The IPL match today, featuring RCB vs MI (Royal Challengers Bangalore vs MUmbai Indians), that took place at Bangalore, saw MI win by 57 runs.
Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians (MI), with a consistent winning run, are reigning at the top of the
IPL points table. The Kumble-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are No. 2 in the
IPL 2010 standings, and have a strong chance of making it to the semis, but might still not want to lose out to MI in this match unless they want to slip down to No. 4.
The earlier
MI vs RCB match had resulted in RCB defeating MI by 7 wickets.
The current match got off to a shaky start, as the toss was delayed after an explosion was heard outside the gates of the stadium at around 3:30pm. However, security measures were tightened, and the match went on, albeit slightly delayed.
Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl first. Here are the final scores for today's RCB vs MI (Bangalore vs Mumbai) IPL 2010:
Mumbai Indians: 191/4 (20 overs)
S Tendulkar c Taylor b Kallis 19 (18b 3x4 0x6)
Ryan McLaren lbw b Pietersen 40 (42b 4x4 0x6)
A T Rayudu c and b Kallis 45 (27b 3x4 4x6)
K Pollard lbw b Kumble 20 (7b 0x4 3x6)
JP Duminy (not out) 42 (19b 3x4 3x6)
A Nayar (not out) 9 (7b 1x4 0x6)
Extras: 15
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 134/9 (20 overs)
M K Pandey c Khan b Fernando 16 (18b 2x4 0x6)
J K Kallis b McLaren 14 (15b 0x4 1x6)
Kevin Pietersen c S Tiwary b Harbhajan 21 (16b 1x4 1x6)
Rahul Dravid c Pollard b Harbhajan 16 (11b 2x4 0x6)
Uthapppa c Nayar b Pollard4 (7b 0x4 0x6)
Ross Taylor c Harbhajan b Fernando 9 (11b 0x4 0x6)
Virat Kohli c Tare b Pollard 37 (23b 4x4 1x6)
Steyn b Zaheer Khan 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Vinay Kumar (not out) 11 (12b 1x4 0x6)
Pankaj Singh c Zaheer b Pollard 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Anil Kumble (not out) 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)
Extras: 5