Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli’s wife, Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma reacted to their thrilling super over win against Mumbai Indians. The third match of IPL 2020 for both MI and RCB saw a super dramatic ending. MI had won the toss and chosen to field first. The trio of Devdutt Paddikal, Aaron Finch and AB de Villiers all scored half-centuries to help RCB set 201 on the board.
MI chased the target Ishan Kishan’s stupendous knock of 99 runs, helped by Keiron Pollard, who scored 60. The match went into a super over, due to a draw in the allotted 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians could only set up a target of eight runs in the super over, which ABD and Kohli easily achieved to give RCB their second win of the tournament.
Anushka Sharma took to Instagram to share her excitement over RCB’s win
Bollywood star Anushka Sharma, who is expecting her first child with Virat Kohli, took to Instagram post RCB’s victory to express her emotions over the game.
She shared a picture collage of RCB players on her Instagram account and captioned it as, “Phew! Too exciting a game for a pregnant lady. What a team this one.”
RCB win against MI in a thrilling match followed by a super over
RCB’s three batsmen, Devdutt Paddikal, Aaron Finch and AB de Villiers rose on the occasion to score half-centuries and take RCB’s total to 201. Skipper Virat Kohli failed to make a mark yet again after he was sent back to pavilion scoring just three runs off 11 balls. Shivam Dube was also impressive in the death overs scoring 27 runs off 10 balls.
Mumbai Indians in their chase lost their upper order quickly, but Ishan Kishan, who was playing his first match of IPL 2020 went on to score 99 off 58 balls including two fours and nine sixes.
Keiron Pollard was other MI batsman to score big, he made 60 runs off 24 balls slamming three fours and five sixes. The match ended as a draw after 20 overs and a super over was played to decide the winner. MI went out to bat first and could only score seven runs, which de Villiers and Kohli made easily against Jasprit Bumrah.