IPL 2014 Photos

IPL 7: Rohit Sharma Guides Mumbai Indians to Win vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

May 07, 2014 11:53

Skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front with a sparkling half-century before Mumbai Indians rallied to comfortably defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs in their Indian Premier League match on Tuesday night.

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Put in to bat, Chidhambaram Gautam played his part by scoring 30 off 28 balls with three sixes and two fours, opening the innings with Ben Dunk. (All BCCI images(
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Mumbai Indians were then reduced to 84/4 before skipper Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard put on 97-run stand to post a massive total.
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Kieron Pollard and Mitchell Starc were involved in an ugly on-field spat. The angry confrontation took place in the 17th over of the of the Mumbai innings.
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Pollard immediately complained to the umpire before RCB skipper Virat Kohli stepped in to diffuse the situation. Both the on-field umpires -- S Ravi and K Srinath -- had a word with the RCB captain.
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Chris Gayle, who plays for RCB, also came on to calm his West Indian teammate.
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Kieron Pollard, however, went on to score a crucial 43 off 31 balls, laced with six fours.
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Skipper Rohit Sharma maintained his cool to remain unbeaten on 59 off 35 and took his team to a massive 187/5. He hit three fours and four sixes.
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Parthiv Patel and Chris Gayle gave a fiery start to Bangalore. Parthiv was the first one to fall after 19-ball 26.
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However, Chris Gayle couldn't continue the onslaught and was castled by Harbhajan Singh in the 10th over. His 24-ball 38 was laced with three fours and as many sixes.
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Jasprit Bumrah managed to dismiss the dangerous AB de Villiers (9) cheaply. Kohli departed five balls later. At that stage, RCB were 119 for four, requiring 69 runs off 39 balls.
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Mumbai wrested back the momentum when the visitors further lost two quick wickets. Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah bagged two wickets each.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their way from 94 for one in the 10th over to be restricted to 168 for eight, losing the match by 19 runs.

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