Dubai: The Mumbai Indians (MI) scored its lowest runs against RCB in the IPL to succumb to a loss by 54 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). MI won the toss and decided to bowl. Virat Kohli set the tone for the RCB innings with a half century together with maxwell contributing 56 runs, RCB set a target of 165 runs.
MI although had the openers batting well with an opening partnership of 57 runs, rest of the 9 wickets fell for just 54 runs. MI was all out for 111 runs in the 18th over. Y.Chahal picked up 3 wickets for 11 runs (4 overs) and Harshal Patel 4 wickets for 17 runs (in 3.1 overs) for the RCB. Glenn maxwell got 2 wickets for 23 runs in addition to the contribution in batting and was named the man of the match.
MI’s chances of making it to the top 4 seems bleak with a current standing of 7th place with 8 points and a negative (-0.551) run rate.
At the end of the 39 matches, CSK, DC, RCB and KKR are respectively in the top 4 slots in the points table.