Pune: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 7 wickets in match 18 of the ongoing IPL 2022 season at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
For RCB, Anuj Rawat starred with a fine half-century while Virat Kohli also played a 48-run cameo. Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav smashed an unbeaten 68 to rescue MI from a tricky position to post a total of 151 for six against RCB. After being put into bat first, MI had got of to a bright start in the powerplay.
However, Rohit Sharma was removed by Harshal Patel before MI suffered a top-order collapse, courtesy some fine bowling and fielding by RCB. Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel have taken two wickets each so far while Akash Deep has also picked up a wicket each.
Earlier, won the toss and elected to bowl against MI. At the toss, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis confirmed that star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell will make his season debut, replacing Sherfane Rutherford.
For MI, Jaydev Unadkat and Ramandeep Singh also make their debuts, replacing Tymal Mills and Daniel Sams.
