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Mumbai Indians tame RCB to register first win in IPL

Mumbai - Skipper Rohit Sharma spearheads Mumbai's charge with a 94-run knock

Mumbai Indians won their first game of the 2018 IPL season after they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 46 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Chasing a victory target of 215, RCB started the chase on a steady note through Virat Kohli and Quinton de Kock but Mitchell McClenaghan struck first with wicket of the southpaw and then followed by his compatriot AB de Villiers.
Just when Mandeep Singh and Virat Kohli were beginning to settle, Krunal Pandya joined the party as he put Mumbai Indians right on top of the game. The spinner dismissed Mandeep and later Corey Anderson to pile the pressure on the men in red and black.
Skipper Kohli was the only hope in the middle and as the required run rate kept creeping up, MI struck with wickets at regular intervals to keep themselves in control of the contest and emerge as winners. Kohli remained unbeaten on 92 off 62.
Earlier, skipper Rohit Sharma (94) and opener Evin Lewis (65) helped Mumbai Indians to post a mammoth 213/6.
After a disastrous start, Lewis and Rohit played a brilliant innings and forged a 108-run partnership before Lewis was dismissed. Lewis slammed six boundaries and five sixes in his 42-ball innings.
Rohit, on the other hand, stayed till the last and made sure his team crossed the 200-run mark before getting out on the penultimate delivery of the innings.
Put in to bat, Mumbai got off to a poor start, losing opener Suryakumar Yadav (0) and Ishan Kishan (0) in the opening two balls of the first over.
The fall of the wickets brought in Rohit, who along with Lewis played sensibly and slammed the bowlers all around the park before Lewis got out. Rohit slammed 10 boundaries and five sixes in his 52-ball innings.
After the fall of Lewis' wicket in the 12th over by Corey Anderson, Krunal Pandya (15) also tried to maintain the same pace but failed and got run out in the 16th over.
Kieron Pollard then joined Rohit in the middle and let the in-form Rohit have most of the strike. Taking full advantage, the skipper paced up the innings through some beautifully crafted shots. In the process Pollard was dismissed by pacer Chris Woakes. Soon, Rohit also got out on the penultimate ball of the innings.
Hardik Pandya (17 not out) and Mitchell McClenaghan (0) then completed the proceedings.
For Bangalore, Umesh Yadav and Anderson scalped two wickets each.