MI vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs. Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya batted brilliantly MI vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have returned to the winning track in IPL 2025. RCB registered a thrilling 12-run win against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Monday. RCB set a target of 222 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, to which MI added 209 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. RCB have defeated Mumbai in Wankhede after 10. Tilak Verma (56 in 29 balls, four fours, four sixes) and Hardik Pandya (42 in 12 balls, three fours, four sixes) went to waste. Both of them had brought Mumbai back in the match with a stormy batting but the end was not in favor.
Earlier, RCB picked up 221 for five in the stipulated 20 overs. Star batsman Virat Kohli scored the most runs for Bengaluru. He scored 67 runs off 42 balls with the help of 8 fours and two sixes. For Mumbai, Trent Boult and skipper Hardik Pandya took two wickets each. Vignesh Puthur made a hunt. At the same time, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who returned to competitive cricket after January, did not get any wickets. MI has been dominating against RCB in Wankhede. RCB have not won a match here for the last 10 years. Will RCB be able to end MI’s dominance on Monday?
RCB, who lost the toss and came out to bat, did not have a good start. Bolt bowled Phil Salt (4) in the first over. Thereafter, Kohli shared a 91-run stand with Devdutt Padikkal (37 off 22 balls) for the second wicket. Kohli shared a 48-run partnership with captain Rajat Patidar for the third wicket. Hardik hunted Kohli and Liam Livingstone (0) in the 15th over. In such a situation, Patidar took the front with Jitesh Sharma. The duo added 69 runs for the fifth wicket to take RCB over 200. Patidar scored 64 runs off 32 balls, including five fours and four sixes. Jitesh remained unbeaten on 40 off 19 balls. He hit two fours and four sixes. Bolt gave away 57 runs in four overs. He spent more than fifty runs in a match for the first time in the IPL.
