Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel Set Up A Big Win For Royal Challengers Bangalore Over Mumbai Indians
Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel Set Up A Big Win For Royal Challengers Bangalore Over Mumbai Indians
IPL 2021, RCB vs MI: All-round performance from Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel's hat-trick guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a big win by 54 runs vs Mumbai Indians.
After being sent to bat first by Mumbai Indians, the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli started off aggressively and scored 51 runs.
Glenn Maxwell scored a quickfire 56 to take Royal Challengers Bangalore to a strong position while first batting first vs Mumbai Indians.
Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers on consecutive deliveries in the nineteenth over of the match that put Mumbai Indians in the driver's seat.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma (43) gave a good start with Quinton de Kock and was the top scorer of his side.
After an amazing show with the bat Glenn Maxwell impressed everyone with the ball as well, as he took two crucial wickets in the middle overs, conceding just 23 runs in his four overs.
Purple Cap holder Harshal Patel became the third bowler from Royal Challengers Bangalore to take an IPL hat-trick and he ended his spell by taking four wickets.
Yuzvendra Chahal was the most economical bowler for Royal Challengers Bangalore as he gave away just 11 runs in four overs that he bowled in the middle overs to put Mumbai Indian under pressure.
With this win, Royal Challengers Bangalore made their case much stronger for play-off qualification as they are still in the third spot while Mumbai Indians moved down to seventh spot.