In the 54th match of IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets. This is the sixth win of Mumbai Indians this season. With the victory in this important match, the Mumbai team has moved to the third position in the points table. At the same time, Bangalore's team reached the seventh place with the defeat. Batting first, RCB scored 199 runs for six wickets due to half-centuries from Glenn Maxwell and Faf Duplessis. In response, Mumbai Indians scored 200 runs losing four wickets in 16.3 overs, and won the match.

Suryakumar Yadav scored 83 and Nehal Wadhera scored 52 runs for Mumbai. Ishaan Kishan also played an inning of 42 runs. Jason Behrendorff took three wickets for Mumbai with the ball. Vanindau Hasaranga and Vijayakumar took two wickets each for RCB.

Both teams landed with one change
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both teams made one change each. Mumbai batsman Tilak Verma did not play in this match as well. He could not play in the last match also due to injury. Injured Jofra Archer has been ruled out for the entire season. In this match, Mumbai included Chris Jordan in his place. At the same time, RCB replaced Vijaykumar Vashyak in place of Karn Sharma.

Duplessis got life
Duplessis got a life on the fourth ball of the match when Wadhera dropped the catch off Behrendorff. He was playing on one run at that time. However, on its next ball, he made Virat Kohli (01) walk. Plessis kept the run pace going from one end by hitting two fours off Chawla in the next over. In the next over, Behrendorff got Anuj Rawat (06) caught out by Kishan.

Maxwell-Plessis handled the innings
Behrendorff was in the fifth over of the innings and Maxwell hit fours off his two balls, then Plessis took 16 runs from this over with a six. In the next over, Maxwell hit Chawla with a reverse sweep shot for a four and during this the players including Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma were surprised. RCB scored 56 runs for two wickets in six overs of the powerplay. Although Maxwell continued to score runs at a fast pace by hitting two sixes on Jordan.

Maxwell's half-century in 25 balls
Maxwell completed his half-century in 25 balls by taking a single off Medhwal's ball. This is his fourth half-century in this season. Then Plessis hit a six through a brilliant scoop shot on the no-ball ball. However, during the RCB innings, Maxwell was seen playing faster than Plessis. RCB scored 104 runs for two wickets in 10 overs. In the next over, Plessis hit Jordan for a four and took a single off the next ball to complete his half-century in 30 balls. He scored his sixth half-century in this season.

Three wickets in three overs
After this, the bowlers brought back Mumbai and took three wickets in three overs. In the 13th over of the innings, Behrendorff bowled a slower ball to Maxwell and he was caught by Wadhera in an attempt to hit a six. Then in the next over, Kartikeya bowled Lomror 01. In the 15th over, Plessis was dismissed by Green in an attempt to hit a six. Maxwell scored 68 runs in 33 balls and hit eight fours and four sixes. He scored his fourth half-century of this season. Plessis scored an innings of 65 runs in 41 balls which hit five fours and three sixes. He scored his sixth half-century in the season.

Plessis and Maxwell shared their fourth-century partnership this season. Both added 120 runs for the third wicket. He equaled Jonny Bairstow and David Warner, who shared four-century partnerships in the 2019 season, for the most century partnerships in a season. Topping the list is the pair of AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli, who shared a five-century partnership in the 2016 season. In this match, Plessis became the sixth batsman for RCB to complete 1000 runs in IPL.


A good effort from Dinesh Karthik (30 off 18 balls) in the final over. Due to his contribution, the RCB team was able to score 199 runs for six wickets. For Mumbai, Jason Behrendorff took three wickets for 36 runs. Kumar Karthikeya, Chris Jordan, and Cameron Green got one wicket each.

Brilliant start for Mumbai
Chasing 200, Mumbai got off to a great start. The team's score crossed 50 runs inside the powerplay. However, Vanindu Hasaranga brought back RCB by dismissing Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma in the same over. Kishan got out after scoring 42 runs in 21 balls and Rohit scored seven runs. After this, Suryakumar Yadav took over the innings along with Nehal Wadhera. Both scored at a fast pace and shared a 140-run partnership for the third wicket to bring Mumbai to the threshold of victory. However, Suryakumar got out just before the end of the match. In the end, Nehal Wadhera finished the match with a six and also completed his half-century.

Suryakumar scored his fourth half-century this season. He scored 83 runs in 35 balls. His innings included seven fours and six sixes. At the same time, Nehal Wadhera scored an unbeaten 52 in 34 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes. Mumbai has achieved a target of 200 runs or more for the third time this season. Mumbai is the first team to do so. Earlier in 2014, Punjab had achieved the target of more than 200 runs twice.

(pc amarujala)