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MI vs RCB IPL 2021 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians
MI vs RCB Today Match IPL 2021 Highlights: Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) will aim to begin their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 journey on Friday when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the tournament opener in Chennai.
Mumbai Indians (MI) have not won their opening match since 2012 and the defending champions will look to end the jinx.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Squads
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Quinton de Kock, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed
IPL 2021 Live: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore playing XI
Mumbai Indians Playing XI
Rohit Sharma (c), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI
Virat Kohli (c), Rajat Patidar, AB de Villiers (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal
Live Updates
- 9 April 2021 8:15 PM IST
MI 83/1 in 9 overs: Suryakumar greets Christian with a late cut that slices backward point and short third into half. Lynn picks up another boundary to end the over with 13 runs. Time for the strategic timeout!
- 9 April 2021 8:07 PM IST
Kohli brings on Shahbaz Nadeem as the field spreads out. Chris Lynn explodes! A crashed four through the covers and a six slammed the ground to follow. Lynn's MI career is finally well and truly underway. 14 runs from the over.- MI 55/1 after 7
- 9 April 2021 8:02 PM IST
End of Powerplay - MI 41/1
Chris Lynn finally gets the connection right. Chahal continues in the 6th over. Lynn takes a few strides to the pitch of the ball and slams a six over long on. It's all square at the end of the Powerplay. Lynn has got a few reprieves but MI have been pegged back by the Rohit Sharma run out.
MI 41/1 after 6
- 9 April 2021 7:58 PM IST
Suryakumar strokes off with confidence
Suryakumar Yadav enters at 3 and hits a four off his first ball. Tries to go big again a couple of balls later. Attacking intent from the man in form early on. The commentary box has a laugh about Lynn, who is under intense pressure now to keep his place in the XI. A shaky start to his Mumbai Indians chapter, and he has had the misfortune of having run his captain out. Jamieson bowls another tight over.
MI 30/1 after 5
- 9 April 2021 7:51 PM IST
IPL 2021, MI vs RCB: This is interesting! Chahal into the attack inside the powerplay. RCB is attacking, this is good. Lynn struggling to pick Chahal’s googly. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is in the house. Rohit smokes it for a six. MI: 24/1 in 4 overs.
- 9 April 2021 7:45 PM IST
Four! Close! Just over mid off! Pitched up and driven by Rohit, but not fully timed. And of all the people you want there, it's Kyle Jamieson, but it's just over his fingertips!
- 9 April 2021 7:38 PM IST
Siraj bowls first over of IPL 2021
Rohit pushes away the first ball of the season for a couple of runs on the leg side. Some signs of pace on the surface as Siraj gets the ball to rear up on a couple of occasions. Rohit retains the strike with a single off the last ball.
MI 5/0 after 1
- 9 April 2021 7:23 PM IST
MI vs RCB live: Devdutt Padikkal misses game
Devdutt Padikkal misses out. Virat Kohli confirms that RCB have decided to rest their left-handed opener who has been advised to miss one match by the doctors. He recently recovered from Covid-19.
