Live Cricket Score: IPL 2019, RCB vs MI
McCleanaghan was amongst the wickets in MI's opening game
Live Score Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore 7/0 (1.0 Ovs)
Parthiv Patel 6 (4)
Mumbai Indians 187/8
McClenaghan 1-0-7-0
Bangalore need 181 runs
Hardik lifts MI to 187
Top knock by Hardik right at the end. With RCB continuously chipping away with the wickets, Hardik had to deliver to get those vital runs at the death. And boy, he struck them big. One of those sixes landed on the roof as he finished with an unbeaten 32 off just 14 balls. 188 is definitely chaseable. Batting looks fairly easy at the Chinnaswamy once again but with Malinga and Bumrah in the side, you never know what to expect.
RCB fight back
Trouble for MI. Real trouble. After those strikes from Chahal, MI have now lost Krunal as well. Umesh comes for his final over and pulls the bowler. He is expecting this to travel beyond the fine leg fielder but Saini times his jump to perfection and takes a superb catch. He was just millimeters away from the rope. RCB have fought back big time.
Pollard falls
Krunal hit one back to the bowler and Chahal failed to catch hold of it moving to his left. But the feelings change immediately. He bowls it wide again to a right hander and this time Pollard fails to time it. He is caught at cover and MI are in a bit of trouble now. Chahal has four now.
Three for Yuzi
Full, wide and turning away from the batsman. Well bowled Yuzi Chahal. Suryakumar fails to time it and the top edge is pouched safely by Moeen Ali. But the platform is laid. MI have Pollard the Pandya brothers to launch in these final five overs.Yuvi goes big and perishes
For a moment, fans did get excited. There was a possibility of Stuart Broad 2007 happening all over again. Poor call by Kohli in the first place to bring on spin against Yuvraj and the veteran made the most out of it by smashing the first three balls for sixes. The fourth one appeared to go over long on as well before Siraj made a very good leap to take it. MI will look for a big finish now as Pollard enters the fray.
Massive wicket
Rohit realised that MI had to get a move on. He tried to take the initiative but Umesh cleverly removes the pace with the short ball and the skipper can only miscue this. He is caught by a charging Siraj. That's a good catch. Yuvraj Singh is the new man in now and I'm not sure if this is the right call. One of the hitters could have been sent in.
Update - 82/1 after 10 overs
This is a very good pitch. MI should have got 12-15 more runs by now. Will they regret sending SK Yadav ahead of some of the power hitters they have? Rohit and Yadav will have to take on the attack now. This is a very crucial phase of the innings.
Chahal strikes
QDK hasn't looked good tonight and he finally perishes while attempting a reverse sweep for the second time in Chahal's opening over. And this time, Chahal hits the stumps. RCB badly needed that first wicket. MI are 54/1. Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in.
PP to MI
Saini looked really good generating plenty of pace to pose questions to both Rohit and QDK but luck has evaded him. De Kock should have been caught by Colin de Grandhomme but the New Zealander missed an easy chance. MI have made 52 in the powerplay. The pitch looks good. But we haven't seen spin so far so a lot depends on Chahal now.Toss - RCB opt to bowl
As expected, RCB opt to bowl in their first game at home this season. Virat wants to chase. As widely speculated, Bumrah is playing tonight. Looks like he is completely fit. And guess what? Malinga, who had just arrived last night, slots straight into the side. He was MI's mentor last season but has regained form and fitness to get back on the pitch. Remember, he is still the best bowler in the history of the IPL so for him to come back and form a partnership with Bumrah once again can prove to be the key factor for MI. Ben Cutting makes way for him. And Mayank Markande has replaced Rasikh Salam. The home side are unchanged.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Parthiv Patel(w), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Colin de Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
The Bumrah puzzle
You might have the likes of Kohli, Rohit and de Villiers playing tonight but all eyes will be on a certain Jasprit Bumrah. He is a vital cog in the Indian lineup and carries plenty of hopes going into the World Cup. The team management would certainly not want to risk him if he is isn't 100% fit. Bumrah did get injured in the first game but appears to be on track to play tonight. But is it worth the punt on the long run? You tell us how Bumrah should be managed for the rest of the IPL.
Build up
India's captain is up against India's limited-overs vice-captain tonight in another clash of the biggies. Both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians have made a losing start to the new campaign but out of those two losses, the one the Bangalore-based outfit suffered managed to grab the most attention. And understandably so. MI are used to making these slow starts. RCB on the other hand have already been under pressure for a while for not delivering a title despite possessing some of the biggest names in world cricket over the years.
And now to make matters worse, the batting unit crumbled on a spinning surface in Chennai in the tournament opener. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers played rash shots to lose their wickets whereas the exciting new recruit Shimron Hetmyer managed to run himself out in tame fashion. The batting is expected to revolve around these three with Moeen Ali and Parthiv Patel remaining key figures at various junctures. The bowling attack, which has traditionally been their weak suit, will be tested too against a strong MI batting lineup and with Coulter-Nile still not available, RCB look at bringing Tim Southee into the equation.
MI, on the other hand, were stunned by an assault at the hands of Rishabh Pant the other night and that proved to the difference. Mitchell McClenaghan looked good once again chipping with the wickets so the away side will be fairly confident since they look perfect allround on paper. What can veteran Yuvraj Singh come up with tonight after his half-century against DC? We will find out soon. Welcome to the live blog of this exciting contest at the Chinnaswamy. The pitch is going to be the focus tonight. Do we have the old Chinnaswamy back? Time will tell.
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