It was a perfect thriller between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025 on Monday. Getting an invitation to bat first, RCB posted 221 for 5 and then stopped MI at 209 for 9. The match went down to the wire with RCB emerging as the winners. While the Rajat Patidar-led side remained at the third spot after the win, Hardik-led MI too stayed at the number 8 position. Lucknow Super Giants' batter Nicholas Pooran continues to hold the Orange Cap with 201 runs from 4 matches. In the wicket-takers' list, Hardik Pandya has equalled Noor Ahmad's tally of 10 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru survived a massive scare from a doughty Mumbai Indians to end their six-match winless streak at the Wankhede Stadium with a 12-run victory in the Indian Premier League on Monday.
Set a daunting target of 222, Mumbai Indians staged a stunning late recovery to turn the tables on their opponents but the task proved too difficult in the end for the hosts, who have not lost a game in Mumbai against RCB since 2015.
Mumbai Indians were reeling at 99 for four with their pursuit falling apart with the dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav (28), but skipper Hardik Pandya (42 off 15 balls) and Tilak Varma (56 off 29 balls) launched a stunning onslaught to bring them back into the contest.
Hardik went hammer and tongs while hitting three fours and four sixes, while Tilak also fought his way back into form, but the target proved far too much for Mumbai Indians who were again ordinary with the bat for a large part in their chase.
Rohit Sharma (17) was cleaned up by Yash Dayal (2/46) while swinging across an inswinging delivery and MI's best batter Suryakumar struggled during his 28-run knock for which he consumed 26 balls.
On the other hand,
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