Both Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers have come into this match after a loss. RCB had a bigger loss before the match in the form of Chris Gayle, he had to fly back home as his wife was expecting a baby.
The absence of Gayle forced Virat to change the team combination. He made 6 changes in all, which is a lot to make after just one loss. On the other Rohit Sharma made just one change in the team.
Coming into this match with a new batting partner, Kohli didn’t have many issues as KL Rahul took the attack in the powerplay. Both of them scored 32 runs in 3.5 overs before Rahul got out. Rahul was the major contributor in this innings as he scored 23 of 14 deliveries. Travis Head, who made his IPL debut in this match was also the top scorer for RCB. He scored 37. At the end of 20 overs, RCB scored 170 runs, which was considered to be a decent score at this ground.
Mumbai Indians started off their chase in an attacking as they reached 51 runs at the end of 6 overs at the loss of 1 wicket. Thanks to some power hitting from Rohit Sharma, Jos Butler, and Keiron Pollard, Mumbai Indians won the match by 6 wickets.
Notable records and stats from this match –
Missed 5 in a row – Virat Kohli has been in tremendous form this T20 season. In his previous 4 T20 matches, he had all scores more than 50. In today’s match, he scored 33 and missed out on making it 5 in a row.
Best Partnership – Last time Royal Challengers faced Mumbai Indians at Wankhede, Virat Kohli, and AB de Villiers put up a 215* run stand. This is also the highest partnership for any wicket in T20 Cricket. Today both these batsmen could only score 59 runs together.
150 sixes for Hitman – Rohit Sharma became 3rd batsman in the history of IPL to hit 150 or more sixes. The list is led by Chris Gayle, he has hit 230 sixes. Second on the list Suresh Raina with 153 sixes in IPL.
42nd 50 in T20 Cricket – Rohit Sharma hit his 42nd fifty in T20 Cricket. This is the most by any Indian batsman. Kohli and Gambhir are joint second with 41 fifties in T20 Cricket.
50th Catch as fielder – AB de Villiers completed his 50 catches as a fielder in IPL.