RCB vs MI Highlight: The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have had a successful start to their IPL 2023 season. RCB beat Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in the game on Sunday, April 2, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis were the RCB’s champions.
Virat Kohli hit six fours and five sixes in his unbeaten 82 off 49 deliveries. In the IPL, Virat Kohli’s 45th half-century was scored. Faf du Plessis tallied 73 runs in 43 balls, including six sixes and five fours, in his inning. With 22 balls left, RCB prevailed.
When Joffra Archer failed to capitalize on a chance to deliver on the first ball of the third over, Kohli was fortunate. Taking full advantage of this opportunity, Kohli scored 40 runs in one over by hitting fours and sixes. 13 runs were scored in the following two overs, making the RCB powerplay tally 53 without a loss. After ten overs, Kohli-du Plessis had ambushed the Mumbai bowlers while the total was 97 for no loss. In contrast to Kohli, du Plessis displayed much more aggression during this time, and he finished off his half-century by hitting Hrithik Shokeen for sixes in two straight deliveries.
148-run partnership between Kohli-du Plessis
After that, Virat Kohli also struck some powerful shots to finish his fifty in 38 balls. It appeared that RCB would win by ten wickets based on the manner Kohli and Du Plessis were batting, but this was impossible. Tim David successfully caught Faf du Plessis off guard on the fifth delivery of the inning’s fifteenth over thanks to Arshad Khan.
Du Plessis hit six sixes and five fours in an inning in which he tallied 73 runs off 43 balls. A partnership of 148 runs was shared by Kohli and du Plessis in 14.5 overs. Dinesh Karthik was also a casualty of Cameron Green without opening the account following the firing of Faf du Plessis. Glenn Maxwell then took to the crease and hit two sixes to seal the team’s win.
Mumbai had a very bad start
Mumbai Indians, who lost the toss and decided to bat first, got off to a terrible start, losing three wickets for only 20 runs. Ishaan Kishan (10 runs) was out in the third over of the game by Mohammad Siraj. Ishaan intercepted Harshal Patel as he attempted to make a huge shot on the sidelines. In the following over, Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was dismissed for Mumbai Indians.
RCB vs MI Playing 11
RCB Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj
MI Playing 11: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan
