Royal Challengers Bangalore are locking horns with Mumbai Indians in the 54th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. Meanwhile, the game is taking place at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Talking about the game, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. So far, this season, the teams that batted first won just once whereas the chasing team have won thrice.
Mumbai Indians got off to a superb start to the game, courtesy of Jason Behrendorff’s fantastic bowling spell. He got the prized wicket of Virat Kohli for just 1 run in the fifth ball of the first over of RCB’s innings.
Jason Behrendorff continued to weave the magic for Mumbai Indians as he went on to dismiss Anuj Rawat for just six runs. Just as when RCB were stuttering at 16 for the loss of two wickets, the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis steadied the ship.
Glenn Maxwell scores a crucial fifty against Mumbai Indians
When the pressure was on RCB’s batting unit, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis negated the pressure and took the game away from the hosts with their fearless batting approach.
Glenn Maxwell who didn’t have promising games this season eventually woke from the ashes and scored a brilliant half-century. He constructed his innings with the help of eight fours and four sixes. He brought up his fifty off just 25 balls. After that, he ended up scoring 68 off 32 balls before he was dismissed by Behrendorff.
Mumbai Indians’ playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
Maxi woke up like an Undertaker
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Already the best ever overseas player of RCB after Faf
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Performed when needed the most 🌟
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What an innings,what a player❤️!
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He is class man. Wht an innings!
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Maxwell smashing maximums
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