IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Highlights: Kohli, du Plessis decimate Mumbai by 8 wkts

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2023 Highlights: Tilak Varma's 84 went in vain as Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis hit fifties to chase down 172 in just 16.2 overs with 8 wkts left

11:44 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Match Summary

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore celebrated their homecoming with a brilliant 8-wicket win against the Mumbai Indians. They chased down the target of 172 with 22 balls to spare. Virat Kohli top scored with unbeaten 82 off just 49 balls, though he was helped by the Mumbai fielders who dropped him twice. Skipper Faf du Plessis hit a fifty too and scored 73 off just 43 balls to make it a smooth chase. 

 

Asked to bat first, Mumbai did not have a great start earlier in the evening. In fact they were four down for 48 in the first nine overs. It was a brilliant innings from N Tilak Varma that got them to 171/7 eventually. Varma hit 84* off just 46 balls. For Bangalore, all the bowlers did well with Karn Sharma being the pick of them, getting 2/32 in his four. 

 

11:30 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: A dominating 8 wicket win for Bangalore to begin the season

11:29 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Kohli hit a six to finish it off in style

10:53 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: du Plessis gone

 

Though Virat Kohli was dropped, Tim David was never going to drop Faf du Plessis at long-on and Arshad Khan has his first IPL wicket. Bangalore need only 24 more

 

10:51 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Kohli gets the third chance

 

After being dropped on 7, Virat Kohli has been dropped once again at 68 and this time around by Hrithik Shokeen

 

10:50 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Fifty number 45 for King Kohli

10:49 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: No wickets seem to fall, 100 run partnership up

10:48 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Fifty up for captain Faf

10:47 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: The first 10 overs were Royal for the Challengers

10:46 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Brilliant powerplay for the Bangalore boys

10:45 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Bangalore start the chase in style

10:07 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Bangalore start well, get to 45/0 in first five

 

The Royal Challengers Bangalore openers have started well in the chase of 172 and moved to 45/0 in the first five overs with Virat Kohli at 17 and Faf du Plessis at 24

 

9:46 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: This is where the game stands at the halfway mark

9:44 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Brilliant Varma guides Mumbai to 171/7

 

It was one of the brilliant innings witnessed at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru as the left handed Tilak Varma single-handedly took the Mumbai Indians to 171/7 in 20 overs. At one stage, they were struggling at 48-4 with all the major batters in Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Cameron Green back in the hut. 

 

He partnered debutant Nihal Wadhera to add 50 for the fifth wicket, before adding another 48* with Arshad Khan for the eighth wicket. In his knock of 86, the Southpaw hit nine fours and four sixes. 

 

9:36 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Tilak Varma shows he packs a heavy punch

9:35 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Harshal sent Shokeen packing

9:33 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Karn has another one, this time it was Tim David

9:33 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Karn Sharma sends Nehal Wadhera back in the hut

9:25 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Suryakumar Yadav departs, Bracewell gets his first

8:16 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Reece Topley out injured

 

Reece Topley has walked out of the ground visibly in pain and holding his wrists. He has bowled only two overs in the match so far and taken the wicket of Cameron Green. He was brilliant in the field though. 

 

8:08 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: The powerplay belonged to Bangalore

8:07 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Akash Deep gets Rohit Sharma, Mumbai 3 down inside Powerplay

8:06 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Mohd Siraj and Dinesh Karthik collided and dropped Rohit Sharma

Mohammed Siraj and Dinesh Karthik of Royal Challengers Bangalore collided while trying to take a catch during match 5 of the Tata Indian Premier League against the Mumbai Indians. Photo: Sportzpics

8:01 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Topley gets a wicket on debut, removes another debutant

8:00 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Siraj started the proceedings with the first wicket, removed Ishan

7:56 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Jofra Archer would finally be in Blue and Gold

7:55 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: It’s Go Green time, IPL debut for Cameron Green

7:54 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Reece Topley and Michael Bracewell debut for Bangalore

7:53 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Here are the 11 to start the game for Mumbai

7:52 PM

IPL 2023 RCB vs MI Live Score: Bangalore’s playing 11 for tonight