The Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) clashed in the 25th match of the IPL 2024. This encounter in being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 11, 2024.
MI came into this match on the back of their first win in IPL 2024 after three straight losses. On the other hand, RCB had won only one game out of five played.
MI captain Hardik Pandya called correctly and decided to field first. RCB lost a few cheap wickets including Virat Kohli (3), Will Jacks (8), and Glenn Maxwell (0).
But Faf du Plessis (61 with 4 fours and 3 sixes) and Rajat Patidar (50 with 4 sixes and 3 fours) brought the RCB team back into the game with a partnership of 82 runs in 47 balls.
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RCB finished their innings strongly thanks to Dinesh Karthik who hammered 53* in 23 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. RCB finished on 196/8 in 20 overs.
Amidst this carnage, MI bowler Jasprit Bumrah stood tall as he picked a five-wicket haul, his second in the IPL history. Bumrah also became only the third Indian and overall fourth bowler to pick two 5-wicket hauls in IPL.
Bumrah had started by dismissing Virat Kohli and went on pick wickets of Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Saurav Chauhan, and Vijaykumar Vyshak to complete his fifer. Bumrah finished with 5/21 in his 4 overs and also got the Purple Cap for most wickets.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for the MI bowling ace Jasprit Bumrah on social media.
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