikkal , went onto loose a couple of wickets in the later half. In the end they ended up on 162-6 after 20 overs with Jaspreet Bumrah being the star with the ball in hand. Dekock and Ishan Kishan tried to give a good start but De kock fell when they were at 37-1 in the last over of powerplay. Suryakumar yadav, who came in at no. 3 looked very solid played some amazing shots and despite few wickets that fell on the other side, he was the one who stayed strong , played till the end and make sure he win the match for Mumbai indians with 5 balls remaining. Chahal and Siraj were good with the ball as they got 2 wickets each and Morris finished with one wicket in the end.
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