Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) played a bombastic inning on Tuesday and set a target of 200 runs for the Mumbai Indians (MI) during the 54th match of the IPL 2023. MI had a great start to the game and dismissed star batter Virat Kohli in the first over. Glenn Maxwell and skipper Faf du Plessis powered the RCB innings, but Mumbai bowlers also had a great comeback to the game.
Jason Behrendorff bowled a wonderful spell for Mumbai Indians and took three crucial wickets for the team, including of dangerous Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell. After Virat Kohli’s wicket, Anuj Rawat soon followed him back to the pavilion, but now the ‘Big Show’ Glenn Maxwell was on the crease.
Losing two early wickets in the game didn’t affect skipper Faf du Plessis and he continued his onslaught against the MI bowlers. Soon, Glenn Maxwell started showing his true colors and both players started the nightmare for the MI bowlers. Both players completed their glorious half-centuries.
The match was totally tilting on one side, with MI trying everything, but failing badly against two world-class batters. But soon, Jason Behrendorff took out Glenn Maxwell and MI supporters took a breath of relief.
Cameron Green struck and dismissed skipper Faf du Plessis and now the Mumbai Indians were back in the game. Kedar Jadhav entered the field as an ‘impact player’ and started his batting with a splendid four.
Dinesh Karthik played some explosive shots and contributed 30 runs in 18 balls and the at the end of the first innings, RCB was at 199/6.
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