RCB vs MI: The Partnership Of Virat And Plessis Played An Important Role in This Victory
MI vs RCB: The partnership of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis played an important role in this victory. In the fifth match of the Indian Premier League 2023, the Bangalore team put on a stellar performance and defeated Mumbai by 8 wickets.
The most important role in this victory was played by the partnership of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Who shared a 148-run partnership for the first wicket.
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Highest partnership for first wicket in IPL 2023. After the match, the captain mentioned this and told about the special experience of batting with Virat Kohli.
Batting with Virat is a special experience – Faf du Plessis
Virat Kohli has a different level of energy when he steps on the field. He infuses enthusiasm in himself as well as in the player in front.
In such a situation, while batting with him against Mumbai, Faf du Plessis was also filled with enthusiasm.
Faf du Plessis said after the match that – the way we started the season is good. In Powerplay, Siraj sets the tone. Our bowlers stuck to plans throughout the innings.
Needs some improvement in last 2-3 overs:-
Obviously the last 2-3 overs need some improvement. If you take pace off the ball, it’s not very easy to play and there was something in it for the spinners but as a batsman if you were in good shape, you could score runs.
On the other hand, regarding Virat, he said that – ‘I am playing here for the first time as a domestic player and it is a very special experience and there can be nothing like batting with Virat.
Energy comes from him while batting with him. I think we should stick around the youth I still try to run as fast as in the old days. The confidence that we will get from this match will be very good.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI):
- Virat Kohli, 2. Faf du Plessis (c), 3. Glenn Maxwell, 4. Michael Bracewell, 5. Shahbaz Ahmed, 6. Dinesh Karthik (w), 7. Karn Sharma, 8. Harshal Patel, 9. Akash Deep, 10. Reece Topley, 11. Mohammad Siraj.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI):
- Rohit Sharma (c), 2. Ishan Kishan (w), 3. Suryakumar Yadav, 4. Cameron Green, 5. Tilak Verma, 6. Tim David, 7. Nehal Wadhera, 8. Ritik Shokeen, 9. Piyush Chawla, 10. Jofra Archer, 11. Arshad Khan.