IPL started with a thrilling fight

Published: 10 Apr 2021 12:31 AM BdST Updated: 10 Apr 2021 12:41 AM BdST

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Mumbai Indians in the opening match. Photo: IPL

Repeatedly changing the direction of the match, the fight ended. Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Mumbai Indians, the most successful team in the tournament. The 14th edition of IPL started with a thrilling fight.

Virat Kohli's team won by 2 wickets on an opening day. The team has surpassed the title-winning Mumbai by 159 runs.

Bangalore needed 6 runs in the last over. 3 in the last 3 balls. AB de Villiers was on strike. When he was run out for two runs, the team got a little scared. But Marco Jansen left the field with a win with two singles in the last two balls.

Herschel Patel, who took 5 wickets for 26 runs in his career-best bowling, won the Man of the Match award. De Villiers was instrumental in Bangalore's explosive innings of 46 off 27 balls with two sixes and four fours.

IPL returned to India after one season. This time there is no 'home and away' match in the coronavirus situation. The opening match is in Chennai.

Mumbai lost the toss and elected to bat at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. The team captain was run out for 19 runs off 15 balls with one six and four.

Chris Lynn took the storm to the crease. Suryakumar Yadav slowly started playing shots. Mumbai got a solid foundation with the bat of two people. The team scored 94 runs for 1 wicket in the eleventh over.

From there, Bangalore turned around and Bangalore reached the target. Kyle Jamieson smashed Suryakumar's 31-run stand off 23 balls and broke the 60-run stand off 44 balls. Washington is beautiful to stop the storm with a great return catch. The Australian opener hit three sixes and four fours off 35 balls.

The storm lift stage was ready. But Herschel did not let anyone burn. The hunt started with Hardik Pandya. In the next over, stop Ishan Kisan who gave a hint of a storm. Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya were dismissed in the first two balls of the last over.

Herschel took 5 wickets for the first time in his career by bowling Marco Jansen in the fourth ball.

Bangalore lost to Washington Sundar in the beginning after chasing the run. Kohli settled down. The captain's 29-ball 33-run innings was four fours.

Glenn Maxwell, who did not get a six in the last edition, cut Gero in a six-meter distance. Another hit hit the switch later. Jansen returned him and saved the match.

AB de Villiers showed the way to the team that lost regular wickets in the end. In the 19th over, he made the equation easier with 12 runs from Jaspreet Bumrah's over. Still the match was running out of hand. But the hero came forward with the ball again. He made a good start with the last single.

Short Score:

Mumbai Indians: 159/9 in 20 overs (Rohit 19, Lin 49, Suryakumar 31, Kisan 28, Hardik 13, Pollard 6, Krunal 6, Jansen 0, Rahul 0, Bumrah 1 *; Siraj 4-0-22-0, Jamison 4-0-26-1, Chehel 4-0-41-0, Shahbaz 1-0-14-0, Herschel 4-0-26-5, Christian 2-0-21-0, Sundar 1-0-6 -1).

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 160/7 in 20 overs (Sundar 10, Kohli 33, Rajat 8, Maxwell 39, De Villiers 48, Shahbaz 1, Christian 1, Jamison 4, Patel 4 *, Siraj 0 *; Bolt 4-0-36- 1, Bumrah 4-0-26-2, Jansen 4-0-26-2, Krunal 4-0-25-1, Rahul 4-0-43-0).

Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 wickets

Man of the Match: Herschel Patel

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IPL started with a thrilling fight