Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) needed to wait till the Tremendous Over to defeat Mumbai Indians (MI) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 fixture, on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium. In what was touted as a Virat Kohli vs Rohit Sharma conflict, followers needed to wait till the final minute on this drama-filled encounter. Earlier than the Tremendous Over, RCB appeared set to win the match, however a final ditch blitzkrieg by Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard tied the match. MI gained the toss initially and elected to bowl. Devdutt Padikkal as soon as once more notched a half-century, whereas AB de Villiers and Shivam Dube ensured a 201-run complete for RCB. In the meantime Washington Sundar proved to be essential for Kohli’s facet.
After being despatched in to bat first, Padikkal and Aaron Finch gave RCB a very good begin, with the Australian additionally slamming 52 runs off 35 deliveries. Padikkal additionally hit seven boundaries, which consisted of 5 fours and two sixes. The Indian batsman registered 54 off 40 balls. In the meantime, Finch hit seven fours and a six. The duo’s partnership proved to be essential to RCB, with Trent Boult grabbing their essential wickets.
RCB captain Kohli continued along with his poor run within the ongoing match, leaving for the pavilion early, after getting caught by Rohit Sharma off Rahul Chahar. Kohli may solely muster three runs off 11 balls.
AB de Villiers and Shivam Dube added the ending touches to RCB’s complete with 55 runs and 27 runs respectively. Each stored their partnership until the tip, serving to RCB end at 201/3, setting a 202-run goal.
Mumbai confronted a shaky begin, shedding fast wickets of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Quinton de Kock. The duo had been eliminated by Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana and Yuzvendra Chahal respectively.
It was solely after the arrival of Kishan, that MI’s chase started. With Hardik Pandya getting dismissed by Adam Zampa after scoring 15 runs, Pollard got here in to construct a steady partnership with Kishan.
Kishan slammed 99 runs off 58 deliveries, getting despatched again to the pavilion within the second final ball of the twentieth over, with Pollard hitting a six within the final supply, to take the tie to Tremendous Over. MI completed at 201/5.
MI batted first within the Tremendous Over, and Navdeep Saini bowled brilliantly as he grabbed Pollard’s wicket and restricted them to simply 7 runs.
RCB needed to wait till the fourth supply within the second Tremendous Over, to lastly get going, with de Villiers slamming a 4 in opposition to Jasprit Bumrah.
Within the final supply, Kohli slammed a 4 to seal the match for his staff.
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RCB completed the Tremendous Over at 11 for no loss.
Of their subsequent match, MI face Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on October 1. In the meantime, RCB face Rajasthan Royals (RR) on October 3.
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