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Preview: Having won two matches in a row, a confident Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will aim to maintain their winning momentum when they face Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League (IPL) tie at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Wednesday. The hosts staged a superb comeback after losing three consecutive matches with back to back wins against Rising Pune Supergiants and Kings XI Punjab. The home side will once again bank on their batting prowess led by Virat Kohli and South African veteran AB de Villiers to tackle the Mumbai bowling led by New Zealander Mitchell McCleneghan and Jasprit Bumrah. With 561 runs in the tournament so far, including two centuries and four half tons, Kohli has been the cornerstone of RCB’s batting while his new opening partner Lokesh Rahul has been a revelation at the top of the order. [caption id=“attachment_2777498” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in Bengaluru. SportzPics[/caption] Bangalore probably boasts of having the strongest middle order in the tournament, comprising de Villiers and Australian Shane Watson, and Chris Gayle warming the bench. The Proteas dasher’s 35-ball 64 guided the team to a competitive 175 against Punjab on Monday. The home side, however, needs to focus on their bowling which has failed to defend 180-plus scores in most of the matches. Apart from Watson and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, the trio of Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron and Chris Jordan have all leaked runs. Currently lying at a lowly sixth position in the points table, a win will be crucial for the Virat Kohli-led side to keep their hopes of making the IPL play-offs alive. On the other hand, fifth placed Mumbai will be hoping to bounce back after the humiliating loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous encounter. The visitors would want to put behind their nightmarish 85-run loss in their previous outing and hope for the opening combo of Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel to fire. Both Rohit and Parthiv have been in good nick individually but failed to put up a decent opening stand so far in the tournament. The last time the two teams met, Mumbai had defeated Bangalore, and the Rohit Sharma-led side would hope to repeat the feat. Apart from Rohit and Parthiv, the middle order comprising Ambati Rayudu, Keiron Pollard and all-round duo of Krunal and Hardik Pandya are also expected to come good. Mumbai’s bowling largely centres around Kiwi McClenaghan, who with 14 wickets so far is third in the top-wicket takers’ list while Bumrah and Tim Southee have taken 11 and seven wickets, respectively to be the next best bowlers. Veteran Harbhajan Singh, who leads the spin bowling department along with Krunal, will however have to put on an improved performance if they aim to contain the in-form RCB batting line-up on Wednesday.
IPL 2016, RCB v MI, as it happened: Clinical Mumbai beat Bangalore by six wickets
Catch the live updates of the 41st match of IPL 2016 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at Bengaluru on Wednesday.
 "IPL 2016, RCB v MI, as it happened: Clinical Mumbai beat Bangalore by six wickets")
Mumbai's hopes still alive and kicking this IPL season, Bangalore's ready for burial...
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 11, 2016
Mumbai Indians win by 6 wickets!
Jos Butler and Kieron Pollard finish things off in style and in the end ease to a six wicket win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The win was set-up in the first ten overs in the RCB innings when some disciplined bowling restricted the mighty RCB batting. Despite KL Rahul’s heroics, 152 was never going to be enough. Overcoming some hick-ups, Mumbai Indians chased down the target with nine balls to spare
After 17 overs,Mumbai 126/4 ( Kieron Pollard 31 , Jos Buttler 8)
Kieron Pollard has just smashed 18 runs off a Shane Watson over to swing the pendulum right back in Mumbai Indians’ favour. RCB must get rid off the big West Indian to have any chance of winning this contest. And they must do it soon
What superb catches by Binny and ABD! Keeps Bangalore in the hunt and Mumbai on tenterhooks
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 11, 2016
OUT! What a catch! AT Rayudu c de Villiers b Aaron 44 (47b 2×4 2×6)
Big wicket for RCB. AB De Villers with a truly stunning catch at long-on. It is said that catches win matches and this could be the latest testimony to the age-old saying
After 15 overs,Mumbai 97/3 ( Ambati Rayudu 44 , Kieron Pollard 14)
Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard have taken the attack to the RCB bowlers.
Yuzvendra Chahal's four over spell of 1-16 is #RCB's most economical in this year's #IPL #RCBvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 11, 2016
OUT! N Rana c Binny b Chahal 9 (11b 0x4 1×6)
What a catch from Binny! Great athleticism on the boundary line to see the back of Rana. Royal Challengers Bangalore have made a game of this and are making it difficult for the Mumbai Indians by picking up regular wickets
After 11 overs,Mumbai 63/2 ( Ambati Rayudu 33 , Nitish Rana 1)
The home side have managed to pull it back a bit with Rohit Sharma’s wicket. Mumbai’s middle-order has struggled in the IPL so far. Ambati Rayudu holds the key for the Mumbai Indians. Royal Challengers Bangalore need to pick up wickets at regular intervals
De Villiers becomes the first man (exc. wicketkeepers) to take 10 catches in this year's #IPL #RCBvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 11, 2016
OUT! RG Sharma c de Villiers b Aaron 25 (24b 3×4 0x6)
Big wicket for RCB as skipper Rohit Sharma is caught at long on. The Chinnaswamy stadium has found its voice again. Debutant Nitish Rana is at the crease
This pair clearly holds the key for Mumbai Indians
All of #MI's eleven 50 partnerships in this #IPL have involved at least one of Rohit or Rayudu #RCBvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 11, 2016
After 6 overs,Mumbai 39/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 13 , Ambati Rayudu 23)
Rayudu and Rohit Sharma have quietly gone about the job in the powerplay and settled the Bengaluru crowd down, who became increasingly vocal after Parthiv Patel’s early wicket. The Mumbai duo have kept the required run-rate in check. This is the testing time for Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling attack that has lacked a bite all tournament long.
After 4 overs,Mumbai 23/1 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 12 , Ambati Rayudu 8)
Good responce from the Royal Challengers bowling attack. After getting Parthiv Patel early, they haven’t let Mumbai Indians to get away. Rohit Sharma too has been cautious and looks to have put a price on his wicket.
OUT! PA Patel c Watson b Aravind 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Early breakthrough for RCB! Parthiv Patel goes after edging it to slops. No footwork from the Mumbai Indians wicket-keeper. Aravind strikes for the home side
If Bangalore get past 150, they'll sniff a chance...
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 11, 2016
After 20 overs,Bangalore 151/4 ( Lokesh Rahul (W) 68 , Sachin Baby 25)
Brilliant innings from KL Rahul to dig RCB out of trouble. Sachin Baby’s late cameo came in handy as well as the hosts have given themselves a chance on this Bengaluru wicket that is slightly on the slower side. But credit to the Mumbai Indians who came out with a plan and executed in perfectly apart from that 23-run over from Pollard.
After 16 overs,Bangalore 101/4 ( Lokesh Rahul (W) 49 , Sachin Baby 0)
KL Rahul is fighting a lone battle, but that has RCB in with a slight chance of posting a score of 150, which would be competitive one on this wicket.
That is the third time that Watson has been run out in this year's #IPL #RCBvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 11, 2016
OUT! SR Watson run out 15 (14b 1×4 1×6)
Brilliant from the captain. Rohit Sharma is quick onto the ball and fires it onto the stumps. Watson is not even in the frame. Just when RCB look to get away, Mumbai Indians pick up a wicket
KL Rahul justifying Kohli’s faith. This is perhaps the most important of his knocks
6th consecutive 30+ score for KL Rahul in this IPL. He had just 2 30+ scores in his first 20 IPL innings before this. #RCBvMI
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 11, 2016
7.00 - Economy rate of Krunal Pandya in this IPL. Best among all @mipaltan bowlers who bowled more than 3 overs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 11, 2016
After 13 overs,Bangalore 69/3 (Lokesh Rahul (W) 28 , Shane Watson 4)
Royal Challengers Bangalore are in a spot of bother in Bengaluru. Mumbai Indians spinners, especially Krunal Pandya has put breaks on the RCb batsman who have struggled on this pitch, that is on the slower side.
Even allowing for pitch that has something in it for slow bowlers, Bangalore need approx 160 to test Mumbai. With Big 3 gone, looks tough
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 11, 2016
That is Krunal Pandya's first #IPL wicket since the last meeting with #RCB on 20th April #RCBvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 11, 2016
Interesting numbers
RCB v MI in Powerplays in Bangalore: run-rate of 5.30, average of 17.15. v other teams: run-rate of 7.86, average of 38.62 #IPL2016 #RCBvMI
— Shiva J (@Shiva_cricinfo) May 11, 2016
OUT! Krunal Pandya strikes! AB de Villiers c Rayudu b Pandya 24 (27b 1×4 1×6)
De Villiers top-edges Krunal Pandya delivery as Ambati Rayudu takes a simple catch at mid-wikcet
After 10 overs,Bangalore 60/2 ( AB de Villiers 24 , Lokesh Rahul (W) 23)
De Villiers and KL Rahul seem to be steadying the RCB ship after the two early blows. But the wicket looks slower than what Virat Kohli thought of it
it, looking at his assessment of the wicket during the toss. It will be really interesting to see how RCB re-assess their target after learning about the wicket. Would a 150 be a good score on this wicket?
After 6 overs,Bangalore 25/2 ( AB de Villiers 10 , Lokesh Rahul (W) 2)
Unbelievable effort from the Mumbai Indians to restrict the Royal Challengers Bangalore to just 25 runs in the powerplay at Bengaluru. But this isn’t the regular Bengaluru pitch and is slightly on the slower side. But take nothing away from the discipline shown from the Mumbai Indians who seem to be really up for it after their shocking defeat against the Sunrisers Hyderabad
After 4 overs,Bangalore 17/2 ( AB de Villiers 4 , Lokesh Rahul (W) 0)
Great start for Mumbai Indians. Southee and McClenaghan have got rid off both the RCB openers. For the first time this season, the RCB batting is on the back foot here. Credit must go to Rohit Sharma for attacking the two dangerous openers and Mumbai have reaped rewards
Great job from Mumbai Indians so far!
This is the first time in this year's #IPL that #RCB have lost more than one wicket in the powerplay #RCBvMI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 11, 2016
This is perhaps why Kohli was keeping Gayle out.
7th consecutive single-digit score for Gayle in T20s. He never had more than 3 consecutive single-digit scores before this! #RCBvMI
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) May 11, 2016
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