RCB vs MI – IPL 2022 Report: Anuj Rawat outshines Suryakumar’s rescue act

RCB vs MI – Match 18 – IPL 2022 Report: Royal Challengers Bangalore continued their winning run and handed Mumbai Indians their fourth consecutive loss in IPL 2022.

Earlier Mumbai Indians were reduced to 79/6 after a 50-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. Suryakumar Yadav came to the rescue with a scintillating knock as he partnered with Jaydev Unadkat to put on an unbeaten stand of 72-runs for the seventh wicket which helped Mumbai Indians to 151/6 in their full quote of overs.

RCB started steadily in the chase with captain Faf du Plessis scoring just 16 in 24 balls before falling to Jaidev Unadkat. Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli took away the match from Mumbai Indians with a 80-run partnership in 8.4 overs. Rawat brought up his maiden IPL half-century. He scored 6 sixes in his knock. Virat Kohli fell two runs short of his half-century as he was adjudged LBW by a debatable decision by the third umpire Ulhas Gandhe. Kohli became Dewald Brevis’ first ever IPL wicket.

Glenn Maxwell steered his team to victory with two back to back boundaries and announced his return to IPL.

Toss: Faf du Plessis (RCB) won the toss and elect to bowl

Playing XIs:

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Mumbai Indians:

Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Ramandeep Singh , Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi

Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

RCB vs MI – IPL 2022 – Match Summary

MI 151-6 in 20 overs

Ishan Kishan 26 (28) – 3 fours

Rohit Sharma 26 (15) – 4 fours & 1 six

Suryakumar Yadav 68*(37) – 5 fours & 6 sixes

Jaidev Unadkat 13*(14) – 1 four

Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-28-2

Akash Deep 4-1-20-1

Harshal Patel 4-0-23-2

RCB 152-3 in 18.3 overs

Faf du Plessis 16 (24) – 1 four

Anuj Rawat 66 (47) – 2 fours & 6 sixes

Virat Kohli 48 (36) – 5 fours

Glenn Maxwell 8*(2) – 2 fours

Jaydev Unadkat 4-0-30-1

Dewald Brevis 0.3-0-8-1

Result: RCB won by 7 wickets

Player of the Match: Anuj Rawat

Points Table:

RCB – 6 points – 3rd spot

MI – 0 points – 9th spot