IPL, Highlights - Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rohit Sharma Fifty, Kieron Pollard Cameo Help MI Beat RCB By Six Wickets

After being put in to bat, Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a good start but quick wickets in the middle dented the flow of runs. But in the end, cameos from both Sarfaraz Khan and Travis Head guided the tourists to 170/7. In reply, Rohit Sharma's 62 and a brisk innings from Kieron Pollard helped the hosts win the match by six wickets with 12 balls to spare. Catch all the highlights of Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore here. (SCORECARD | IPL POINTS TABLE | IPL NEWS | STREAMING | PLAY FANTASY CRICKET).

23:50 hrs IST: That's it! Thank you for joining us for today's match at Wankhede. See you all tomorrow for the game between Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

Rohit Sharma (Man of the Match): "I think this is the kind of game we wanted to play. Bowlers did an excellent job, to restrict a team like that to 170. There wasn't much there. Especially the spinners - Krunal Pandya, getting those wickets, even Harbhajan Singh. The things we discussed in our meetings, we executed it really well." 

23:32 hrs IST: And that's the end. Mumbai Indian beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets with 12 balls to spare. 

23:29 hrs IST: Another SIX! Pollard looks in a hurry. 

23:25 hrs IST: Consecutive sixes for Pollard now. MI require 15 off 19 balls. Looks easy! 

23:17 hrs IST: OUT! Buttler tries to go for another six but he mishits and Watson completes a neat catch at short third-man. MI now require 31 off 26 balls. Time for strategic time-out. 

23:16 hrs IST: Consecutive sixes for Buttler. 

23:13 hrs IST: FOUR! First boundary of the season for Pollard. 

23:11 hrs IST: FOUR! Shortish delivery from Watson and Buttler just punches it behind point. 

23:09 hrs IST: Six runs off Aaron's last over. MI now require 56 off 36 balls. 

23:03 hrs IST: WICKET! Rohit c de Villiers b Abdullah 62(44). MI now require 62 off 42 balls. 

23:01 hrs IST: SIX! Third one for Rohit! 

22:57 hrs IST: Fifty for Rohit Sharma. His 26th in IPL. 

22:54 hrs IST: MI now require 82 off 54 balls. 

22:50 hrs IST: OUT! Rayudu c Richardson b Abdullah 31(23). 

22:46 hrs IST: FOUR! Fuller length from Patel and Rayudu lofts it over the fielder at mid-off. MI are 81/1 after 10 overs. 

22:38 hrs IST: Tight over from Watson. Just five off it. 

22:33 hrs IST: SIX! Back of a length delivery from Harshal Patel and Rohit pulls it into the fine leg boundary. MI are 60/1 after 7 overs. 

Rohit Sharma scored his 26th Indian Premier League fifty against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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22:27 hrs IST: FOUR! Rayudu continuing his good form. MI are 51/1 after 6 overs. And it's time for strategic time-out. 

22:21 hrs IST: An extremely expensive over from Aaron. 19 off it. MI are 43/1 after 5 overs. 

22:20 hrs IST: The 2nd one to do so! 

Paltan, @ImRo45 has now completed 3500 runs in IPL! #DilSeIndian #MIvRCB

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22:17 hrs IST: SIX! Short delivery from Aaron, Rohit plays a brilliant front-foot pull over mid-wicket. First of the night for Rohit. 

Our captain has been fantastic in the IPL! Congratulations @ImRo45 on 150 IPL 6s. Here's to many more ?? #DilSeIndian pic.twitter.com/JytMzaXTRR

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22:15 hrs IST: FOUR! Length ball from Richardson, Rayudu steps out, makes room and smashes it towards extra cover. 

22:11 hrs IST: FIVE OVERTHROWS! MI are 14/1 after 3 overs. 

22:05 hrs IST: Richardson is not giving anything away. Great over from the Australian. Just 2 off that. MI are 8/1 after 2 overs.

22:03 hrs IST: WICKET!! Kane Richardson strikes with his first ball, Parthiv Patel is walking back for 5(6). Early setback for MI.

22:00 hrs IST: A single to end the over. MI are 6/0 after 1 over.

21:58 hrs IST: Four!! Parthiv gets MI going with a brilliant cover drive.

21:55 hrs IST: Varun Aaron to start the proceedings for RCB. Rohit Sharma and Parthiv Patel to open the batting for MI. 

21:41 hrs IST: And that's the end of RCB's innings. They finish with 170/7 in their 20 overs. We'll be back in a few minutes time. 

21:39 hrs IST: OUT! Sarfaraz c K Pandya b Bumrah 28(18). 

21:38 hrs IST: SIX! Slower delivery from Bumrah and Sarfaraz swings it over deep mid-wicket. 

21:35 hrs IST: RCB are 161/4 after 19 overs. 

21:33 hrs IST: SIX! That's a humongous hit from Head. Slower ball from McClenaghan and Head just smacked it over deep mid-wicket. 

21:31 hrs IST: FOUR! Short delivery from McClenaghan and Sarfaraz punches it between deep mid-wicket and square leg. 

21:29 hrs IST: Head and Sarfaraz are really turning it on for RCB! 

21:24 hrs IST: FOUR! Length ball from McClenaghan and Head smashes it hard down the ground. RCB are 134/4 after 17 overs. 

21:20 hrs IST: RCB are 123/4 after 16 overs. 

21:16 hrs IST: FIVE WIDES! K Pandya bowls it way down the leg side and Parthiv has no chance to stop that. 

21:14 hrs IST: SIX! Short from H Pandya and Travis Head smashes it away over the square leg boundary. RCB are 112/4 after 15 overs. 

21:09 hrs IST: FOUR! Short ball from Bumrah, Sarfaraz Khan just uses the pace and angles it over the keeper's head. 100 up for RCB in 14 overs. And it's time for second strategic time-out. 

Mumbai Indians' Krunal Pandya got the crucial wickets of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.

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21:05 hrs IST: OUT! And it's Shane Watson this time. Three wickets inside 3 overs for Mumbai. They've certainly clawed their way back into the game. 

21:00 hrs IST: RCB are 96/3 after 11 overs. 

20:54 hrs IST: WICKET! Second wicket for Krunal Pandya. AB de Villiers makes room, stretches a bit out of the crease and goes for the drive but the ball turns past his outside edge and Parthiv takes the bails off quickly. 

20:51 hrs IST: OUT! Virat Kohli is gone. RCB are 91/2 after 10.2 overs. 

20:47 hrs IST: SIX! And that brings up the 50-run partnership between Kohli-ABD. 

20:44 hrs IST: RCB are 79/1 after 9 overs. 

20:42 hrs IST: FOUR! Just a bit of width from Harbhajan and Kohli cuts it square of the wicket. 

20:40 hrs IST: 10 runs off Krunal Pandya's first over. 

20:34 hrs IST: FOUR! Length delivery from Harbhajan and de Villiers reverse-sweeps it towards backward point. And it's strategic time-out. RCB are 56/1 after 7 overs. 

20:29 hrs IST: FOUR! Short and wide from Bumrah, Kohli slashes hard but gets a thick inside edge and it races away to the third-man boundary. RCB are 49/1 after 6 overs. 

20:24 hrs IST: FOUR! Length ball from Southee and de Villiers heaves it over square leg. RCB are 41/1 after 5 overs. 

20:19 hrs IST: OUT! Back of a length delivery from Southee, Rahul looks to place it towards third-man but nicks it to Harbhajan, who completes a simple catch at slips. RCB are 32/1 after 4 overs. 

20:17 hrs IST: Consecutive sixes from Rahul of McClenghan's bowling. 

20:12 hrs IST: FOUR! Fuller delivery from Southee and Kohli clips it over backward square leg. 

20:10 hrs IST: Brilliant over by McClenaghan, troubling Rahul with bouncers. 

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20:07 hrs IST: In comes Mitchell McClenaghan. He is in superb form! 

20:05 hrs IST: Good start by Southee, Kohli seemed to have no answers to his banana swing. RCB are 4/0 after first over. 

20:01 hrs IST: Straight away some shape for Southee and Kohli places it towards the third-man region for his first run of the day. 

19:59 hrs IST: It's time for action. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul make their way out in the middle. Tim Southee to start the proceedings for Mumbai. 

19:52 hrs IST: AB de Villiers averages 60.60 for RCB against MI in Indian Premier League. Amazing that is! 

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli pose at the toss on Wednesday evening.

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19:49 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - MI have a lead of 9-8 over RCB in head-to-head matches in Indian Premier League. 

19:45 hrs IST: Kieron Pollard is back for MI. 

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19:42 hrs IST: RCB boys practice just ahead of the match. 

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19:32 hrs IST: Here are the playing XI of both teams: 

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Shane Watson, AB de Villiers, Travis Head, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul (wk), Stuart Binny, Iqbal Abdullah, Kane Richardson, Varun Aaron, Harshal Patel 

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Parthiv Patel (wk), Ambati Rayudu, Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah 

19:30 hrs IST: Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma wins the toss and elects to bowl first. 

19:29 hrs IST: Toss time! 

19:27 hrs IST: Indeed, the view is amazing! 

We are at the Wankhede & the view is simply breathtaking!
Toss coming up at 7: 30 PM #MIvRCB #DilSeIndian pic.twitter.com/RF9qvh2YqI

- Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 20, 2016

19:08 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the coverage of the 14th match of Indian Premier League season 9. Mumbai Hosts take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium tonight. Having won their opening game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Virat Kohli led Bangalore side got outclassed by Quinton de Kock's magnificent hundred on Sunday. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have lost three of their four games and there seems to be an air of uncertainty around the team. However, both teams will look to bounce back and play their best cricket today. 

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have taken up the responsibility for the Royal Challengers Bangalore batting so far with Chris Gayle misfiring.

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There have been very few plusses for Mumbai Indians so far this season. The batting failures have left the team at the wrong end of results. Three losses in four games does not speak well of a team that has Ricky Ponting as head coach and Sachin Tendulkar as mentor.

Rohit Sharma's sketchy form has not helped. Martin Guptill will have to quickly fill the large gap left by Lendl Simmons and it is not going to be easy to replace a Lasith Malinga.

Of course, there have been a couple of bright spots. Krunal Pandya has done better than his much-talked about brother, Hardik. If Ponting is to be believed, Ambati Rayudu will have a longer run batting at No. 3.

With a win and a loss, RCB will look to take advantage of an edgy MI team. Virat Kohli's team will surely not miss an out-of-form Chris Gayle, who is in Jamaica celebrating the birth of his son. Shane Watson could open the RCB innings on a Wankhede pitch that traditionally helps batting.

But watch out for RCB superman, AB de Villiers. Wankhede is his happy hunting ground. Last season in May, De Villiers smashed a 59-ball 133 against a MI team that included Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah and Harbhajan Singh.

In the same match, Kohli scored an unbeaten 50-ball 82. Kohli and De Villiers produced an unbroken 215-run second wicket stand that still remains an IPL record. RCB beat MI by 39 runs in a high-scoring game. De Villiers has been in red-hot form this season too.