Bangalore: In the 5th league match of the IPL cricket series, Royal Challengers Bangalore won against Mumbai Indians. Chasing a target of 172 runs, Virat Kohli-Du Plessis partnership gave a great start to the team.
Bengaluru team won the toss and chose to field in this match held in Bengaluru. Accordingly, the top-order batsmen of the Mumbai Indians team, who batted first, lost. The team lost their first 4 wickets before scoring 48 runs.
The team’s young player Tilak Verma single-handedly raised the team’s score. He scored 84 runs after striking a half-century. So, at the end of 20 overs, Mumbai Indians added 171 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Tilak Verma, who was not out until the end, scored 84 runs in 46 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes. Karan Sharma took 2 wickets for Bengaluru team.
After that, Virat Kohli – du Plessis partnership gave a great start to the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, who entered the field with the target of winning if they score 172 runs. Both watched Mumbai bowling together. The two who flew the balls from all four sides of the ground and scored consecutive half-centuries excited the fans. Attempts by the Mumbai bowlers to get both of them out failed.
Du Plessis was finally dismissed in the 15th over. The two put on a 148-run partnership. After this, Dinesh Karthik returned to the pavilion as fast as he came. Maxwell hit a six and a boundary off the first two balls, and in the end Virat Kohli hit a six with six runs needed to win.
As a result, Bengaluru team won by 8 wickets after reaching the target of 172 runs in 16.2 overs. Virat Kohli, who was not out till the end, scored 82 runs and Du Plessis scored 73 runs.
