Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indian – Indian Premier League News:
The 14th season of the Indian Premier League has begun. The first match of the season was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indian. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 2 wickets. Also, AB de Villiers scored a crucial 48 for Bangalore in the match. With this game, he has set a record in his name.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first. So, batting first, Mumbai scored 159 runs in 20 overs and challenged Bangalore for 160 runs. Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and AB de Villiers from Royal Challengers Bangalore chased down the 160-run target to take Bangalore to two wickets in a thrilling cricket match.
De Villiers is on the list of Record with MS Dhoni and Pollard
AB de Villiers was the top scorer with 48 off 27 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 long sixes. With these sixes, he has hit 100 sixes in the last four overs of IPL matches. He has become the third batsman in the IPL to do so.
MS Dhoni tops the list. So far, Dhoni has hit a total of 141 sixes in the last four overs of the match. In second place is Mumbai Indians batsman Kieron Pollard. Pollard has hit 111 sixes in the last four overs of the match so far.
Mumbai Indians set a target of 160 runs
In IPL 2021, Mumbai Indians scored 159 runs in 20 overs. In this innings, Rohit Sharma (19) and Chris Lynn (49) were the top scorers for Mumbai Indians. Suryakumar Yadav also scored 31 runs. Besides, Ishaan Kishan scored 28 runs while Hardik Pandya could score only 7 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field
Mumbai had challenged Bangalore for 160 runs. Chasing the target, skipper Virat Kohli scored 33 runs. Washington, on the other hand, came back with just 10 runs. Glenn Maxwell also batted aggressively and scored 39 runs. AB de Villiers was the top scorer with 48 runs.
Hershel Patel completed 1 run in the last ball of the match which was played till the last ball. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match.
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