Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians at Bangalore

       The game marred by a blast outside the colorful stadium faced a delay start. It brought emphatic victory!! for Mumbai Indians to maintain the top position in the IPL points table. A slow start by a make-shift opener Mclaren and a blistering aggression by Jacob Duminy ensures the visitors posting a high score of 192. All the bowlers got punishment in the closing overs mainly by Duminy.

            A desperate-needed start was impeded when early wickets were lost by the home side in their chase. South African veteren Kallis who helped Bangalore chase high targets twice already this season, was dismissed cheaply by his countryman Maclaren with a searing yorker. Peterson tried to keep the chase in the hunt but disciplined bowling by experience Indian spinner Harbajhan Singh saw the back of him early. V Kohli offered some resistance but it was too late as asking rate was almost a dozen per over. Exciting West Indian Pollard was the standout Indians bowling with 3 scalps.

              The IPL has almost reached its climax ahead of the looming Semi-finals. Mumbai are geared well for it while Bangalore are still in the top 4 to make it to the last four. All roving eyes are on the road to the finals now