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23.50 PM IST: Chris Lynn gets the Let's Crack It Sixes award for his faboulous maximums.

 

23.27 PM IST: Excerpts from Rohit's interaction with the media:

 

"Winning the championship is important, I guess, not the first game. Great fight, we didn't let it go easily."

" Marco Jansen is a talent we've identified. He can bowl in any situation."

"A lot of guys are coming from playing international cricket so we haven't got much time together unlike the last time, in Dubai, where we began preparations a month before. But that's how the IPL has been played over the years, you just got to get in the game as quickly as possible. It can be difficult for teams that have great home records, but that is what sport is, you've got to go away and win."

 

23.24 PM IST: Harshal nudges a beautiful yorker from around the wicket from Jansen to take a single and steal a victory for RCB. RCB win the game by two wickets.

 

23.22 PM IST: A quick single. One more ball to go, with a dot needed for a Super Over.

 

23.20 PM IST: De Villiers is run-out after a harsh call for two, after Harshal takes a single to bring de Villiers back on strike in the previous ball. He departs at 48 (27).

 

23.17 PM IST: Marco Jansen is shouldering final-over responsibilities for MI. He starts off with a yorker to de Villiers, forcing him to take a single. It is followed by a couple of runs from Patel. Equation is down to 4 off 4.

 

23.15 PM IST: Bumrah ends with figures of 4-0-26-2. RCB now needs 7 runs of 6 balls to win this game.

 

23.14 PM IST: A run-out here from Bumrah as he finds the ball slapped down the pitch and throws it to the non-striker's end. Jamieson heads back to the dugout. It is followed by a single from de Villiers, who will keep the strike for the final over.

 

23.12 PM IST: A short ball lifted away to the boundary for a four out of a ball that didn't look like it could be converted to a boundary. It is followed by a single. 8 off 8 needed with Jamieson on strike. 

 

23.10 PM IST: A nervous 19th over as de Villiers slices away a marginally missed yorker from Bumrah for a four. It is followed by a couple of runs. 13 needed off 10 now.

 

23.07 PM IST: Boult takes over the bowling attack. A six and a four from de Villiers meant a 15-run over. This is inching close to a nail-biter. RCB are at 141/6, with two overs to go.

 

23.02 PM IST: Just five runs and one wicket off Bumrah's third over. He has given away just 14 runs in his three overs so far. RCB need 34 runs from 18 balls to win this game.

 

22.59 PM IST: Bumrah comes back into the attack. After sending down two proper yorkers, he sends out a quick, wide delivery, tempting Christan to attempt a shot. He does, and it leaves the ball in Rahul Chahar's hand. Bumrah and Mumbai Indians get another wicket. RCB are now at 122/6.

 

22.53 PM IST: Chahar bowls his last over for the game - 4, 6, 1, 1, 2, 1. He ends with the figures 4-0-43-0. It is time for a strategic time-out. RCB are at 121/5 with 4 overs left. 39 runs are needed off 24 balls to win this.

 

22.47 PM IST: Jansen scalps another one! Shahbaz Ahmed hits it straight to the fielder - Krunal Pandya! Just three runs in this over and 2 wickets to put the pressure on RCB. 

 

22.42 PM IST: Newbie Jansen gets his first wicket on his return spell, and it is of the destructive Maxwell! It is a slower short ball at the leg stump that does the trick! Maxwell walks off after a solid 39 (28). Is this where the tide turns?

 

22.40 PM IST: A quick over from Rahul Chahar conceding just four runs. RCB have slowed down considerably. 103/3 at the end of 14 overs. 

 

22.37 PM IST: Bumrah conjours up a magical over. Just four of it and the big wicket of a set Virat Kohli. 

 

22.35 PM IST: Bumrah comes back with a boom, and how! He takes Virat Kohli out with a pretty straight delivery. It hits him just above the knee roll and is clearly out. Kohli is dismissed for 33 (29).

 

22.31 PM IST: Rahul Chahar comes into the attack. a six from Maxwell off the first ball, followed by a few runs between the wickets. 11 runs off that over and RCB are at 95/2 at the end of the 12th.

 

22.26 PM IST: Krunal Pandya finishes his quota of four overs. A 100 meter six from Maxwell and three singles to end it. Krunal finishes with 4-0-25-1.

 

22.22 PM IST: A superb fielding effort by Surya to dive and stop a ball from running away to the boundary. A couple of wides, a couple of singles and a couple of dots. Good comeback for Jansen, giving away just six runs here.

 

22.18 PM IST: Jansen takes over the ball after the strategic time-out to bowl his second over. 

 

22.15 PM IST: Krunal continues his spell and manages keep his economy rate in check. Just 16 off his three overs now, despite a last-ball four from Maxwell.

 

22.12 PM IST: Rahul Chahar vs Glenn Maxwell it is. The latter gets two fours in Chahar's first over. RCB score 13 off this and are at 63/2 at the end of the 8th over.

 

22.08 PM IST: 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 1 - another economical over from Krunal Pandya, given RCB have Kohli and Maxwell playing. However, MI did lose a run-out chance in the first ball. 

 

22.02 PM IST: Boult is back. Debutant Rajat Patidar hits him for a four in the first ball, but Boult has the last laugh. A slower knuckle ball to trick the newbie, getting the off stump from an inside edge. RCB at 46/2 in six overs.

 

21.58 PM IST: 1, W, 1, 1, 2, 1 - Krunal bowls a good first over and gives the Men in Blue and Gold a handy breakthrough. RCB are at 41/1 at the end of five.

 

21.55 PM IST: Krunal Pandya comes into the attack and he is almost immediately effective! Sundar gets a top edge and the ball finds Lynn's safe hands. One down for RCB.

 

21.53 PM IST: The youngster goes for 14 runs in his first over in the IPL. RCB are at 35/0 at the end of the fourth over.

 

21.51 PM IST: Jansen oversteps that allows Kohli to play a free-hit. He swipes it over short fine, waiting on the backfoot for the ball to come on, for a four. 

 

21.49 PM IST: Debutant Marco Jansen is handed the ball next by Rohit Sharma. Kohli gets a boundary off this youngster in the very first ball.

 

21.48 PM IST: Boult finishes his second over of the game. Just a four and two singles for RCB this time. 

 

 

21.44 PM IST: Bumrah takes up the baton from Boult. He gives away just five in the second over. RCB are 15/0.

 

21.39 PM IST: 0 0 5w 0 1 4 0 - including a dropped catch of Sundar by Rohit. Kohli's men kickstart their batting with a 10-run first over.

 

21.35 PM IST: Trent Boult to bowl the first over. Washington Sundar and Virat Kohli walk out to chase down 160. 

 

21.20 PM IST: Rahul Chahar is run out after completing one run in the final ball of the innings. Just one run but four wickets in this over. RCB restrict Mumbai Indians to 159/9 in the alloted 20 overs.

 

21.18 PM IST: Wicket number five for Harshal as he bowls out debutant Marco Jansen with an inswinging yorker. The bowler misses a hattrick by one ball, but he still gets his five-wicket haul.

 

21.15 PM IST: Big Man Polly is on his way back too! A high flick to the fielder, Sundar, off a quick offbreak, costs the team a big wicket.

 

21.13 PM IST: Mumbai Indians lose Krunal Pandya in the first ball of the final over. A stylish shot, but goes too high without covering the distance. It is an easy grab for Christian.

 

21.12 PM IST: Pollard gets a four after trying to pull a slower short ball. It comes off the top edge and rushes beyond the 'keeper for a four. 12 runs from the over, Mumbai Indians are at 158/5 with one more to go.

 

21.08 PM IST: A no-ball four for Jamieson. Krunal manages a pull between deep backward square and deep mid-wicket. RCB have only 3 inside the circle, and MI get a free hit.

 

21.06 PM IST: Jamieson bowls the penultimate over, and it starts with some drama. Kohli drops Krunal, who smashed away a full ball in the slot to the RCB skipper. 

 

21.04 PM IST: Harshal gets Ishan in the very next ball! A yorker at the middle stump strikes him on his leg, right in front of the middle. Originally declared not out, a review by RCB reversed the decision. Ishan walks back at 28 (19).

 

21.01 PM IST: Siraj drops a sitter off Ishan! A slower short ball from Harshal Patel tempts Ishan to pull, but finds an edge to Siraj at deep backward square leg. The fielder, however, allows the ball to pop out of his hand and miss a golden chance!

 

20.58 PM IST: Just seven of Siraj's final over. Polly and Ishan in the crease. Paltan, what score are we headed for?

 

20.54 PM IST: A four for Ishan, who just clears deep square, who was just a few yards in. The umpires took some time in deciding if it was a six or a four, and replays showed the latter.

 

20.49 PM IST: Hardik has been given LBW. He reviews, but he has only been deceived by a dipping slower ball from Harshal Patel, which the tracker shows to hit the leg stumps. The departs at 13 (10). 

 

20.45 PM IST: Hardik and Ishan are at the crease at the end of the 15th over. Mumbai Indians are elegantly poised at 128/3.

 

20.43 PM IST: Hardik Pandya joins the boundary hitting party smashing an overpitched ball from Dan Christian right back to him.

 

20.38 PM IST: The little pocket dynamo has just arrived but he's raring to go! He hits a clean six, followed by a four between backward point and third man to announce his arrival.

 

20.34 PM IST: Lynn loses his wicket to Washington Sundar. A miscued slog and a cool Sundar, who caught the ball while fininshing his sprint, ended his stay at the crease. Lynn falls short of his first fifty in the MI jersey by just 1 run.

 

20.32 PM IST: A four from Lynn brings up the 100 for the Men in Blue and Gold. He hit it hard over the non-striker's end, without giving the long on any chances. 

 

20.27 PM IST: Ishan Kishan takes his place in the crease. Mumbai Indians are at 94-2 at the end of the 11th over.

 

20.25 PM IST: Jamieson gets Surya! Mumbai Indians lose a big, set batsman. A slower ball does the trick, with it landing in AB de Villiers' hands after grazing Surya's bat.

 

20.23 PM IST: Surya gloves a length ball from Jamieson with a generous use of wrist movements. It's a big six that clears the ropes comfortably.

 

20.20 PM IST: Chahal gives only 3 off the tenth over. At the halfway mark, Mumbai Indians are at 86/1.

 

20.15 PM IST: Mumbai Indians are at 83/1 at the end of the ninth over, which Lynn and Surya got 13 off of.

 

20.10 PM IST: Yadav chopps a boundary between backward point and short third, bringing up a fifty-run partnership between him and Lynn.

 

20.08 PM IST: Mumbai Indians has accelerated to 70/1 in 8 overs, bringing 29 runs on board since the end of the powerplay!

 

20.05 PM IST: Another six off Lynn, this time off Harshal Patel. A no ball single from Surya gives him a shot at a free hit and he does not let that go waste!

 

20.03 PM IST: A big over for MI. Lynn shoots a four past extra cover first, followed by a giant six from a relatively quicker ball. Shahbaz Ahmed goes for 14 runs in his first over. MI are at 55/1 in 7 overs.

 

19.59 PM IST: Lynn gets a high and long six followed by Surya getting a four in the sixth over. At the end of the powerplay, Mumbai Indians are 41/1.

 

19.55 PM IST:  Mumbai Indians are at 34-1 at the end of five overs.

 

19.51 PM IST: Suryakumar Yadav comes in the place of his skipper and starts off with a four over square leg. Mumbai Indians are at 24-1 in 4.1 overs.

 

19.50 PM IST: Rohit falls in a run-out mix-up. Kohli takes advantage and sends a one-bounce throw to the bowler, who takes out Rohit's stumps with ease. He walks back at 19 (15).

 

19.48 PM IST: Rohit fittingly hits the first six of the season! He meets the ball tossed up at the middle and chips it away across the boundary! A beautiful shot from the Hitman. 

 

19.46 PM IST: Lynn gets off the mark with an inside edge, with the delivery entually finding itself running towards the boundary.

 

19.44 PM IST: At the end of over 3, Mumbai Indians are 12-0.

 

19.43 PM IST: Rohit brings up the first boundary for the Mumbai Indians, just getting the ball over mid-off with a lofted drive off a full length delivery.

 

19.39 PM IST: Tight bowling from Jamieson. Just one run off the over for the Mumbai Indians. A slightly lucky espace for Lynn in the last ball, too, with him almost chopping the delivery back to the stumps.

 

19.35 PM IST: Mumbai Indians get off to a decent start, scoring five runs in the first over. RCB debutant Kylie Jamieson is in next.

 

19.31 PM IST: Rohit gets off the mark in the very first ball. Two runs off Siraj to begin the game.

 

19.30 PM IST: Rohit Sharma and Chris Lynn open the first IPL game of 2021 for the Mumbai Indians!

 

19.25: A look at our playing XI in the MI Blue and Gold!

 

19.10 PM IST: Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Marco Jansen, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Rajat Patidar, AB de Villiers(w), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal

19.03 PM IST: Tall youngster Marco Jansen is set to play his first game for MI too!

 

19.01 PM IST: RCB have won the toss and have decided to field first.

 

18.42 PM IST: MI has decided to take the Lynnsane approach. Chris Lynn has been handed the MI cap!