IPL 2022 / Mumbai lost the fourth match in a row, Bengaluru defeated by 7 wickets

Zoom News : Apr 09, 2022, 10:26 PM
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in the second match of the day in IPL on Saturday. RCB had a target of 152, which the team easily achieved by losing 3 wickets in the 19th over. Uncapped Anuj Rawat top scored with 66 runs. This is MI's fourth consecutive defeat. At the same time, RCB completed a hat-trick of victory.


Earlier, batting after losing the toss, Mumbai could only manage 151 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Suryakumar Yadav (68) was the top scorer. Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel took 2 wickets each for RCB.


Rawat and Kohli showered runs

Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli added 80 runs for the second wicket. Both the players fiercely classed the bowlers of Mumbai. On the last ball of the 17th over, Anuj Rawat returned to the pavilion after being run out and this partnership was broken.


Anuj's first fifty

Anuj Rawat, batting brilliantly, completed the first half-century of his IPL career in 38 balls. He was run out after scoring 66 runs in 47 balls. Rawat was bought by RCB in the mega auction for 3.40 crores.


Kohli completes 550 fours

With the first four in the match, Kohli completed his 550 fours in the IPL. He became only the second player in the league to do so. Shikhar Dhawan has done this feat before Kohli. Dhawan's bat has hit 668 fours in IPL so far.


Faf and Rawat's perfect pair

Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat got RCB off to a good start. Both the players added 50 runs for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Jaydev Unadkat by dismissing du Plessis. Faf was dismissed for 16 runs in 24 balls. His catch was caught by Suryakumar Yadav at long on.


RCB power play

Chasing the target, RCB started off smoothly. In the first 6 overs, captain Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat scored 30 runs without losing a wicket. Only two sixes were seen from RCB in the power play. Both these sixes were planted by Anuj Rawat.


Lowest score in power play without losing a wicket


  • 27 PWI vs SRH, Hyderabad 2013
  • 29 MI vs RR, Jaipur 2008
  • 30 RCB vs PWI, Pune 2013
  • 30 RCB v MI Pune 2022*

Siraj is the most expensive

In the match, Mohammad Siraj spent 51 runs without taking a wicket. His economy rate was 12.80 in 4 overs. In the 19th over of Mumbai's innings, Suryakumar Yadav hit him for 3 sixes in the over. This is the third time in IPL that Siraj has conceded more than 50 runs in an innings.


Strong partnership of Suryakumar and Unadkat

Mumbai had lost their sixth wicket for only 79 runs and it seemed that the team would hardly be able to cross the 100-run mark, but for the seventh wicket, Suryakumar Yadav and Jaydev Unadkat gave MI a respectable batting performance. Scored up. The duo added an unbeaten 72 runs in 41 balls. Surya remained unbeaten on 68 and Unadkat on 13.


Harshal spell

Harshal Patel, who won the Purple Cap last season, has been bowling consistently in this tournament. In this match, he took 2 wickets giving 23 runs. Patel dismissed captain Rohit Sharma (26) and Ramandeep Singh (6).


Surya saved the shame

Suryakumar Yadav played a wonderful innings between the falling wickets. He completed his second consecutive fifty off 31 balls. Surya remained unbeaten on 68 off 37 balls. In the last match too, he scored 52 runs in 36 balls against KKR. This was Suryakumar's 15th in IPL and his second half-century against RCB.


2 wickets came in Hasranga's account

Wanindu Hasaranga bowled amazingly and took 2 wickets in 4 overs. The Sri Lankan spinner showed the way to the pavilion by dismissing Dewald Brevis (8) and Kieron Pollard (0). Has taken 8 wickets in 4 matches of the current tournament.


Half of Mumbai's team out at 62

Mumbai lost its first wicket on 50 and fifth on the score of 62 runs. Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 26 runs by Harshal Patel. While Ishan Kishan (26) was dismissed by Akash Deep. Devald Brevis was out LBW off Hasranga for 8 runs. Tilak Verma (0) was run out by Maxwell, while Kieron Pollard was LBW off Hasranga's delivery without opening an account.


  • Pollard was dismissed for zero for the sixth time in the IPL.
  • Hasaranga dismissed Pollard for the third time in the T20 format.
  • Ramandeep Singh returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs in 12 balls.

Baby AB fails against RCB

Playing his second match in IPL, popularly known as Baby AB (Dewald Brevis) was dismissed after scoring 8 runs in 11 balls. He was dismissed LBW by Wanindu Hasaranga. In his debut match against KKR in the previous match, he scored 29 runs in 19 balls.


Hitman out for the third time off Harshal's ball

Rohit Sharma, who was seen in good rhythm, was dismissed after scoring 26 runs in 15 balls. His wicket came in Harshal Patel's account. Both the players have faced each other in 6 innings of IPL, in which Harshal has dismissed Rohit thrice.


Rohit Sharma (403) became the first player to hit 400 boundaries for MI.

Rohit became the third player after Virat Kohli (RCB) and Suresh Raina (CSK) to score 4500 runs for any one franchise in the IPL. He has scored 4521 runs for Mumbai.


MI's quick start in Power Play

Batting after losing the toss, Mumbai Indians scored 49 runs without losing a wicket in the first 6 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave the team a quick start. Both the players hit 7 fours and a six in the power play.


MI gave chance to only 2 foreign players

Mumbai are playing in this match with only two overseas players (Kieron Pollard and Dewald Brevis). This is only the third time in IPL, when a team is playing with 2 foreign players. In 2011, KKR played against CSK (Eoin Morgan and Jacques Kallis), while in 2022 DC played against MI (Tim Seifert and Rovman Powell).


Playing XI of both the teams

MI: Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan (wk), Devald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Kieron Pollard, Ramandeep Singh, Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi.


RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), David Willey, Wanindu Hasranga, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj.

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