Dubai, Sep 28 (UNI) Riding on brilliant fifties from Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal and AB de Villiers
Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a huge total of 201/3 against Mumbai Indians in Match 10 of IPL 2020, here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Along with Aaron Finch ( 52 off 35 ), Devdutt Padikkal ( 54 off 40) and AB de Villiers (55 off 24), Shivam Dube ( 27 off 10) also smashed few sixes in the end and took RCB to mammoth target in Dubai.
After being invited to bat first by Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, openers Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal gave RCB a flying start. The duo scored 59/0 at the end of the powerplay.
Padikkal and Finch kept on hammering MI bowlers even after the powerplay. During the process,
Australian captain also brought his 14th IPL fifty.
Trent Boult gave Mumbai their first breakthrough as he dismissed Aaron Finch for 52.
RCB captain Virat Kohli, who came out to bat next had another poor outing and was dismissed for 3 by Rahul Chahar after playing 11 balls. After Kohli's wicket, AB de Villiers joined Padikkal in the middle.
Both batsmen tried to get some momentum going in the innings with singles and doubles. Padikkal
played some terrific shots to register his 2nd half century of the season.
On the other hand, de Villiers smashed Bumrah for boundaries and took 18 runs from the 17th over.
In the meantime, Padikkal was caught by Pollard in the bowling of Boult after scoring 54 off 40.
AB was joined by Shivam Dube at No 5.
From there on, AB de Villiers took the charge and played some cracking shots. He targeted Bumrah
and smashed a huge six off the last ball of the 19th over and to get his fifty off 23 balls.
Shivam Dube joined the party in the final over and dispatched two consecutive sixes off James Pattinson. Shivam Dube then came back on the strike on the final delivery as well and with another six took RCB to 201/3 in 20 overs.
Trent Boult 2/34, Rahul Chahar 1/31 were the wicket takers for Mumbai Indians.
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