MI vs RCB highlights: Ruthless Suryakumar's carnage takes Bangalore by storm

With the race for playoffs intensifying captain Rohit Sharmas form with the bat and bowling in the death overs will be a huge concern for hosts Mumbai Indians when they meet Royal Challengers Bangalore in a midtable IPL clash here on Tuesday With 184 runs in 10 matches at a forgettable average of 1839 and a solitary halfcentury Sharma is enduring a second consecutive poor season with the bat For the sixthplaced Mumbai Indians to move up in the points table it is imperative that their best batter in the lineup firesAlso Read MI vs RCB Will Rohit Sharma deliver in mustwin RCB fixture to be PlayoffreadySharmas role in this IPL has been to provide brisk starts at the top and at times he has had some success too but consistency has deserted the rightarm batter whose early dismissal in huge chases has only added pressure on a relatively new batting lineup which fortunately from MIs point of view has delivered too Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher admitted a few games ago that consistency could get compromised if any batter goes out of his way to look for runs but for Sharma one of the highest rungetters in the IPL it is becoming a pattern In last years IPL which also was MIs poorest in terms of performance as they finished last Sharma averaged a little over 19 while scoring 268 runs in 14 matchesMI vs RCB A brief overviewWith Sharma not firing at the top MI have had the likes of Ishan Kishan Suryakumar Yadav and Cameron Green consolidating in the middle while Tilak Varma and Tim David have also found their groove as finishers late in the orderMI tried taking pressure off Sharma by sending him to No 3 in their last game against Chennai Super Kings but it was a move that worked for none of the parties involved Sharma endured his second consecutive duck and fourth singledigit score on the trot while an otherwise firing Green fell for six at the opening slotMI could only make a poor 1398 in CSKs home ground losing an away game to their archrivals for the first time in 13 years At the same time Mumbai Indians will also be concerned about their death overs bowling having conceded four consecutive totals in excess of 200 while bowling first two of which were recorded on flat decks here at the Wankhede StadiumFull SquadsMumbai Indians Rohit Sharma c Jofra Archer Arshad Khan Jason Behrendorff Dewald Brevis Piyush Chawla Tim David Raghav Goyal Cameron Green Ishan Kishan wk Duan Jansen Chris Jordan Kumar Kartikeya Akash Madhwal Riley Meredith Shams Mulani Ramandeep Singh Sandeep Warrier Hrithik Shokeen Tristan Stubbs Arjun Tendulkar Tilak Varma Vishnu Vinod Nehal Wadhera Suryakumar YadavRoyal Challengers Bangalore Faf du Plessis c Akash Deep Finn Allen Anuj Rawat Avinash Singh Manoj Bhandage Michael Bracewell Wanindu Hasaranga Dinesh Karthik wk Siddarth Kaul Virat Kohli Mahipal Lomror Glenn Maxwell Mohammed Siraj Wayne Parnell Harshal Patel Suyash Prabhudessai Rajan Kumar Shahbaz Ahmed Karn Sharma Himanshu Sharma Sonu Yadav Vijaykumar Vyshak Kedar JadhavPredicted Playing XIsMumbai Indians Ishan Kishan wk Rohit Sharma capt Cameron Green Suryakumar Yadav Tilak VarmaTristan Stubbs Nehal Wadhera Tim David Piyush Chawla Kumar KartikeyaRaghav Goyal Chris Jordan Akash MadhwalRoyal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli Faf du Plessis Glenn Maxwell Mahipal Lomror Dinesh Karthik wk Anuj RawatShahbaz Ahmed Kedar Jadhav Wanindu Hasaranga Karn SharmaVyshak Vijaykumar Josh Hazlewood Mohammed SirajMI vs RCB Toss updateMumbai Indians win toss opt to bowl first against RCB at WankhedeMI vs RCB Confirmed Playing XIsMumbai Indians Rohit Sharmac Ishan Kishanw Cameron Green Suryakumar Yadav Tim David Nehal Wadhera Chris Jordan Piyush Chawla Akash Madhwal Kumar Kartikeya Jason BehrendorffRoyal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli Faf du Plessisc Anuj Rawat Glenn Maxwell Mahipal Lomror Dinesh Karthikw Wanindu Hasaranga Harshal Patel Vijaykumar Vyshak Mohammed Siraj Josh Hazlewood1040 PM 1923 16 oversVijaykumar Vyshak is back into the attack and he is hit for a couple of sixes and a boundary by Suryakumar Yadav before being caught in the deep by Kedar Jadhav He departs for 8335 1022 PM 1542 14 oversA desperate move by Faf du Plessis as he gets his strike bowler Siraj back in the attack However this doesnt faze the batters at all as SKY hits the strike bowler for a boundary and a maximum He also completes his halfcentury in 26 balls1010 PM 752 7 oversEven after two wickets in an over MI are still scoring at 1047 runs per over SKY and Wadhera are scoring quick runs to maintain RRR955 PM 522 5 oversRohit Sharma is dismissed lbw by Hasaranga as RCB appeal for the decision Rohit Sharma moves forward to play a shot through the leg side but misses the ball and gets hit on the front pad The umpire raises his finger for lbw and RCB opt for a review Balltracking confirms that the ball was hitting the leg stump and the decision stays in RCBs favour Hasaranga celebrates his second wicket of the over having previously removed Quinton de Kock Rohit Sharma walks back to the pavilion with just 7 runs off 8 balls including a boundary942 PM 410 4 oversHazlewood has been smashed for 102 meters six Ishan is playing with a strike rate of 188 with 3 sixes and 3 boundaries930 PM 190 2 overs19 runs come from the first two overs of the chase MI will want to keep wickets in hand and they know that 200 is an easy chase at Wankhede910 PM 1856 18 oversKarthik departs after being caught by Nehal Wadhera off Jordans bowling The delivery was a 1395kph cutter which hit the pitch causing Karthik to mistime his pull shot The ball ended up in the hands of Wadhera at deep midwicket Karthik scored 30 runs off 18 deliveries hitting 4 boundaries and 1 six855 PM 1525 15 OversRCB pin hopes on Dinesh Karthik and Kedar Jadhav as Faf du Plessis departs for 65 off 41 balls he is caught by Vishnu Vinod bowled by Cameron Green RCB will a total of atleast 200 plus at the moment846 PM 1423 13 OversGlenn Maxwell 68 33 caught by Nehal Wadhera bowled by Behrendorff what a time to take a wicket for his team Finally MI break the partnership as the dangerous Maxwell departs Can RCB post a total above 210 runs from here now836 PM 1122 11 OversFirst Glenn Maxwell and now the captain Faf du Plessis completes also completes his fifty in just 30 balls Royal Challengers Bangalore look in dangerous mood at the moment as both batters look to push the paddle now823 PM 912 9 OversA fine partnership of 71 runs now between RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell as they keep on toying with the Mumbai Indians bowling attack MI captain Rohit Sharma clueless at the moment as both batters look in dangerous rhythm810 PM 682 7 OversGlenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis are in fine rhythm at the moment as they keep the runrate close to 10 runs per over Mumbai Indians bring in Chris Jordan into the attack to break this partnership802 PM 532 52 OversGlenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis are in the middle for RCB and both batters look in fine rhythm at the moment Rohit Sharma brings in Piyush Chawla to attack the stumps now750 PM 202 3 OversAnuj Rawat is caught by Cameron Green bowled by Behrendorff What a start for the Mumbai Indians as RCB lose another wicket inside the powerplay Glenn Maxwell joins Faf du Plessis in the middle now740 PM 31 1 OverBig wicket Virat Kohli is gone caught behind by Ishan Kishan bowled by Behrendorff What a start for the Mumbai Indians as Royal Challengers Bangalore lose their star opener early in the innings730 PM Match beginsVirat Kohli and Faf du Plessis open the innings for the Royal Challengers Bangalore eyeing a fiery start in the powerplay Chris Jordan attacks the stumps for Mumbai Indians looking for an early wicket