The last ball of the match was a no-ball and umpires failed to call it. If no-ball was called, would that have changed the result? Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has blasted the umpires, read here.
That's it! What a game of cricket this was. In the end, Mumbai Indians emerge victorious by six runs. A six on the first ball by young Shivam Dube had Lasith Malinga on the back-foot. The experienced bowler then made a comeback and kept it tight. With seven needed off last ball, the game was over for RCB! Full Scorecard | IPL 2019 Points Table | Orange Cap | Purple Cap
Excellent bowling this by Jasprit Bumrah. He concedes just five runs and picked a wicket as well. RCB now needs 17 runs from the last over. AB de Villiers will not be on strike.
OUT! Jasprit Bumrah picks Colin de Grandhomme, more importantly it is a dot ball. The right-hander is caught near the boundary. de Grandhomme c Krunal Pandya b Bumrah 2(7)
AB de Villiers has lit up M Chinnaswamy with his superb hitting. He slams Hardik Pandya for two back to back sixes. ABD is striking it at 186.11. 18 runs from this over. Meanwhile, RCB need 22 runs from last two overs.
AB de Villiers has gone past his half-century. His 29th fifty in IPL. Meanwhile, in three overs RCB needs 40 more runs to win. Colin de Grandhomme has joined ABD.
OUT! Shimron Hetmyer is caught at mid-off. Jasprit Bumrah picks his second wicket. Will this wicket put brakes of RCB's scoring? Hetmyer c Hardik Pandya b Bumrah 5(6)
Excellent batting this by AB de Villiers. He smashes Lasith Malinga for back to back sixes. 20 runs come from this Malinga over and RCB now needs 41 more runs to win from 24 balls. ABD is batting on 49 off 30 balls.
Five overs remaining now and RCB needs 61 more runs to win. AB de Villiers is still out and holds the key for the home side. RCB need one big over here to bring things in control.
OUT! Jasprit Bumrah comes back into the attack and accounts for Virat Kohli. BIG one this for Mumbai Indians. RCB skipper gets the top-edge and the ball goes high in the air towards square-leg. V Kohli c Hardik Pandya b Bumrah 46(32)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in their first home match of the Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019). RCB will be looking to get off the winning start at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Virat Kohli-led side comes into the match with a defeat against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on their back. Meanwhile, stay tuned for RCB vs MI live score updates. RCB vs MI, IPL 2019 Live Cricket Streaming: Watch Free Telecast of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians on Star Sports and Hotstar Online.
RCB’s opening game of IPL 2019 was nothing short of a disaster. Against CSK, batting first, the Bengaluru based side which boasts of strong batting was bundled out for just 70 runs. Though bowlers tried hard to make things difficult for CSK, with such a low target they had nothing to play with. Against Mumbai Indians, the team will be hoping to register their first win of the season. RCB vs MI Live Cricket Score and Commentary.
Just like RCB, MI too faced defeat against Delhi Capitals in their first game of the season. Despite playing at home, Mumbai Indians were outplayed. Meanwhile, this will be 24th match between RCB and MI. Mumbai have previously won 14 while Bengaluru have won just nine. Even at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, MI leads by seven wins in nine matches.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Parthiv Patel(w), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Colin de Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Devdutt Padikkal, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Prayas Barman, Akshdeep Nath, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee. RCB vs MI Head-to-Head Record: Ahead of IPL 2019 Clash, Here Are Match Results of Last 5 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Encounters!
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rasikh Salam, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Anukul Roy, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jason Behrendorff, Barinder Sran, Jayant Yadav.