IPL 2022: RCB defeated MI by 7 wickets in match 18 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.© BCCI/IPL
Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten 68, but his Mumbai Indians team fell to the fourth straight defeat of the IPL this season when they went to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday. The reckless Suryakumar lifted Mumbai from 79-6 to 151-6, but the total barely tested Faf du Plessis’ Bangalore, who hit their mark with nine balls and seven wickets left in Pune. Up-and-coming Indian talent Anuj Rawat hit 66 and scored 80 runs with Virat Kohli (48) to lead the team, which was chasing their first Indian Premier League title, to their third win in four games.
Five-time champions Mumbai remains winless so far along with holders of Chennai Super Kings who also suffered their fourth loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first match of the day in Mumbai.
“Definitely not a 150-run pitch, Surya showed us you can do that if you hit wisely. With credit to Surya, but we knew it wouldn’t be enough,” said Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma.
“We want batters to hit deep. And when you get runs on the board, there’s something for the bowlers to do.”
Mumbai started off strong with an opening score of 50 between Rohit and Ishan Kishan — both scored 26 — before pace bowler Harshal Patel and Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga rattled the blow.
But Suryakumar, who hit five fours and six sixes in his 37-ball knockout, continued to fight to the finish when he raised his 50 in a 23-run 19th over from Mohammed Siraj.
Harshal finished with numbers of 2-23 and Hasaranga also took two wickets, including the big-hitting Kieron Pollard, for nothing, with his leg spin.
In response, Bangalore Du Plessis lost for 16, but Rawat, a left-handed batter, took charge to the opposition when he hit sixes in his 47-ball blitz before being eliminated.
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Kohli fell short of two in his 50s after being lbw-locked for South African leg spinner Dewald Brevis, but appeared unhappy with his dismissal after his refereeing review was rejected.
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