Mumbai Indians lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium. The match starts at 8 pm IST. Follow this link for live scores and updates.
Coming back to this match, Mumbai finally got off the mark on the points table with a victory over Kings XI Punjab and RCB too got back to wining ways thanks to a stupendous knock by Ab de Villiers against SRH.
Mumbai have to win almost every match from here on and can't afford any slip-up. RCB would aim for consistency from here on but it will be difficult as Mumbai have been in rampant form at home and unbeaten in last 9 matches.
Rohit Sharma says that they needed that one win to get the momentum going. Adds that it helps to have back-to-back games at home. The last game was a perfect scenario for the batters and bowlers and we hope to continue the momentum. He adds that Zaheer Khan has been ruled out for the rest of IPL!
Kohli says that it was truly magnificent to watch AB de Villiers' innings against SRH. Adds that every guy wants to win the game by himself. It's been a wonderful journey with RCB, it's my 100th IPL game with them.
RCB have won the toss and elected to field. Rohit Sharma says that they too were looking to bowl.
Rohit Sharma says that Pawan Suyal replaces Zaheer Khan. It's a big challenge for them.
MI XI: Dunk, Gautam, Rayudu, R Sharma, Anderson, Pollard, Tare, Harbhajan, Bumrah, Malinga, Suyal.
RCB XI: Gayle, P Patel, Kohli, Rossouw, de Villiers, Yuvraj, Starc, H Patel, Dinda, V Aaron, Y Chahal.
Saina Nehwal is supporting Mumbai Indians! She's present at the Wankhede stadium cheering the home team!
Right! The Mumbai openers CM Gautam and Ben Dunk are out in the middle. Mitchell Starc will start off proceedings for RCB.
Mumbai are away! Full on the pads, Dunk misses his clip, they run through for a leg bye.
Lovely deliver! Good length delivery on off, nips away. Gautam stays in his crease and looks to defend but is beaten by the away movement.
Ah...Close! Gautam shuffles across, Starc bowls it full on middle and it shapes back in. Gautam misses his flick. The umpire turns down a huge LBW appeal. That looked out!
Dunk is off the mark! Guides this one to third man for a single.
FOUR! Not quite off the middle. Full outside off, Gautam looks to cover drive it but it goes off the inside part of the bat through mid off for a boundary.
7 runs off the first over!
Ashok Dinda into the attack now.
Dunk guides it wide of third man and scampers through for a couple.
FOUR! Crashed! Short and wide outside off, Dunk cuts it powerfully through point.
FOUR! Pristine timing! Length delivery outside off, Dunk punches it through covers and it races away to the fence.
12 runs off the 2nd over!
Starc will continue. The outfield is lightening fast here at the Wankhede.
Full on the pads, Dunk flicks it through mid-wicket, Chahal chases, slides and flicks it back inside. A couple taken. Dunk looking confident so far.
6 runs off the Starc over. MI - 25/0 after 3 overs.
Harshal Patel into the attack now.
OUT! Harshal Patel removes Dunk off 1st ball of his spell. Dunk mistimes his loft to mid off. MI - 25/1 (3.1 overs). A tad full outside off, Dunk looks to loft but ends up mistiming it straight into the hands of Yuvraj. BR Dunk c Yuvraj Singh b HV Patel 15 (14b, 2x4, 0x6)
Ambati Rayudu is the new batsman!
SIX! Brilliant strike. Gautam dances down the track and heaves it over deep square leg for a maximum.
Play and a miss! Short outside off, Rayudu looks to upper cut but misses.
Close! Slower delivery on the leg stump, Gautam dances down the track for a heave but misses, the ball flies inches past the leg stump.
Varun Aaron into the attack now.
Play and a miss! Gautam is trying hard to heave, swing, loft but just connecting air!
SIX! This time Gautam connects and connects it well! Shuffles a tad and swipes it over backward square leg for a maximum.
Harshal Patel will continue.
FOUR BYES! Gautam backs away, Patel follows him with a bouncer, Gautam misses his upper cut, it flies over the keeper for a boundary.
FOUR! Lovely shot to bring up MI's 50. Gautam drives it straight back past the bowler.
Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack now. He's been bowling splendidly in this edition of IPL!
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