Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore - IPL 5 - RCB bulldoze Mumbai by nine wickets – Live Score and Update
Mumbai Indians 141/6 (20/20 ov) v RCB 142/1 (18.0/20 ov) - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Royal Challengers Bangalore hammered a sensational win against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday, May 09, in a must win game played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, as RCB chased down 142 runs needed to win for the loss of just one wicket.
RCB skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 are difficult to beat at home. This will give us the right momentum. I wasn't feeling too great when I was batting in the previous game. My teammates told that I would hit form. The bowlers are hitting the right form at the right stage of the tournament.”
For Mumbai this loss did not do much harm as they managed to consolidate their third spot in the tournament with seven wins from 12 games.
Admitting their shortcomings in the field, Mumbai skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 said, “We are not too disappointed. We have to play 4 more games. Bangalore played better than us. They utilized the conditions better than us. If we had taken Gayle's catch, it would have been different.”
Meanwhile, after restricting Mumbai on a meagre total of 141 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore were led by a stupendous batting performance from opener - the hard-hitting batsman - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, as he launched a ruthless barrage of boundaries, leaving Mumbai bowlers battered and out of ideas.
He was later named as the Player of the Match for his astounding knock of 82 runs.
With a small total to defend it was imperative for Mumbai to hold their own and bowl-out RCB in order to avert an imminent defeat, however, they got clobbered by RCB openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 and Gayle for a stand of 48 runs before Dilshan became the only victim of Mumbai as he departed after smashing an innings of 19 runs.
His departure brought skipper, Kohli on the wicket and from here on, it was all an RCB show where the two batsmen toyed with the Mumbai bowlers and ultimately reached the target in 18 overs.
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