RCB vs MI IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Krunal Pandya powered his team to a two-wicket victory over the Mumbai Indians in Raipur on Sunday, smashing 73 runs off 46 balls. Earlier, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar dominated with incisive figures of 4/23.
Mumbai Indians have now been eliminated from the race to the playoffs.
While batting first, the Suryakumar Yadav-led side were reeling at 28/3 after three overs. Naman Dhir (47) and Tilak Varma (57) helped the team bounce back by building a partnership of 82 runs but Bhuvaneshwar Kumar took a four-wicket haul and helped the team skittle the Mumbai-based franchise out for just 166 runs.
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While chasing, Krunal Pandya scored a match-winning knock of 73 runs off 46 balls but the host needed 15 runs during the last over. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar then smashed a six and after that Rasikh Salam Dar scored the winning runs.
Corbin Bosch (4/26), Deepak Chahar (2/33) took six wickets amongst them for MI.
During the first innings, RCB's Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (4/23), Josh Hazlewood (1/33), Rasikh Salam Dar (1/42) and Romario Shepherd (1/18) took wickets at regular intervals.
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Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indians: 166 for 7 in 20 overs (Tilak Varma 57; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/23).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 167 for 8 in 20 overs (Krunal Pandya 73, Corbin Bosch 4/26).