Big win for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He left no room for the home team, Mumbai Indians (MI), to make a comeback into the competition. RCB registered a big win against MI in all departments of the match at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
RCB were immediately on the lead after the end of the first innings, scoring 240 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 120 balls. It was not just a matter of getting a win or 2 points, but also of the defending champions making a statement.
Great win for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
In the last match of the ongoing IPL 2026, the Rajat Patidar-led team faced a humiliating defeat at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. They were determined to bounce back with a resounding win and they did. He did this by making proper planning. RCB not only batted well against Mumbai Indians but also did not allow the MI batsmen to perform freely in the second innings.
MI middle-order batsman Sherfane Rutherford tried his best to seal a spectacular win. At one time in the second innings, Mumbai batsmen were looking at a score of 200. Thanks to the explosive innings of the Caribbean batsman, they responded to RCB by scoring 222 runs in 20 overs, while Bengaluru’s score was 240.
RCB won this match by 18 runs. Sherfane Rutherford remained unbeaten on 71 runs after playing an inning of 31 runs. He got only one four but hit a tremendous number of nine sixes, taking his strike rate to 229.03.
Mumbai Indians batsman Sherfane Rutherford took the team closer to the target.
According to Cricbuzz data, Sherfane Rutherford’s 71*(31) is the second highest score for MI while batting at No. 6 or lower after Hardik Pandya’s 91(34) against KKR at Eden Gardens in 2019.
After an entertaining match at the Wankhede Stadium, RCB are now at the third position with 6 points and a net run rate of +1.148. Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings are at first and second position with 8 and 7 points respectively. And Mumbai Indians, after playing 4 matches in the 10-team league, have slipped to 8th place with 2 points and one negative.
I think we gave away too many runs – Hardik Pandya
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya said at the post-match ceremony, “Yes and at the same time, I think we also gave away too many (runs). I think it was always going to be catch-up. I think in the last few games, as a bowling unit or even as a batting unit, we have been catching up in the game rather than taking the game forward.”
“We really need to reflect, really need to look at what we can do best and how can we get that pace and that click that we need. We have a few days off from here and we are out of the leg-stump game again. To be quite honest, a lot of things need to be reconsidered now. Obviously, it is not working”, said the Mumbai Indians captain.
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