IPL Match 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore register a thrilling win in Super Over

-

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore held their nerves to defeat Mumbai Indians in a thrilling match played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Monday.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. Aaron Finch was dropped by Rohit Sharma. After that chance, he looked in great touch taking on Mumbai Indians opening bowlers right from the word go. On the other hand, Devdutt Paddikal made a slow start. Finch hit 3 boundaries off Rahul Chahar’s over to put enough pressure on the MI team. At the end of six overs, RCB openers made 59 for 0 and the first timeout was taken.

After the timeout, Finch completed his fifty off just 31 balls. Trent Boult got the breakthrough for Mumbai Indians dismissing Finch giving a simple catch to Pollard at long-off. RCB openers added 81 runs in 9 overs. Virat Kohli's struggle continued as he looked out of sorts. He was dismissed by Rahul Chahar giving an easy catch to Rohit Sharma at extra cover. After the wicket of Kohli, Paddikal smashed sixes off James Pattinson bowling and completed his 2nd IPL fifty off just 37 balls. At the end of the second timeout, RCB scored 136 for 2.

After the timeout, de Villers was severe on the Mumbai Indians bowlers. Devdutt's fine innings came to end as he tried to clear the boundary and was caught by Pollard at the boundary. Paddikal and de Villiers put on 62 runs for the 3rd wicket. De Villiers hit some massive sixes to reach his fifty off just 23 balls. Shivam Dube joined in the fun with a quickfire 27 off 10 balls with 3 sixes from James Pattinson over. De Villers and Dube put on unbeaten 47 runs for the 4th wicket to help RCB post 201 for 3 in 20 overs.

Chasing 202 runs to win, Rohit Sharma and de Kock scored 14 runs in the first over. Washington Sundar got the breakthrough dismissing dangerous Rohit trying to clear the deep midwicket boundary and gave a simple catch to Pawan Negi. In the next over, Isuru Udana got the big wicket of Surya Kumar Yadav that bounced big on to him and AB de Villers took an easy catch to leave Mumbai Indians in trouble. At the end of six overs, Mumbai Indians scored 35 for 2.

Chahal got the big wicket of Quinton de Kock with a simple catch to Pawan Negi at deep midwicket to leave Mumbai Indians in tatters at 39 for 3. Ishan Kishan looked in sublime touch and put the Royal Challengers Bangalore under pressure. At the end of the first timeout, Mumbai Indians scored 58 for 3.

Ishan Kishan just made the batting look easy and completed his fifty off just 39 balls. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya was caught by Negi at the boundary to make life tough for Mumbai Indians. At the end of the second timeout, Mumbai Indians scored 98 for 4. Kieron Pollard was dropped by Paddikal and then smashed 27 runs off Adam Zampa in the 17th over.

It was an amazing hitting by Pollard and Kishan who smacked 3 sixes off Chahal in the 18th over. During this course, Pollard completed his fifty off just 21 balls. Navdeep Saini bowled a great 19th over giving away just 12 runs.

With 19 runs required off 6 balls, Kishan hit 2 sixes off Udana to make the equation 5 off 2 balls. Udana then dismissed Kishan with a good catch by Paddikal at deep midwicket. Kishan and Pollard added 119 runs for the 5th wicket. Pollard hit a lovely boundary to help Mumbai Indians tie the match. Pollard remained not out on 60 off 24 balls and almost took MI to a famous win.

In the Super Over, Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya came to bat. Navdeep Saini was superb giving away just 7 runs and taking the wicket of Pollard. With 8 runs required to win, AB de Villers and Kohli came to open the innings. Ab de Villers was given out by the umpire and decided to review the decision, it was overturned not hitting the edge. Kohli hit winning runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

For his superb knock, AB de Villers was named the man of the match award. By the virtue of this win, RCB registered its 2nd win of IPL 2020.

Royal Challengers Bangalore 201 for 3 in 20 overs ( Ab de Villiers 55*, Paddikal 54, Boult 2/34) and 11 for 0 in 1 over ( AB de Villiers 6*, Kohli 5*) beat Mumbai Indians 201 for 5 in 20 overs ( Ishan Kishan 99, Kieron Pollard 60*, Udana 2/45) and 7 for 1 in 1 over ( Pollard 5, Navdeep Saini 1/7) in Super Over.



  

 

 



Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians in a thrilling Super Over 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Malaysia Open 2025 Day 3: Disappointing Outing For Indian Shuttlers

-
Image
  The Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing as only one of them made it into the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 Malaysia Open 2025 played at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on 9 th January. HS Prannoy, women’s doubles pair of Tressa Jolly suffered narrow losses while Bansod, mixed doubles pair of Crasto/Kapila, and other pair lost in a one-sided affair. Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand suffered a heartbreaking loss to Jia Ya Fan and Zhang of China in three thrilling games. The Indian pair struggled in the initial phases of the first game trailing by 3-6 before taking 7 points in succession to put the pressure back on the Chinese pair. At the mid-game interval, the Indians had an 11-7 lead. After the break, Jolly and Gopichand showed domination with smashes and drop shots keeping consistent pressure on the Chinese pair before winning the first game at 21-15. The second game began well with Jolly and Gopichand taking a decent lead in the initial phases. Ji and Zhang showed g...
Read more

Asia Champions Trophy 2024: India Enters Finals With Commanding Win

-
Image
  The defending Champions India registered a commanding win in the 2 nd semi-finals against South Korea of the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 played in Hulunbir, Inner Mongolia on 16 th September. Indian team began the first quarter on a good note with Abhishek's reverse flick shot saved by Korean goalkeeper Kim Jahean. After the initial domination, a superb pass by Arijit with a goal by Uttam Singh in the 13 th minute to give India a 1-0 lead. Soon after, Korea’s two penalty corners before the third penalty corner as the shot hits Sumit’s body.   At the end of the first quarter, India led 1-0. The second quarter began off superbly for the Indian team as they put pressure on the Korean defense. Harmanpreet Singh converted the second penalty corner in the 19 th minute to double the lead. Both teams tried to put pressure on each other’s defense, but did not yield any results. At the end of the first half, India led 2-0. India dominated the first half with 61% as compared to...
Read more

ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8: England Qualify For Semi-Finals With Thrashing Of USA

-
Image
  The defending Champions England qualified for the semi-finals with a thrashing of the USA in a must-win game played at Kensington Oval, Barbados on 23 rd June 2024. England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to field first. Reece Topley struck in the first over dismissing Andries Gous with a simple catch to Salt. Nitish Kumar and Steve Taylor steadied the ship for the USA. Sam Curran dismissed Steve Taylor caught by Moeen Ali. Taylor and Nitish Kumar added 34 runs for the 2 nd wicket. It was a disciplined bowling effort by the England bowlers as they kept picking wickets at regular intervals. Sam Curran struck to dismiss Harmeet Singh. Chris Jordan became the first England bowler to grab a hat trick in the T20I format. Jordan dismissed Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, and Kenjige. He then got rid of Saurabh Netravalkar to bowl out USA for 115 in 18.5 overs. It was a superb bowling performance by England bowlers. Chris Jordan picked 4 for 10, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran to...
Read more