A thriller took place in Bangalore as the 7th match of IPL 2019 went right down to the wire. Mumbai Indians inflicted their first win of the season while Royal Challengers Bangalore were left stranded.
Rohit Sharma, having lost the toss, came out to bat alongside Quinton de Kock. The opening pair was aggressive from the beginning. Rohit took the charge first and then de Kock too chipped in. During the fielding restrictions, they managed to put 52 runs on the board. Yuzvendra Chahal gave RCB the first breakthrough in the 7th over when he castled de Kock for 23.
The MI captain was looking all set for a big knock. But Umesh Yadav cut short his innings to 48 in the 11th over. Suryakumar Yadav, after getting his eye in, began to open up. Yuvraj Singh slammed 3 consecutive sixes to Chahal but in the hunt for another, he was caught at long-off. All of a sudden, MI lost Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya and Mitchell McClenaghan in quick succession.
After 18 overs, MI reached 157/7. The hopes of the visitors reaching a big score rested heavily on the shoulders of Hardik Pandya. The right-hander delivered big time as 30 runs were scored in the last 2 overs. Hardik’s knock of 32 from 14 helped MI getting to 187/8.
In reply, RCB had a decent start as Moeen Ali and Parthiv Patel struck a few boundaries early. But Moeen had to go back as Rohit’s direct hit sent him packing for 13. Kohli, who pushed himself to No.3 in this game, was in a sublime touch from the beginning. He slammed 3 fours in Jasprit Bumrah’s over as the score reached 60/1 after the powerplay.
As soon as the fielding restrictions were lifted, Parthiv departed for 31 off the bowling of Mayank Markande. The MI spinners applied the pressure which meant that the required run-rate climbed. AB de Villiers struggled initially for timing but found his touch soon, However, Bumrah caught the big fish when he removed Kohli for 46 in the 14th over.
ABD kept going and kept his side in the game. Bumrah gave away just 6 runs from his last 2 overs and pulled things back whenever de Villiers threatened. It was down to 17 from the last over that was bowled by Lasith Malinga. The first ball went for a six but de Villiers and Shivam Dube could collect just singles off the remaining balls.
RCB vs MI Match Summary
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to bowl first
Mumbai Indians:Â 187/8 in 20 overs
Rohit Sharma 48 (33), Suryakumar Yadav 38 (24)
Yuzvendra Chahal 38/4 (4), Umesh Yadav 26/2 (4)
Royal Challengers Bangalore:Â 181/5 in 20 overs
AB de Villiers 70* (41), Virat Kohli 46 (32)
Jasprit Bumrah 20/3 (4), Mayank Markande 23/1 (3)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 runs
Player of the Match:Â Jasprit Bumrah
Twitterati hailed Bumrah but slammed the umpires
Bumrah vs Kohli. Have to love the #IPL
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 28, 2019
When we think of RCB we think of Virat & AB. And that’s the problem with RCB. #VivoIPL2019
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 28, 2019
Yuvraj was turning the clock back tonight! Also underlines how the @mipaltan franchise has welcomed him and allowed Yuvi to play fearless cricket #MIvsRCB
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/kikusharda/status/1111329640612687872?s=19
Virat Kohli became the second player to complete 5000 runs in IPL and first to do so for a single team.
All for @RCBTweets !! #RCBvMI #IPL2019
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/MalhotraSaurabh/status/1111332335562227712?s=19
The funny part: If Dube had got out, almost certainly the umpire would have checked for the no-ball and #RCB would have had another chance to win!
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) March 28, 2019
Sorry.. but umpires are missing too many no balls these days.. time for another umpire on the ground to call no balls! #fedup
— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) March 28, 2019
Virat tears into the umpires and rightly so. That was a clear clear no ball. And it could have changed this match. Another controversy. Mankading to overlooking the no ball. @IPL in week one has it all.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 28, 2019
Ek taraf @Jaspritbumrah93 dusri taraf sab bowlers.. Jassi no 1 bowler in world cricket @ICC @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/MalhotraSaurabh/status/1111333039773229059?s=19
Thrilling win for MI. Superb bowling by Bumrah and Malinga in last 2 overs. Not easy to stymie ABD in full flow. But some luck too with the last delivery, a no ball, not being called!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 28, 2019
Spot on by Virat, that last ball blunder is unacceptable. quite possibly could have changed the result #RCBvMI
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) March 28, 2019
Wow!!! How big a moment was the umpire missing the no ball?
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) March 28, 2019
Virat Kohli on the no ball of the last ball that was missed by the umpire:
"We are playing at the IPL level, it's not club level, the umpires should have their eyes open. That was a big no-ball."#RCBvMI
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 28, 2019
Malinga’s last ball was a no-ball….BIG one. Umpire missed it. Colossal error. Unbelievable. #RCBvMI #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 28, 2019
Bumrah is the best fast bowler in the world. Just 6 in his last two overs.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/imAagarkar/status/1111330770474487808?s=19
Rohit: I got to know about the no-ball as we crossed the rope. Such mistakes are not good for the game.#OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #RCBvMI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 28, 2019
What did just happened! Such a big error… could have changed the game… #noball #umpires #ridiculous #RCBvMI #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/fwildecricket/status/1111332523467042816
Virat Kohli: Jasprit Bumrah is a top-class bowler. Probably a mistake from my end. Shouldn't have taken him on. #OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #RCBvMI
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/DanishSait/status/1111333121872588802
Never a dull moment with these two teams. What a game!!! #RCBvMI
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) March 28, 2019
.@krunalpandya24: The way Bumrah bowled was outstanding. He is a legend!
#OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #RCBvMI— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 28, 2019
Just ridiculous to allow that last ball No ball. Why not have a tennis style system where there is a beep for a no ball? I'm sure it can be done. #IPL2019 #RCBvsMI
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) March 28, 2019
Virat brutally honest about THAT no ball! #IPL2019 #RCBvsMI
— RK (@RK_sports) March 28, 2019
How in the world did the umpire not pick up that last ball no ball? And if he didn’t, shouldn’t the third umpire be in the ear of the on field ump and call it? Fine margins in this game.: and stakes much too high to allow such major errors in the IPL #RCBvsMI
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) March 28, 2019
