RCB vs MI: Mumbai Battered in Front of Virat and Duplessis, Old Problem in Batting Persists

Even in IPL 2023, the Mumbai team has started its IPL campaign with a defeat. This team has lost its first match every season for the last decade. Although, in five of these seasons, the title has also been won, but for the last two seasons the title is away from this team. This season too Mumbai has faced defeat against RCB in the first match.

Batting first after winning the toss, Mumbai scored 171 runs for seven wickets. In response, RCB won the match by scoring 172 runs in 16.2 overs. Virat Kohli and Faf Duplessis hit half-centuries for RCB. At the same time, Tilak Verma played an excellent half-century innings for Mumbai.

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Mumbai Flew in the Storm of Virat and Plessis

The Mumbai team flew into the storm of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis in this match. Both the veteran batsmen added 148 runs in 14.5 overs for the first wicket. Plessis was dismissed after scoring 73 runs in 43 balls. At the same time, Virat Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 82 runs in 49 balls. Apart from these two, only Glenn Maxwell 12 * runs were needed to score runs.

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Mumbai’s Old Weakness Continues

Last season, the Mumbai team finished at the last position in the points table and this season too, this team has made a similar start. The biggest reason for Mumbai’s last place in 2022 was the poor performance of the team’s senior batsmen. Mumbai’s senior batsmen failed completely in this match as well. In this match, Mumbai lost seven wickets for 123 runs. After this, Arshad Khan and Tilak Verma made a great partnership to take the team’s score to 171 runs.

Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 84 off 46 balls. If his runs are removed then Mumbai’s total score will be 76 runs. Mumbai’s star batsmen Rohit Sharma, Ishaan Kishan, Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav and Tim David scored 35 runs in 50 balls. This was the biggest reason for Mumbai’s defeat.

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It was very easy to score runs in Chinnaswamy ground. In such a situation, there was a need to score at least 200 runs while batting first for Mumbai, but this did not happen. Tilak led his team to a respectable score. However, his runs were not enough to win the team.

Missed Bumrah

Mumbai missed Jasprit Bumrah in this match. To defend the score of 171 runs, Mumbai needed at least two wickets in the powerplay, but it did not happen. In the absence of Bumrah, all the bowlers looked ineffective. Archer definitely stopped the runs, but he could not take the wicket. At the same time, Jason Behrendorff, Cameron Green and Hrithik Shokeen scored runs at an economy rate of more than 10. Only Piyush Chawla and Joffra Archer’s economy rate was less than 10.

Bad Fielding Cost

In this match, the Mumbai team gave two lives to Virat Kohli. He got his first life on the first ball of the fourth over. At the same time, the second life was found on the second ball of the 15th over. In the end it was Kohli who snatched the match from Mumbai. He remained unbeaten after scoring 82 runs. Had Kohli been out first, the result of the match could have changed.