On Monday (28th September) night, during the thrilling 10th match of the IPL 2020, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Super Over at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai).
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma decided to bowl first after winning the toss. While RCB managed to score 201/3 (20 overs) in the first innings, Mumbai Indians also replied with 201/5 (20 overs) as the match had the tie result. However, later in the thrilling Super Over, RCB finally claimed their win.
Brief Scores: RCB – 201/3 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 55*, Devdutt Padikkal 54; Trent Boult 2/34)
MI – 201/5 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 99, Kieron Pollard 60; Isuru Udana 2/45)
The Result – Match tied, RCB won the Super Over
IPL 2020, Match 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (RCB vs MI) – Statistical Highlights
(Teams’ Stats)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
i) RCB scored 201/3 (20 overs) in the first innings.
- It was the second-highest total for RCB against Mumbai Indians. Their record total in this list is 235/1 (20 overs) at Mumbai on 10th May 2015.
ii) RCB won the Super Over.
- It was the third Super Over experience for RCB. In IPL 2013, they experienced their first two Super Overs, where they lost against Sunrisers Hyderabad but won against Delhi Daredevils.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
i) Mumbai Indians lost the Super Over.
- It was the third Super Over experience for Mumbai Indians, where they first time suffered a defeat. Earlier, they won the Super Over contests against Gujarat Lions in IPL 2017 and Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2019.
(Players’ stats)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli
i) It was the 150th T20 match as a captain for Virat Kohli.
- Virat Kohli became the fourth cricketer to play 150 T20 matches as a captain. The other three names in this list are MS Dhoni (273 matches), Daren Sammy (208 matches) and Gautam Gambhir (170 matches).
AB de Villiers
i) Former South African captain AB de Villiers has scored 4529 runs in IPL career.
- AB de Villiers became the second overseas batsman to score 4500+ IPL runs. Australian cricketer David Warner was the first overseas cricketer to reach this milestone as the left-handed batsman has scored 4748 IPL runs.
- AB de Villiers became the sixth cricketer to score 4500+ IPL runs.
ii) AB de Villiers has hit 208 sixes for RCB.
- AB de Villiers is now the second most six-hitter for RCB by surpassing Virat Kohli (204 sixes). Chris Gayle is on top of this list with 263 T20 sixes for this team.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Ishan Kishan
i) The 22-year-old Ishan Kishan scored 99 runs.
- Ishan Kishan became the third batsman in IPL history to lose the wicket on 99 runs. Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli (against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 10th May 2013) and Delhi Capitals (DC) opener Prithvi Shaw (against Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi on 30th March 2019) were dismissed for 99 runs in the IPL.
Moreover, two more batsmen remained not out on 99 runs in the IPL history and those two batsmen were Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cricketer Suresh Raina (against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 8th May 2013) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) starrer Chris Gayle (against RCB at Mohali on 13th April 2019).
Kieron Pollard
i) Caribbean cricketer Kieron Pollard completed his half-century in just 20 balls.
- It was the joint second-fastest fifty for Kieron Pollard for Mumbai Indians. His fastest half-century for this team is 17-ball fifty against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Mumbai on 28th April 2016.
ii) Kieron Pollard registered his 15th 50+ score for Mumbai Indians in IPL career.
- It is the second most IPL 50+ scores for a Mumbai Indians batsman as Pollard surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu (both scored 14 times 50+ scores for MI in IPL career). Only Rohit Sharma is ahead of him with 30 times IPL 50+ scores for this team.
Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard
i) For the fifth wicket, Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard put the 119 runs partnership.
- It is the highest fifth-wicket partnership for Mumbai Indians. Their previous record was 102 runs partnership for the unbroken fifth wicket between Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds against Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 24th April 2011.