Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore - IPL 5 - Mumbai desperately hold on to 141 runs - 1st innings Update – Live Score and Update
Mumbai Indians 141/6 (20/20 ov) – RCB won the toss and chose to field
On Wednesday in another match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Mumbai Indians have barely held on to a total of 141 runs for the loss of six wickets against visitors Royal Challengers Bangalore in a match being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
After winning the toss, hosts RCB chose to field first in order to contain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 on a reachable total by the end of the innings.
RCB, were once again under the leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384, who flew home to get treated on his lingering knee injury.
Nonetheless, Kohli was quite confident that his side would do just fine in the absence of the Vettori.
“Every game is a must win game for us, especially playing against a strong team like Mumbai. Loving the captaincy, I'm really enjoying it,” said the RCB skipper before the start of play.
This is a must win situation for the visitors as they now need to win each and every game in order to reach the playoffs as right now they are sitting at seventh place on the points table from where their current situation looks bleak.
On the other hand, Mumbai are in a better position as they are currently the third team in the tournament and would only better their standing after winning today’s encounter.
Meanwhile, the hosts had the worst possible start as with only two runs on the board they had lost two of their wickets which put them under pressure early on.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KD-Karthik-c1780 got hold of the situation and took the team tally to 41 runs before the departure of veteran Tendulkar, who was caught and bowled by Patel after crafting an innings of 24 runs.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 that really made the difference and prevented the side from faltering to even a lower total.
From RCB, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864 all took two wickets each as they wrecked havoc on the batting side.
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