Sorry for not writing for 1 match. Yesterday’s match was a classic match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was not good. Kohli was caught by Harbhajan Singh off McClenaghan’s 1st over. Gayle was caught by Rohit Sharma off Southee’s 2nd over. They lost 2 wickets for 17 runs in the span of 3.4 overs and it looked Mumbai will make a comeback. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 60 for 2 in 10 overs. The 43-run stand between AB de Villiers and KL Rahul in 39 balls increased the run-rate. They lost AB de Villiers in first ball of 11th over of the innings. AB de Villiers was caught by Rayudu off Krunal Pandya’s 2nd over. KL Rahul twisted his left ankle on 23 runs ans was struck on the glove by McClenaghan’s bouncer on 34 runs. It was a great recovery as he went on to score 34 more runs. Shane Watson hit a six and a four off McClenaghan’s 3rd over. Bangalore was also comfortably placed 98 for 3 in 15.2 overs. The 38-run stand between KL Rahul and Shane Watson in 32 balls paced the Bangalore innings. They lost Shane Watson in 16th over of the innings. Shane Watson was run out by a direct throw by Rohit Sharma. Bangalore was reduced to 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs. KL Rahul scored 34 runs in the Vs between fine leg and square leg and square leg and midwicket. KL Rahul scored a fine 68 off 53 balls and destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall also 4th fifty in his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 52 runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Bengaluru last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 53-run stand between KL Rahul and Sachin Baby in 27 balls was the highest and remained unbeaten. Bangalore posted a competitive total of 151 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. This was the lowest total for Bangalore in this season but previous lowest was 172 runs also against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai in their previous encounter. Krunal Pandya, Southee and McClenaghan took 1 wicket each for Mumbai.
Mumbai start was also not good. They lost Parthiv Patel early in first ball of 2nd over of the innings. Parthiv Patel was caught by Shane Watson off Sreenath Aarvind’s 1st over. Mumbai was comfortably placed at 60 for 1 in 9.2 overs. The 58-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Rayudu in 50 balls was the highest. They lost 2 wickets for 19 runs in the span of 3.4 overs and Bangalore will make a comeback. Rayudu scored a brilliant 44 off 47 balls and hammered the Bangalore bowling. This was his second highest score of the season behind 56 runs against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. They lost Rayudu in first ball of 16th over of the innings. Rayudu was caught by AB de Villiers off Varun Aaron’s 2nd over. Mumbai was reduced to 98 for 4 in 15.1 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match. At the same stage Bangalore was also scored 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs. Pollard hit his 400th six and back-to-back fours off Shane Watson’s final overs and the equation down to 26 off 18. Jos Buttler hit 2 consecutive sixes off Chris Jordan’s final over. Chris Jordan conceded 16 runs in his final over and the equation down to 10 off 12 and Mumbai made a comeback. Pollard scored a brutal 35 off 19 balls and smashed the Bangalore bowling. This was his second highest score of the season behind 51 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai. Jos Buttler scored a quickfire 29 off 11 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowling. The 55-run stand between Pollard and Jos Buttler in 21 balls remained unbeaten and fought back. Jos Buttler hit the winning six and Mumbai won comfortably. Varun Aaron was the most successful bowler for Bangalore when he took 2 wickets. Mumbai won the match by 6 wickets. This was Mumbai’s 6th win in IPL 2016 and move up to top 4 again.
Now, Mumbai Indians will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 13. Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Gujarat Lions on May 14.
We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.
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