RCB pulled up a great show with the ball this time and it did turn the fortunes of the team as they climbed to the 5th spot in VIVO IPL points table. Mumbai Indians falls of 14 runs short of the target. Southee conceded 10 runs in 20th over as RCB won the match by 14 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowlers finally came good against a quality Mumbai Indians batting line-up to defend 167 and keep alive their chances of a play-off berth in IPL 2018.
Tim Southee and Umesh Yadav were exceptional with the new ball after RCB posted a modest total on a difficult pitch.
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Southee removed Ishan Kishan for a duck while Umesh removed Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma off successive balls to rock Mumbai’s chase. There was more trouble in store for the defending champions when Kieron Pollard fell to Mohammad Siraj.
A brief partnership ensued between JP Duminy and Hardik Pandya but when the former was run out in the 12th over, the writing was on the wall.
The Pandya brothers got together for a 56-run stand and at one point, it looked like Mumbai would come back to clinch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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