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Maxwell and Duplesey’s fifties, RCB set Mumbai Indians a target of 200 runs

Glenn Maxwell and skipper Faf Duplesey’s flamboyant half-centuries and a century partnership between the two helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) score 199 for six against Mumbai Indians here in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Maxwell (68 off 33 balls, eight fours, four sixes) and Du Plessis (65 off 41 balls, five fours, three sixes) put on 120 runs in 62 balls for the third wicket as the team recovered from a poor start to post a strong score. succeeded in reaching. Apart from these two, only Dinesh Karthik (30) could cross the 20-run mark.

Jason Behrendorff was the most successful bowler for Mumbai, taking three wickets for 36 runs. Cameron Green, Kumar Karthikeya and Chris Jordan also took one wicket each. The Jordans, however, remained very expensive. He looted 48 runs in four overs. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited RCB to bat. Nehal Wadhera dropped Duplesey’s catch on the fourth ball of the match off Jason Behrendorff but Virat Kohli (01) caught wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan on the next ball.

In Behrendorff’s next over, Anuj Rawat (06) hit a four but was caught by Cameron Green in the next ball after playing a bad shot. Duplesey and Maxwell then decorated the innings. Maxwell opened the account with a four on Behrendorff, while this fast bowler also got the ball to the boundary twice in the next over. Du Plessis also hit two fours on Green and six on Behrendorff. RCB scored 56 runs for two wickets in the powerplay. Maxwell, showing an aggressive attitude, hit two sixes on Chris Jordan while one on Piyush Chawla.

He completed his half-century in just 25 balls with a single off Akash Madhwal. Duplessis completed the team’s century in the 10th over with a six over Madhwal. He scored a half-century in 30 balls with one run off Jordan’s ball. Rohit then brought Behrendorff back to the bowling and, not disappointing his captain, broke his partnership with Du Plessis by getting Maxwell caught by Wadhera at deep midwicket. Left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya bowled Mahipal Lomror (01) in the next over to give RCB the fourth blow.

Du Plessis too was caught by substitute Vishnu Vinod in the next over off Green. Karthik hit Jordan for a four but on the next ball, Green dropped his catch at long on. Taking advantage of life, he hit two fours and a six on Kartikeya in the 18th over. Karthik, however, caught Wadhera at the boundary in an attempt to play a big shot in Jordan’s next over.

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