Mumbai Indians Were Beaten By RCB In A Thrilling Match That Went To The Super Over

 

Just as it was looking that most of the boxes have been ticked by Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday night Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard almost decided to party popper. The former scored a magnificent 99 off just 58 balls and has hit 2 boundaries and 9 sixes while the latter scored an unbeaten 60 off only 24 balls with 3 fours and five sixes.

For the second night in a row, a desert storm was witnessed by the Indian Premier League as it was an astounding display of brilliant batting and there have been quite a few hearts stopping moments.

Mumbai Indians needed a massive 90 runs from just 30 balls and rode on the back of Ishan Kishan along with a towering player from West Indies and was in touching distance to cross the finishing line. From the last over, they needed 19 runs as the left-arm pacer from Sri Lanka, Isara Udana put on the brakes and the match is sent into the Super Over as the match was tied on 201.

Virat Kohli and Ab de Villiers took the team to one of the most thrilling wins after Mumbai has been restricted seven in the Super Over by Navdeep Saini. Virat Kohli finished off proceedings as he hit a

Aaron Finch (52,35b 7×4, 1×6) opened the innings with lots of experience along with Devdutt Padikkal (54, 40b, 5×4, 2×6) his rookie partner and both of them checked into the crease with calmness and maturity. This has resulted in a solid platform for AB de Villiers (55 n.o, 24b, 4×4, 4×6) and showcased his flamboyance and flair. The new-ball pair of James Pattison and Trent Boult(2/34) has been very well countered by Padikkal and Finch as they raced to 59 in the power play.

The 82-run partnership was broken by Trent Boult with a slower one as Finch was sent back to the pavilion as he handed a sitter to Pollard at long-off and did not come out to field after the injury. Kohli, the skipper of RCB came in next and was a bit rusty because of which the boundaries dried up and for almost five over, RCB went without a big hit. Kohli returned to the dugout very soon after he hit a half-hearted shot off the leg-spinner Rahul Chahar and was caught by Rohit Sharma at extra cover.

Padikkal hit the accelerator again with De Villiers at the other end as in the 14th over he hit back-to-back sixes off the bowling of Pattison. A statement of talent was made by Padikkal with various shots that came firstly off the front foot and later off the back foot.

Another slower ball was bowled by Boult to lure Padikkal for a six, and it did not go the distance and caught by Pollard. ABD scored a 65 runs partnership with Shivam Dube to set up a big score.