In the 2025 Indian Premier League, the Mumbai Indians’ downward trajectory continued when they lost to RCB for the fourth time this season.
On a normal Wankhede belter, the visitors were put in and went for the bowlers. Despite reading 4, W on the opening two balls of the match, RCB remained unfazed.
Devdutt Padikkal (37 off 22) and Virat Kohli (67 off 42) maintained the momentum throughout the powerplay.
Rajat Patidar (64 off 32) played his part flawlessly and continued to lead. In the end, Jitesh Sharma (40* off 19) helped RCB surpass the record chase mark. MI’s most successful chase in IPL history would have needed to be accomplished.
Josh Hazlewood began the powerplay with his customary frugality, and the rest of the lineup supported the start. MI still had punches to pull, but it appeared that RCB had it in the bag with ease.
Although Suyash Sharma was very economical in this match, MI was on the verge of victory thanks to Tilak Varma (56 off 29) and Hardik Pandya (42 off 15). In the final over, Krunal Pandya (4 for 45) claimed three wickets to ensure that RCB won.
Here are the most important numbers from the match
5 – Virat Kohli became the fifth player in the world and the first Indian to aggregate 13,000 runs in T20 cricket.
2 – Of the five players to breach the 13,000-run mark in T20s, Virat Kohli is the second fastest to the milestone by innings and the second slowest by balls faced.
2 – Virat Kohli became the second highest run-scorer against MI in IPL history. KL Rahul leads the chart with 950 while Kohli leapfrogged Shikhar Dhawan’s 901.
2 – Virat Kohli has the second most fifty-plus scores in the IPL with 65 such scores. Only David Warner (66) has more.
1 – For the first time in his IPL career, Trent Boult conceded more than 50 runs in a single match. Boult had gone 107 bowling innings in the IPL without a bowling “half-century”.
2 – There have now been 28 totals of 200 or more at the Wankhede Stadium in IPL. Only the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru has seen more (30).
2 – Hardik Pandya is now the second highest wicket-taker while playing as captain in the IPL. Pandya took his wickets tally as captain to 32 in this match, going past Anil Kumble’s 30. The record holder Shane Warne (57) is a long way away.
1 – Hardik Pandya became the first Indian, and the 12th player ever, to complete the double of 5,000 runs and 200 wickets in T20s.
7 – Hardik Pandya’s 42(15) and 2/45 are the seventh instance of a captain scoring 40 or more runs in an IPL match while also taking 2 wickets.
1 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar is now the leading wicket-taker among pacers in the IPL. Kumar is also the third highest wicket-taker in the IPL with 184 scalps and going past Dwayne Bravo’s 183.
2015 – The last time RCB beat MI in the IPL at the Wankhede Stadium.