Rahul Tiwari
khelja|08-04-2025
Mi vs rcb: Mumbai Indians have suffered a fourth consecutive defeat this season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. In the match played between Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, MI lost by 12 runs in a thrilling match. In this match, the decision to bowl first after winning the toss did not go in favor of Captain Pandya and RCB batted first and hung a giant score of 221 runs on the score board. Mumbai could score 209 runs in 20 overs to chase 222 runs. However, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma tried their best to avoid this defeat, but he could not do so.
Mumbai Indians started chasing 222 runs once again and former captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring just 17 runs. After this, Ryan Riclton was also dismissed on the score of 17. At one time, Mumbai scored four wickets at 97, but from here Hardik Pandya's hard -hitting batting and Tilak Verma's explosive innings tried to turn the entire match in Mumbai's favor, but in the end he failed to end the match. Captain Hardik Pandya scored 46 runs off 15 balls, while Tilak Verma scored 56 runs facing 29 balls. Together, both of them added 89 runs off 34 balls for the fifth wicket, but could not win Mumbai.
RCB bowlers once again performed amazing and got RCB back in the backward match once again. In this match, captain Rajat Patidar cleverly got 18/19 overs with his 3 bowlers. In which Bhuvi walked Tilak in the 18th over, Josh Hazlewood dismissed Hardik Pandya in 19th. This proved to be the last nail in the coffin in Mumbai. At the same time, Krunal Pandya, who came to take the last over of the innings, defended 19 runs in the last.
RCB, after losing the toss, came out to bat first, the start of Mi Vs RCB was very poor. On the second ball of the first over, Phil Salt returned to the pavilion after scoring just four runs. After this, former captain Virat Kohli, along with Devdutt Padikkal, took over the innings and made a strong 91 -run partnership for 52 balls for the second wicket. Captain Rajat Patidar, who landed at number four, started scoring fast after being dismissed. However, Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 67 runs off 42 balls.
After this, Liam Livingstone also went on without opening accounts. Despite falling two consecutive wickets, Patidar did not let the pace of runs decrease and in this he was accompanied by wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma. While Patidar scored a captaincy of 64 runs off 32 balls, Jitesh Sharma scored a stormy 40 runs on 19 balls, on which RCB (Mi vs RCB) managed to score 221 runs on the score board, batting first.
Mumbai Indians (Mi Vs RCB) captain Hardik Pandya's decision to win the toss and bowl first has not gone in his favor. Although Trent Bold gave MI success in the first over, MI bowlers did not appear far and wide in the match. Bolt proved to be the most expensive bowlers in this match, who took 57 runs in four overs and during this time he took two wickets. At the same time, Captain Pandya took two wickets in four overs with 45 runs. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah, playing the first match of this season, spent 29 runs in four overs, but he could not earn a single success.