Royal Challengers
Bangalore beat defending champion Mumbai Indians in the second super over of
IPL 2020. The game is anyone’s when it comes to super over.
RCB scored 201/3 after
batted first. The chance of getting bat first utilized brilliantly by batsmen
of RCB. Though Virat Kohli (3) failed to impress but AB de villiars (55*) did
the job for RCB, while Aron Finch scored 52. At the end of RCB innings Shivam
Dube played a crucial knock of 27 by utilizing 10 balls.
In the response of the
target set by RCB, Mumbai Indians lost early wickets. Quinton de Kock (14) and
Rohit Sharma (8) failed to give good start. Inform batsman Suryakumar Yadav
failed to score a single run.
When it seems the game
is going as planned by RCB, Southpaw Ishan Kishan and Kieron Pollard changed
the momentum in MI’S favor. A innings of of 99 runs of 58 balls by kishan keep
MI alive in the game along with his partner Pollard who scored 60* of 24 balls.
After 20 overs MI was 201/5 and we headed in the second super over of the
tournament.
But inform batsman
Pollard did not do much in super over along with Hardik Pandya. Only scored 7
in 6 balls. Full Credit goes to young Navdeep Saini, who bowled extremely well
in pressure.
Defending a narrow
target, Jasprit Bumrah also tried his best but in front of ABD and VK, 7 runs
were very hard to defend and he failed. But he push the game to the last ball
while winning run comes from the bat of Virat Kohli.
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May 06, 2021 12:02 [IST]