END OF OVER:20 | 1 Run 4 Wkts | MI: 159/9 | RR: 7.95
- Jasprit Bumrah1 (2b)
- Harshal Patel4-0-27-5
- Kyle Jamieson4-0-27-1
9.33pm Out comes Kohli, alongside Washington Sundar. He's done it in this format at domestic level as well as in the TNPL. Quite a chance here in Padikka's absence. Trent Boult has the ball and two slips.
Wilson: "What about the 90 minute new rule? RCB are short by 20 minutes..! " --- Yup, this innings has taken 110 minutes. The allowed time is 85 + 5 minutes for the timeouts. If the officials press a charge, Kohli could be fined INR 12 lakh for the first offence.
Pushkaraj: "At the start someone wanted Harshal Patel to get easy runs! Apart from his 1st over he did exactly the opposite of it.... Well bowled Harshal Patel"
Suyog: "With Pollard and Krunal on strike, only 1 run of the last over in a T20 is one of the craziest things to happen"
Om Kharade: "We do make fun of RCB when their players do well for other franchises, well how good has Boult been for MI and Harshal today, both previously playing for DC"
Anubhav: "RCB mustve been looking for someone who could simply contain in the death, but Harshal came like Lasith Malinga with slower balls, Yorkers, reverse swing, and slower ball Yorkers. Exceptional. Absolutely exceptional "
AmericanCricket: "Harshal Patel has got the FIRST 5-for against Mumbai Indians EVER... in the 14th edition. Superb bowling to drag the defending champions back. "
Varun: "So happy to see Harshal do well. He has been a real star performer in domestic circuit but missed out on Team India because of middling IPLs. He is a very handy hitter too. Opened the batting for Haryana in T20s."
Lakshmi Manasa : "Wow! Just wow! Harshal has literally left me speechless. I was questioning why Kohli had picked him in the squad over Saini, and now, I know the answer. Pat yourself on the back, Mr. Patel! You have turned this game around!"
Harshal Patel: Ball started tailing in a bit when I came in the 16th over, and that was my cue. I executed perfectly. You can't look at the opposition all the time, all you must focus on is your planning and the execution. It was very clear from the beginning that I would bowl two at the death, but luckily I got three. This is my first five-wicket haul in T20s, I've played about a 100 matches. Feels good that it's come against Mumbai. It's a good batting surface but the dimensions of the ground help you take pace off the ball.
9.20pm This is some comeback from RCB - only 25 off the last four overs conceded. They've had their troubles at the death, but no such problems tonight. It seems like Harshal was penciled in to bowl his last three in that phase and he has done stupendously. 25 off the last four is Mumbai's lowest return since 2016, when they played out the overs in a losing cause. Quite a story that. It was tough going but Lynn came through after surviving early on. RCB seemed to have lost control through the middle with Chahal and Ahmed going for runs, but the pacers have pulled it back nicely. Mumbai have left a few runs out there. We're back shortly for the chase.
RD Chahar run out 0 (9m 0b 0x4 0x6) SR: -
M Jansen b Patel 0 (6m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Jansen is on strike
KA Pollard c Washington Sundar b Patel 7 (24m 9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 77.77
KH Pandya c Christian b Patel 7 (12m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
END OF OVER:19 | 12 Runs | MI: 158/5 | RR: 8.31
- Kieron Pollard7 (8b)
- Krunal Pandya7 (6b)
- Kyle Jamieson4-0-27-1
- Harshal Patel3-0-26-2
Top debut for Jamieson, and he's bowled the tough overs pretty well. Harshal now to close things off.
ankit singh: "Harshal is certainly disappointing MI fans!!!"
END OF OVER:18 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 146/5 | RR: 8.11
- Krunal Pandya1 (2b)
- Kieron Pollard2 (5b)
- Harshal Patel3-0-26-2
- Mohammed Siraj4-0-22-0
Nagesh Nayak: "People have successfully Jinxed Nitin Menon :)"
Rishi: "That Siraj drop was akin to victim becoming perpetrator."
Ishan Kishan lbw b Patel 28 (37m 19b 2x4 1x6) SR: 147.36
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | MI: 142/4 | RR: 8.35
- Ishan Kishan26 (17b)
- Kieron Pollard1 (3b)
- Mohammed Siraj4-0-22-0
- Harshal Patel2-0-22-1
chaitanya: "Amazing to see Siraj bowl with such discipline. His rise has been phenomenal since last few months."
A very tidy start to the IPL season for SIraj. 4-0-22-0.
Amol Paranjape: "Siraj looks QUICK today! "
Ramanathan: "15.6 - that was a full toss when it hit the pad and the action showed it was an offcutter. But hawk eye projection did not account for any turn after pitching before stumps. Isn't this a loophole?" ---- When the impact is on the full, it just extrapolates the path because it can't predict behaviour after pitching