An umpiring howler off the last delivery cost Royal Challengers Bangalore dearly as Mumbai Indians pipped the hosts by six runs largely due to Jasprit Bumrah‘s brilliant spell at the death in an IPL encounter on Thursday. IPL 2019 RCB vs MI Highlights Needing six to take the game into Super Over, Lasith Malinga’s final delivery to Shivam Dube was a no-ball that was missed by the on-field umpires as RCB managed 181 for 5 in reply to 187 for 8 by Mumbai Indians. What hurt them more was AB de Villiers, who nearly took his team to victory with an unbeaten 70 off 41 balls would have faced the free-hit. Both umpires C Nandan and ICC Elite Panel’s S Ravi bungled completely leaving Virat Kohli seething in anger. But nothing can be taken away from fit-again Bumrah’s mastery at the death as he singlehandedly won it for MI with superb 17th and 19th overs. During chase, Kohli signalled his intentions at the beginning itself hitting Jasprit Bumrah for three consecutive boundaries in one over. Hardik Pandya was slashed through the point and cover driven for successive boundaries. Mayank Markande, who dismissed Parthiv Patel (31 off 22 balls) with a googly was hit for a straight boundary by Kohli. On the day, Kohli became the second man after Suresh Raina to complete 5000 runs in Indian Premier League. Also Read: IPL 2019: Netflix to stream documentary – Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians IPL 2019: KXIP, RCB, Mumbai Indians, SunRisers hunt for title sponsors IPL 2019: Viacom 18’s COLORS is Mumbai Indians Principal Sponsor De Villiers, who got a reprieve when Yuvraj Singh failed to anticipate a sharp chance in the slip cordon, got his act together and dispatched Markande into the stands. De Villiers then got his second six off Lasith Malinga to finally get into the groove. With the partnership one short of 50-run mark, Bumrah came back for his second spell and bowled a sharp bouncer and the RCB skipper couldn’t maintain his balance trying to execute a pull-shot as Hardik Pandya completed the formalities. However De Villiers, who was set by then was in a mood to take Malinga to the cleaners. A shadow of his old self, Malinga was missing length most of the times and two huge sixes in the 16th over of the Lankan slinger saw De Villiers get the equation down to 41 off 24 balls. But Bumrah kept MI in the match giving away only one run in the 17th over as 40 was required off the last three overs. Put into bat, Hardik muscled a couple into the stands and one out of sight to help Mumbai Indians recover from a middle-order collapse and post a decent 187 for 8. Pandya hit three sixes and two fours in his unbeaten 32 off 14 balls after Yuzvendra Chahal (4/38 in 4 overs) reduced MI from a comfortable 124 for 2 to 147 for 7. MI lost five wickets in a space of 3.3 overs for only 23 runs. This was after a vintage Yuvraj Singh was raising visions of a six sixes over with three maximums in Chahal’s 14th over. However he wasn’t fourth time lucky as Chahal’s courage to maintain flighting the ball yielded results. Chahal then removed Suryakumar Yadav (38 off 24 balls) and Kieron Pollard in quick succession to bring RCB right back in the match. It was then left to Hardik Pandya to score the bulk of the 30 runs in the final two overs to take MI to a fighting total on a placid batting track. In fact, Hardik’s third and final six went out of the stadium as he gestured to the dressing rooms pointing his bulging biceps. However at the beginning it looked like MI would cross the 200-run mark as Rohit Sharma (48 off 33 balls) and Quinton de Kock (23 off 20) added 54 for the opening stand but it was foiled by Chahal’s lion-hearted bowling. Also Read: Mumbai Indians vs RCB LIVE: Best vs Best as Bumrah and Kohli meet IPL 2019: Rajasthan Royals’ schedule, tickets, squad, coach: All you need to know IPL 2019: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s schedule, squad, tickets, coach – All you need to…<doc-sep>Mumbai Indians finished at 187-8 after Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock started well for Mumbai Indians. De Kock made 23 off 20 before he was bowled out by Yuzvendra Chahal while attempting a sweep shot. Sharma scored 33-ball 48 before he was dismissed by Umesh Yadav. Yuvraj Singh came in and started slow but he picked up his pace in Chahal’s over as he hit three consecutive sixes. However, Chahal got better of him and dismissed Yuvraj for 12-ball 23. Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for 24-ball 38 and Kieron Pollard for 5-ball 6 as Yuzvendra Chahal registered a bowling figure of 4-38. Krunal Pandya was the next man to go as Umesh Yadav picked up his second wicket. Krunal was dismissed for 2-ball 1 as he was caught by Navdeep Saini at the fence. Mohammed Siraj bowled Mitchell McClenaghan out for just one run. Mayank Markande was dismissed by Siraj for 6 off 5 balls. Hardik Pandya scored 32 runs off 14 balls. Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets, while Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj took two wickets each.<doc-sep>IPL 2019 Match 6, RCB vs MI highlights: Royal Challengers face Mumbai Indians. (Source: PTI) IPL 2019 Match 6, RCB vs MI highlights: Royal Challengers face Mumbai Indians. (Source: PTI) IPL 2019, RCB vs MI Team Predicted Playing 11 for Today Match highlights: Mumbai Indians will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second match of IPL 2019 season on Thursday. The focus will be on the participation of Jasprit Bumrah, who pulled off a hamstring injury during MI’s opener against Delhi Capitals. The seamer is still being assessed, and with the World Cup, it will be interesting to see whether MI play him. RCB vs MI | LIVE SCORE UPDATES Both the teams will be entering on the back of a defeat in their first game, and will be eager to register their maiden win this season. For Virat Kohli’s side, it will be a chance to redeem themselves after a dreadful showing with the bat against CSK in the tournament opener.<doc-sep>RCB, Mumbai eye first win of IPL 2019 BENGALURU: A week before Royal Challengers Bangalore began their IPL-12 campaign, skipper Virat Kohli , reflecting on his team's fortunes last season, said: "Failure lies when decisions aren't made properly. "It's hard to say if Kohli's teammates learnt anything from that insight, since decision-making was abysmal in Chennai on Saturday when the Chennai Super Kings handed the visitors a seven-wicket drubbing in the season opener. The Challengers posted a mere 70 runs - the sixth lowest total in IPL - and the bowlers had too little on board to defend.While the batsmen failed collectively - the shot selection of an experienced top order on a tricky wicket was questionable - the team composition too went awry. On Thursday, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, Kohli and his men will have a chance to redeem themselves. They take on Mumbai Indians, a team which is also smarting from a heavy opening loss. The Rohit Sharma-led side suffered a 37-run defeat to Delhi Capitals.The contest will be riveting since both sides are desperate to inject a winning momentum into their campaign. The batsmen on either side will have to regroup and fire. The home side, which handed caps to three debutants in the opener - Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube and Navdeep Saini - has a power packed top order led by Kohli and AB de Villiers . West Indies sensation Hetmyer, who was out for nought, will look to live up to his reputation while opener Parthiv Patel will have to play a greater role at the top.Mumbai will come into the contest with a potent bowling attack but if the RCB top order gets going, they can blunt the best bowling lineup. RCB are known to frequently chop and change their lineup and since the Bengaluru pitch is expected to favour batsmen, the team will have to be precise when picking its bowling attack.For Mumbai too, the batsmen, barring Yuvraj Singh , were a letdown in the opener. But that could well be a one-off case for the former champions. With a lineup of big hitters that includes Rohit, Yuvraj, Kieron Pollard and the Pandya brothers Hardik and Krunal, the short boundaries are an open invitation for a run feast.In terms of numbers, Mumbai hold the advantage, having won 14 of the 23 matches. At RCB's home ground, Mumbai have dominated with seven wins from nine matches.<doc-sep>
Royal Challengers Bangalore opted to field after winning the toss against Mumbai Indians in the second IPL encounter between the two teams. Jasprit Bumrah, who has been declared fit after sustaining an injury on his left shoulder features in the playing XI with Lasith Malinga straightaway in it. Malinga replaced Ben Cutting while leg-spinner Mayank Markande replaced teenager Kashmir pacer Rasikh Salam. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (capt), Parthjv Patel (wk), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Colin de Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mayank Markande, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah (If you are viewing this on The Hindu app, click this link to view the scorecard in your browser) It was better, Virat Kohli said after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s embarrassing seven-wicket defeat in Chennai, to have got a game like that “out of the way early on”. It was not possible, Kohli seemed to be suggesting, for all of his batsmen to fail at the same time again. Some may consider such optimism excessive but in its second game at least, against Mumbai Indians here on Thursday, RCB has reason to be confident of a better batting performance. Batting surface The slow turner rolled out at Chepauk was far from conducive to stroke-making, with both sides critical of the pitch afterwards. The surface at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, though, is expected to be vastly different. Kohli's eyes lit up at the toss for India's second T20I against Australia here last month, when he gushed about the pitch resembling the “Bangalore wicket of old”. Last week, Yuzvendra Chahal predicted average scores of “190-200” for the season. Read full preview