Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by seven wickets on Thursday (April 11) to register their second win of IPL 2024. Chasing 197, the five-time champions crossed the finish line in under 16 overs thanks to blistering half-centuries from Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav.
Kishan scored a 23-ball fifty and shared a 101-run stand with Rohit Sharma in less than nine overs for the first wicket. Akash Deep broke the deadlock by dismissing Kishan for 69. Rohit was the next to exit the game after scoring 38 before Suryakumar hit a 17-ball fifth. He scored 52 runs off 19 balls and was sent back by Vijaykumar Vyshak. Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma took MI over the line in just 15.3 balls.
Earlier in the game, half-centuries from Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik helped RCB recover from a poor start and post a high total of 196/8 in the allotted 20 overs.
Asked to bat first, RCB faltered at 23/2 in the fifth over after losing the wickets of Virat Kohli and Will Jacks. Du Plessis and Rajat Patidar then steadied the ship by sharing an 82-run stand for the third wicket. Gerald Coetzee ended the stand by dismissing Patidar for 50 before Shreyas Gopal sent Glenn Maxwell back for a duck to reduce RCB to 108 for 4.
Du Plessis was the next to go. He shared another crucial 45-run stand with Karthik before being dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah for 61. Karthik, on the other hand, stayed till the end and hit an unbeaten 53 off just 23 balls, giving his team a big total. For MI, Bumrah starred with the ball, taking five wickets for just 21 runs in his four overs.
IPL points table 2024 after MI vs RCB match:
| teams | mat | Won | Lost | Bound | NO | Pt | NRR |
| Rajasthan Royals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8th | 0.871 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,528 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.775 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.666 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.344 |
| Gujarat Titans | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.637 |
| Mumbai Indians | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.073 |
| Punjab kings | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.196 |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1,124 |
| Delhi capitals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.37 |
IPL Orange Cap list after MI vs RCB match:
| player | mat | guest houses | NO | Running | H.S | Avg | BF | S.R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Virat Kohli | 6 | 6 | 2 | 319 | 113* | 79.75 | 225 | 141.77 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 |
| Riyan Parag | 5 | 5 | 2 | 261 | 84* | 87 | 165 | 158.18 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 17 |
| Shubman Gill | 6 | 6 | 1 | 255 | 89* | 51 | 168 | 151.78 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 |
| Sanju Samson | 5 | 5 | 2 | 246 | 82* | 82 | 156 | 157.69 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 |
| Sai Sudharsan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 226 | 45 | 37.67 | 177 | 127.68 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
IPL Purple Cap list after MI vs RCB match:
| player | mat | guest houses | Ov | Running | weeks | BBI | Avg | Business | S.R | 4w | 5w |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5 | 5 | 20 | 119 | 10 | 21/5 | 11.9 | 5.95 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 5 | 5 | 18 | 132 | 10 | 3.11 | 13.2 | 7.33 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 4 | 4 | 16 | 128 | 9 | 29/4 | 14.22 | 8th | 10.66 | 1 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 5 | 5 | 18.2 | 160 | 8th | 29/4 | 20 | 8.72 | 13.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma | 6 | 6 | 23 | 216 | 8th | 25/3 | 27 | 9.39 | 17.25 | 0 | 0 |