RCB vs MI: RCB and MI are historically been arch-rivals on the field. These franchises are said to have the biggest fanbase in the history of IPL so it is quite easy to guess that fans would often have clashed supporting their respective franchise. This was the much-awaited day for Mumbai and Bangalore fans, this was the match day, RCB vs MI, where RCB’s perfect bowling start thumps MI but MI bounced back in the death overs.
Match Details
- Tournament: IPL 2023
- Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
- Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Date: Sanday, April 02, 2023
- Time: 7:30 PM
- Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl
RCB vs MI: 1st innings review
It’s Red against Blue in Red’s hometown, yet the stadium is evenly divided between reds and blues. Faf du Plessis won the toss for Royal Challengers Bangalore and opted to bowl first. His bowlers applauded the decision, and they provided RCB with the ideal start that would have been the RCB’s dream start for the season.
The star MI batters Ishan Kishan, Cam Green, skipper Rohit Sharma, and Surya Kumar went back to the pavilion cheaply. MI were 4 wickets down at just 48 runs in 9 overs. Tilak Verma, the young sensation from Mumbai, shifted the momentum to his side. He single-handedly took on RCB bowlers and smashed an unbeaten 84 off just 46 balls.
Riding on his magnificent innings, despite have a horrific start, MI managed to score 171 runs for 7 wickets down. MI gave RCB 172 runs target. We saw RCB’s weakness in the death overs yet another time, yet another season. RCB bowled 10 wides in this one inning.
RCB vs MI: Mumbai Indians Scorecard
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (c) | c Karthik b Akash Deep | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Ishan Kishan | c Patel b Mohammed Siraj | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 |
| Cameron Green | b Topley | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | c Shahbaz Ahmed b Bracewell | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 93.75 |
| Tilak Varma | not out | 84 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 182.60 |
| Nehal Wadhera | c Kohli b Sharma | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 161.53 |
| Tim David | b Sharma | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Hrithik Shokeen | c du Plessis b Patel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 |
| Arshad Khan | not out | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 166.66 |
| BOWLING | O | R | W | ECON | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Reece Topley | 2 | 14 | 1 | 7.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akash Deep | 3 | 29 | 1 | 9.66 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 43 | 1 | 10.75 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Karn Sharma | 4 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Bracewell | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
