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 started off well with the bat but lost his opening partner Devdutt Padikkal very early for a duck. Srikar Bharat walked out to bat at number three. He started tearing off the Mumbai Indians bowling lineup. Kohli was going strong from the one end and had shown the intent from the beginning of his innings.
Bharat tried to match his skipper and started going after bowlers. He targeted Rahul Chahar in his quest to up the ante and smashed a six in his first over. Chahar then returned for another over and got smashed for another six and the ball landed on the second tier. However, Chahar got better of him on the next ball as Bharat gave a simple catch to Suryakumar Yadav on long-off.
Bharat scored 32 runs off 24 balls, where he hit two fours and two sixes.
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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
