Kohli, Patidar help RCB end 10-year drought at Wankhede

RCB’s Kohli and Patidar hit 67 and 64 to steer Bengaluru to 29I-5 after being invited to bat first.In reply, Pandya smashed a 5-ball 42 and Varma struck 56, but five-time champions MI finished on 209-9 for their fourth defeat in 5 matches this season

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Pulled out retired hurt by Mumbai Indians (MI) in their previous match, Tilak Varma hammered a half-century off 26 balls and raised 89 runs for the fifth wicket with Hardik Pandya, but their effort went in vain as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated the five-time winners by 12 runs in Match 21 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 in Mumbai on Monday.

Varma hammered a brilliant 56 off 29 balls and skipper Hardik Pandya blasted 42 off 15 to propel Mumbai Indians from needing 132 off 56 balls to 41 off 18, However, RCB ended their sensational fightback as Bhuvneshwar Kumar sent back Varma, and Josh Hazlewood got Hardik in the death overs.

From Mumbai needing 28 runs off 12 balls, they succumbed as Krunal Pandya claimed three wickets in the final over, including the wickets of Mitchell Santner, who struck a six off Hazlewood, and Deepak Chahar off successive balls.

Though Boult survived the hat-trick delivery, a wide, and Naman Dhir struck a four, to make it 12 needed off two balls to take it to a super over, two off successive balls, Krunal got Naman Dhir on the fifth ball to seal a memorable victory over MI in a thriller.