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Wanindu Hasaranga celebrating a wicket with Virat Kohli
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The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) registered their third consecutive victory in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating the Mumbai Indians (MI) by 7 wickets on Saturday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Mumbai. Indians led by Rohit Sharma already faced back to back four defeats after start of the tournament.
Anuj Rawat’s assured 66(47) at the top helped RCB chase down the target with 9 deliveries to spare after the RCB bowling attack restricted MI to 151-6. Wanindu Hasaranga who finished with 2 for 28 in his 4 overs spell already having 8 wickets also second highest wicket taker of this tournament.
Chasing 152, RCB openers – Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat started cautiously in response to an energetic start from the MI pacers.
Anuj Rawat hit consecutive sixes against Jaydev Unadkat to get things going. RCB scored 30 in the powerplay but didn’t lose any wicket inside the first six overs.
Rawat smacked a six followed by a four against Murugan Ashwin in the 7th over, which produced 15 runs.
The fifty partnership was up for the opening wicket. Jaydev Unadkat dismissed du Plessis for 16 after the RCB skipper was caught by Suryakumar Yadav at long-on. Anju Rawat was named Man of the Match.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 152-3 in 18.3 overs (Anuj Rawat 66, Virat Kohli 48; Dewald Brevis 1-8) beat
Mumbai Indians 151-6 in 20 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 68*, Rohit Sharma 26; Wanindu Hasaranga 2/28 Harshal Patel 2-23) by 7 wickets. (Agencies)
Monday, April 11, 2022 – 01:00
