Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians Match 5 02 April 2023

5th T20 • Bengaluru

171/7 (20)

RCB

172/2 (16.2)

RCB won by 8 wickets

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Expert Team 1

G Maxwell

I Kishan

Expert Team 2

G Maxwell

I Kishan

Venue Details

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

1st Innings

160Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

144Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Virat Kohli's performance is currently amazing as we saw in the past matches. He is back to rule the IPL and comeback in this format is also going to be amazing. He is a must pick in fantasy team.

Cameron Green will now bleed blue with his bat as well as ball. He is a perfect all rounder in the MI line-up. He can change the game with his batting as well as bowling.

Jofra Archer is back in IPL and his comeback is surely going to be amazing. He can pick wickets in both power play as well as death overs. He is a fiery bowler and is consistent with his pace bowling.

Glenn Maxwell can be a game changing player for RCB. He is an excellent all rounder in the RCB line-up. He has the ability to score hefty amount of runs as well as pick wickets for the team.

Hot Picks: Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green

Safe Picks: Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan

Stay Aways: Ramandeep

Grand League Picks: Surya Kumar Yadav, Glenn Maxwell

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Mumbai Indians

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

RCB

5- 5

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

149

Average Score

164

193/6

Highest Score

199/4

68/10

Lowest Score

103/5

Player of the Match Faf du Plessis

73(43)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Mumbai Indians

171/7 (20)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

(C)

10.00

c D Karthik b A Deep

Ishan Kishan

76.92

c H Patel b M Siraj

Cameron Green

125.00

b R Topley

Suryakumar Yadav

93.75

c S Ahmed b MG Bracewell

Tilak Varma

182.61

Not out

Nehal Wadhera

161.54

c V Kohli b K Sharma

Tim David

57.14

b K Sharma

Hrithik Shokeen

166.67

c F Plessis b H Patel

Arshad Khan

166.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.55)

171/7

Did not Bat

Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff

Bowlers

EXT

5.25

7.00

9.67

10.75

8.00

8.00

16.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ishan Kishan

c H Patel b M Siraj

1-11

2.3

Cameron Green

b R Topley

2-16

3.3

Rohit Sharma

c D Karthik b A Deep

3-20

5.2

Suryakumar Yadav

c S Ahmed b MG Bracewell

4-48

8.5

Nehal Wadhera

c V Kohli b K Sharma

5-98

13.5

Tim David

b K Sharma

6-105

15.3

Hrithik Shokeen

c F Plessis b H Patel

7-123

17.1

Royal Challengers Bangalore

172/2 (16.2)

Batters

Virat Kohli *

167.35

Not out

Faf du Plessis

(C)

169.77

c TH David b MA Khan

Dinesh Karthik

0.00

c T Varma b C Green

Glenn Maxwell

400.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(16.2 Ov, RR: 10.53)

172/2

Did not Bat

Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma

Bowlers

EXT

Jason Behrendorff

12.33

Arshad Khan

2.2

12.00

8.25

6.50

15.00

17.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Faf du Plessis

c TH David b MA Khan

1-148

14.5

Dinesh Karthik

c T Varma b C Green

2-149

15.3

Match Info

Date & Time

02 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Hotstar

Match

5th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Nitin Menon (India), Tapan Sharma (India), Virender Sharma (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Weather

Partly cloudy but no chance of rain

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru elected to bowl

2 1 6 1 0 0

Over 14

Runs: 10

6 2 0 1 W 0

Over 15

Runs: 9

1 0 W 0 6 6

Over 16

Runs: 13

4 1wd 6

Over 17

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Faf du Plessis

73(43)

Commentary

Right then. That's all we have from this game, but the action in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League is only getting started. Tomorrow, it's the Chennai Super Kings who head back to their home ground to take on the Lucknow Super Giants. Will it be another homecoming to remember as the Thala and his side return to Chepauk? Tune in tomorrow, to find out. For now, this is Pratyush Rohra, signing off on behalf of my friend, Soorya Sesha. Goodnight!

He's surely aging like fine wine is Faf du Plessis. Still diving around on the park and still scoring all those runs. He's got plenty in the tank and he'll want all of it to come to the fore this season for the Royal Challengers, who have got off to a clinical start for the season. They're playing a good part of their games this month at home and they'd want to make it count and make winning a habit. A performance like this is bound to help ahead of their next game, as they travel to the Eden Gardens to play the Kolkata Knight Riders on April 6. As for the Mumbai Indians, they've failed to open their account at the first time of asking yet again but will hope for a happy homecoming of their own as they head back to the Wankhede Stadium. They next play arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings on April 8 and that surely ought to be a mouth-watering tussle alright!

Faf du Plessis is the Player of the Match. Here's what the RCB captain has to say: It was nice for us to start the way we did in the powerplay. Siraj with his tail up is beautiful, isn't it? He's been brilliant for India and he set the tone early on and the rest of the bowlers stuck with it. The last couple of overs wasn't great, something to learn there. (Batting) How to chase? That's the perfect example. It doesn't get better. (Pitch) The cutters were working well. If you got into good positions, there was value for shots. Even the spinners had something. So, great credit to the groundsmen. It's my first time playing here as a home player. The atmosphere is electric, especially when you're batting with Virat Kohli. The energy from him and from the crowd was surreal. (Fitness) You have to stay up with the youngsters. It's important for me to stay fit and play as much cricket as possible. The confidence to start a campaign. All of us are confidence players, aren't we? It will be huge for us to get that confidence going. We have different scoring areas, so that opens up a lot for us and give us confidence.

Since 2013, Mumbai Indians have never won their opening game in the Indian Premier League.

In many ways, this was the perfect game for RCB. Skipper Faf du Plessis led the way with the bat, but it all began with a spectacular catch earlier on the park. Here's a watch in case you missed it!👇

[Watch] Faf du Plessis takes an incredible diving catch to dismiss Hrithik Shokeen in IPL 2023

Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore): I thought it was a phenomenal win. Homecoming after four years I don't think we could have asked for a better game. I thought we were pretty balanced throughout the game. We bowled really well until the 18th over. Just the last couple of overs it slipped away with the ball but credit to them; especially Tilak I thought batted really well. Faf and I took turns to attack. We wanted to finish it with enough balls to spare to help our net run-rate. The new ball was a bit tricky but because we took them down with the new ball, that's how it shifted momentum back in our favor. The way we both started I think we nullified all the intensity that they were going to bring onto the field. We kept putting pressure on the bowlers which was pretty crucial. Phenomenal - it was a packed crowd. Every seat was full when you walked in here. We knew we were going to get a lot of support when we walked in here. This crowd, we ride on their support and intensity. When me and Faf were going they were cheering for us and it made a massive difference. I think it was a phenomenal spell from him. He was bowling so well for us last year, unfortunately he could not get a game. Even in the nets here he was not getting hit for sixes. His couple of wickets put us on the front foot in the game. Hats off to him for coming out and performing like that against Mumbai Indians in the first game of the season. I've wanted to mention this for a while - apart from Mumbai winning it five times and Chennai winning it four times, we are the third team to have qualified most number of times. We've made eight playoffs. We've played consistent cricket. For us it's about playing our best cricket on the field. It's a good beginning. It's a big tournament so we don't want to look too far ahead.

Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians captain): Obviously didn't have a great start with the bat in the first six overs but I thought it was a good effort towards the end from Tilak especially and few of the other batters. To get to 170 was a great effort but we didn't turn up with the ball and execute. These things happen. First game of the season, we need to get those things right. I feel we didn't bat well enough to get enough runs. (On Tilak) He's a very positive person. Some of the shots he played today for the first game of the season, he showed a lot of courage. And that's what we spoke about - we wanted to be courageous enough in the middle. We didn't start well enough and were catching up in the middle. Hats off to Tilak. If you look at the pitch, it was good to bat on. We didn't set any target as such but we didn't even bat to half of our potential and we got to 170. Probably 30 or 40 more would have been ideal. We were struggling to play that catch-up game but Tilak was magnificent. From the last six to eight months I am used to playing without Jasprit Bumrah. Of course this is a different setup but someone needs to put their hand up and step up. We can't keep dwelling on it. Injuries are not in our control, we can't do much about it. The other guys in the setup are quite talented as well. We need to give them that support. Just the first game of the season, there's a lot to look forward to.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets!

Virat Kohli - 82 (49) | Karn Sharma - 2/32
Tilak Varma - 84 (46) | Arshad Khan - 1/28

It's a comprehensive start from the Royal Challengers Bangalore, kicking off their campaign with a win as they return to their home ground. What a way to mark that return too and the crowd at the Chinnaswamy didn't disappoint either. Taking nothing away from Karn Sharma and the other RCB bowler, but it was a below-par performance with the bat for MI that handed the hosts the initiative.

Tilak Varma deserves a special mention in that first innings, but the spotlight at the end of the day went to one man and one man only. Back at his spiritual home ground, Virat Kohli was determined to put on a show alongside Faf du Plessis to make sure their side picks up the two points. The two openers asserted themselves early and never gave the Mumbai bowlers a sniff.

Half-centuries from the two set the tone for them in the middle and by the time Mumbai managed to bag their first breakthrough, it was too late. The chase master took control, like he so often does, and made sure his side get over the finish line with a handy cameo from Maxwell to make it a complete outing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

So, they're off the mark with two points this year. Nothing new for the Mumbai Indians as they lose their first game. Still a long way to go in this tournament, so neither side will want to look too far ahead already. Stick around for what the captains have to say.

Oh, the night of April 2nd. Kohli finishes things off in style with a hit down the ground. Ee sala cup namde? Is the going to be the year that RCB finally end the 15-year wait? If that start is anything to go by, it might be.