Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently taking on against each other in the 39th match of the Indian Premier League 2021 in Dubai. Both teams have started the second leg with two defeats and are now trying to get their campaign back on the winning ways.
Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. He named Hardik Pandya in the playing XI as Saurabh Tiwary made way for him. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, made three changes in their lineup as they brought Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian and Shahbaz Ahmed in place of Wanindu Hasaranga, Tim David and Navdeep Saini.
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Virat Kohli and Srikar Bharat gave a good start to RCB as they scored quick runs. Bharat got out to Rahul Chahar for 32 and Glenn Maxwell joined Kohli in the middle. Both added 51 runs but they came at a very slow pace. Adam Milne bounced Kohli out and it brought AB de Villiers in the middle, who had a stiff job to up the scoring rate and take RCB to a good total.
Maxwell was going good guns from one end and had scored a quickfire fifty. De Villiers also started to show off his batting colours as he smashes Bumrah for a six on the second ball he faced.
However, Jasprit Bumrah returned to change the momentum of the match. He dismissed Maxwell on the third ball of the 19th over. The onus, now, was on De Villiers to score vital runs but Bumrah bowled a pin-point accurate bouncer, which De Villiers feathered to the wicketkeeper, Quinton de Kock.
As soon as ABD got out, his son gave a cute reaction from the stands. He threw his hand in frustration in the air but ended up hurting himself while his mom asked him to shush.
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RCB Playing XI: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
MI Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
