subject: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Scores and Highlights: Mumbai Won [print this page] Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Scores and Highlights: Mumbai Won
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (RCB vs MI) IPL 4 2011 score and highlights are as follows: RCB 140/4 (20.0 overs) and DC 143/1 (18.3 overs). Mumbai Indians have dominated the one of strong side RCB in tournament and chased down the total professionally.
Daniel Vettori won the toss and decided to bat first. Mayank Agarwal and Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the innings for RCB; Lasith Malinga is on the money from the first as he produced a trade mark Malinga Yorker to get rid the first wicket in the first ball of the innings. Dilshan and Kholi slowly and steady saw through the difficult period and later Kholi trying to accelerate the scoring rate was dismissed. AB de Villiers and Dilshan put on 91 run stand for third wicket; de Villiers hit a ball straight into hands of big boy Pollard of his own bowling.
Dilshan was saw all the wickets kept tumbling at the other end stayed cool and completed his half century. Saurabh Tiwary chipped in with few boundaries that helped RCB to reach a modest total of 140.
Mumbai bowlers did a great job right from the start of the innings which was started by Malinga and all other bowlers followed him. Munaf Patel bowled three overs for just ten runs, which was extraordinary. Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard taken two wickets each.
Royal Challengers Bangalore scorecard: Mayank Agarwal (0), Tillakaratne Dilshan (59)*, Virat Kohli (12), AB de Villiers (38), Asad Pathan (0), Saurabh Tiwary (16)*.
Mumbai Indians have one again showed their class with Master Sachin Tendulkar is along the team. Sachin Tendulkar and Davy Jacobs have started their innings without any real pressure chasing a total of 141 runs to win. Jacobs was dismissed by Nannes in the fifth over, there after Mumbai batsmen looked so comfortable Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu finished the game. The pair played more sensibly than relishing the opponent as done in this format.
Royal Challengers Bangalore having world class bowling attack failed to perform, the likes of Zaheer Khan, Daniel Vettori leaking the runs and could not take the wickets as well. Dirk Nannes was the only bowler who tasted the success by dismissing Jacobs.
