Royal Challengers Bangalore are hosting the Mumbai Indians in the 31st match of IPL 2018 at the iconic M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday (May 1) night. It is a must-win game for both the teams and MI responded with a brilliant display of bowling.
After being put into bat by MI skipper Rohit Sharma, RCB started their innings cautiously before Manan Vohra cut loose in the 4th over by smashing JP Duminy for 22 runs. The 20-year-old leggie Mayank Markande pulled things back for MI by dismissing Vohra in the 9th over.
When RCB were in a spot of bother at 61/2, Brendon McCullum (37 runs off 25 balls) and skipper Virat Kohli (32 runs off 26 balls) took the centre stage and added a 60-run stand for the third wicket. However, soon after McCullum’s dismissal, RCB lost the plot.
Hardik Pandya was the pick of the bowler for MI as his 3 for 28 played a massive role in restricting RCB to a below par score. However, Colin de Grandhomme scored 21 runs in the last 3 balls of the match off McClenaghan, to take RCB to 167/7.
Like always, the Twitterverse was buzzing during the IPL match. Here are some of the top tweets hailing MI’s stellar show with the ball:
A gamble gone wrong for #MI. Were hoping there would be a mishit from Vohra because attack was imminent. And Duminy bore the brunt of it.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 1, 2018
Top catch by Rohit Sharma. Didn’t claim it. Shows why and how sometimes fielders don’t know if it’s legit. #RCBvMI #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 1, 2018
1001 sixes for #RCB in IPL. Achaa shagun hai ????
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 1, 2018
This is a crucial phase for @RCBTweets ,matches have drastically changed course in the end overs in this #IPL2018 #RCBvMI
— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 1, 2018
Not a pitch that @Bazmccullum would normally enjoy batting on. But a terrific innings in tough circumstances #MIvsRCB
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) May 1, 2018
This is a tough wicket to bat on but @RCBTweets may just be 20 short here. @ImRo45 will hold the key for @mipaltan again. He scores they win. @imVkohli was looking real good on a tough wicket. #RCBvMI
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) May 1, 2018
Hardik Pandya has possibly turned the match on its head, running out McCullum then getting Mandeep, Washington and all-important wicket of Kohli in one. @RCBTweets need at least 165-170 to be competitive. How now? #ReinventYourGame #RCBvMI
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 1, 2018
