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Patna : Mumbai Indians (MI) scored a competitive 187/8 in 20 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 7th match of IPL-12 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Karnataka, on March 28, 2019, night, with captain and opener Rohit Sharma Sharma scoring 48 in 33 balls with 8 fours and a six and Suryakumar Yadav scoring 38 in 24 balls with 4 fours and a six.
Allrounder Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten on 32 in 14 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. RCB won the toss but opted to bowl. Yuvraj Singh scored 23 in 12 balls with 3 sixes. In fact, Yuvraj hit spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for 3 consecutive sixes in the 14th over.
Batting first, MI made a solid start with openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock adding 54 runs for the first wicket. De Kock fell to Yuzvendra Chahal for 23 in 20 balls with 2 fours and a six. Rohit fell to fast bowler Umesh Yadav for 48 making it 87/2. Yuvraj fell to Chahal making it 124/3.
Suryakumar Yadav also fell to Chahal making it 142/4. A mini collapse followed with Kieron Pollard getting out to Chahal for 5 making it 145/5. Krunal Pandya fell to Umesh Yadav for 1 making it 146/6. Mitchell McClenaghan fell to pacer Mohd Siraj making it 147/7.
Hardik Pandya added 25 runs for 8th wicket with spinner Mayank Markande. Markande fell to Mohd Siraj for 6 making it 172/8. RCB conceded 30 runs in the last two overs.
For RCB, Yuzvendra Chahal took 4/38 in 4 overs while Umesh Yadav took 2/26 in 4 overs. Mohad Siraj took 2/38 in 4 overs.