Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis' 148 runs century partnership help RCB brush aside Mumbai Indians.
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The 5th Match of the Indian Premier League 2023 was played yesterday between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. In which Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 8 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elect to field first, Mumbai Indians batted first, started the inning not very well, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 11 runs in 2.3 over, Ishan Kishan dismissed just for 10 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Cameron Green came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 4 balls as second wicket in 3.3 over, the team score was 16 runs, next batsman Suryakumar Yadav came to bat, in meanwhile the third wicket has dismissed for 20 runs in 5.2 over, Rohit Sharma dismissed just for 1 run in 10 balls, followed by Tilak Varma came to bat and handled the inning with Suryakumar Yadav, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 48 runs in 8.5 over, Suryakumar Yadav dismissed for 15 runs in 16 balls, next batsman Nehal Wadhera came to bat and he good strike rotate with Tilak Varma, th fifth wicket has gone for 98 runs in 13.5 over, Nehal Wadhera dismissed for 21 runs in 13 balls, followed by Tim David came to bat and dismissed very quickly just for 4 runs in 7 balls as sixth wicket in 15.3 over, the team score was 105 runs, next batsman Hrithik Shokeen came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 3 balls as seventh wicket in first ball of the 18th over, the team score was 123 runs, next batsman Arshad Khan came to bat and he played an unbeaten inning of 15 runs in 9 balls with Tilak Varma, and Tilak Varma played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 84 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 9 boundaires in just 46 balls. In this way, Mumbai Indians scored 171 runs after losing 7 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and set a target of 172 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers Karn Sharma took 2 wickets for 32 runs, Mohammed Siraj 1 wicket for 21 runs, Harshal Patel 1 wicket for 43 runs, Reece Topley 1 wicket for 14 runs in 2 overs, Akash Deep 1 wicket for 29 runs in 3 overs, Michael Bracewell 1 wicket for 16 runs in 2 overs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore chasing 173 runs in the second inning, achieve the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in the second ball of the 17th over. Royal Challengers Bangalore started the inning very strongly, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a very brilliant century partnership of 148 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 148 runs in 14.5 over, Faf du Plessis dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 73 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 43 balls, next batsman Dinesh Karthik came to bat and he dismissed without scoring as second wicket in 15.3 over, the team score was 149 runs, followed by Glenn Maxwell came to bat and he took the match to the victory with Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell played a quick unbeaten inning of 12 runs with the help of 2 sixes in just 3 balls, and Virat Kohli played a very brilliant unbeaten victory and quick half-century inning of 82 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 49 balls. In this way, Royal Challengers Bangalore chased the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in just 16.2 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Mumbai Indians bowlers Cameron Green got 1 wicket for 30 runs in 2 overs, and Arshad Khan 1 wicket for 28 runs in 2.2 overs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Faf du Plessis was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 73 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 43 balls.
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