MIvRCB Live Blog: Aala Re, Shardul 'WICKET' Thakur

By Mumbai Indians

20:55 IST: A seam-up full toss does the trick. Skipper Pandya comes back into the attack and has immediate impact. Just four runs given in the 15th over and the big wicket of Virat Kohli. Okay, RCB: 187/2. Let's pull it back here, boys. ✊

OH YESSSS!!!! Thakur 🤝 wicket. Trust him to give us the breakthrough, packed and delivered. Phil Salt c Hardik b Thakur 78(36) | RCB: 120/1 (10.5 overs). Golden arm Aala Re 💪

20:25 IST: Shardul 'Wicket' Thakur is here, and much like the game against KKR, is here to bring us a breakthrough. RCB are at 115/0 in 10 overs, and there really couldn't be a better time for one. Gheun taak, Thakur 💥

A top seventh over 👏👏👏.. All of a sudden it looks like a different game altogether. Just three runs off Santner's second! That's how you set the post-powerplay tone..

20:00 IST: Ahhh, nooo. Not our powerplay. RCB race to 71/0 with Virat Kohli and Phil Salt finding regulat boundaries. But as we've seen in the first game against KKR, trust our bowlers to pull things back here.  

19:35 IST: The pitch looks a proper batting beauty! Aayega, aayega, wicket aayega! 💪

Let's get started, shall we? Bola Paltan, Ganpati Bappa Moryaaaa!! 🙏 🔈

Mumbaiiiiii, Mumbaiiiii ** clap, clap, clap ** It's so lovely to hear this reverberate round the Wankhede. Let it go all the way up to Virar!

19:15 IST: 15 minutes to the big showdown. Mission Conquer Wankhede is upon us! Shor machao Paltan, akkhe Mumbai mein goonjne do! 🎶🔈

Mitchell Santner 🔙 
Mayank Markande 🔙

19:00 IST: WE ARE BOWLING FIRST!! The coin falls our way, woohoo 🥳

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18:40 IST: 💙 🆚 ❤️. Rohit vs Hazlewood. Kohli vs Bumrah. Hardik vs Patidar. SKY vs Tim David. Boult vs Bhuvi. Man for man, match up for match up. It's the contest we've all been waiting for since the schedule for the first half was announced. Two iconic cities, one legit epic contest! It's the one that marks our return to our den, our Wankhede. It's the one that will mark our comeback! 👊