It was absolute carnage on the Wankhede Stadium tonight as Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar turned the enduring floor right into a hitting vary, leaving the Mumbai Indians’ bowling assault looking for solutions. In a high-stakes conflict between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and MI, the guests placed on a masterclass in fashionable T20 power-hitting.
Phil Salt takes MI bowlers to the cleaners
Opening the batting, Salt was in a punishing temper from ball one. He didn’t simply discover the boundary; he cleared it with ease. Salt hammered a blistering 78 off simply 36 balls, placing at an unbelievable price of 216.67.
The spotlight of his innings was a savage assault on Mitchell Santner, the place he plundered 22 runs in a single over, together with a hat-trick of towering sixes. Alongside Virat Kohli (50 off 38), Salt laid a 120-run basis that silenced the Mumbai crowd.
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6️⃣, 6️⃣, 6️⃣! 🤯
🎥 Phil Salt goes back-to-back-to-back in opposition to Mitchell Santner 🔥
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Rajat Patidar punishes MI with brutal hitting
If MI thought Salt’s dismissal would deliver a breather, Patidar had different plans. Coming in with the platform already set, Patidar performed what can solely be described as a “online game” innings.
He reached his half-century in a lightning-fast 17 balls, finally ending with 53 off 20 deliveries. Patidar’s strike price of 265.00 was fueled by 5 large sixes, together with a very costly over from Mayank Markande that went for 21 runs.
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The #RCB skipper is placing on a present! 🔥
🎥 3️⃣ consecutive sixes for Rajat Patidar proper out of the blocks 👊
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Tim David’s late surge powers RCB to large whole
Whereas the center overs noticed a slight dip in momentum after the short wickets of Salt and Patidar, Tim David ensured RCB completed on a excessive. Taking part in in opposition to his former facet, David struck an unbeaten 28 off 15 balls*, focusing on the dying overs to push the entire previous the 240-mark. His late boundaries ensured that RCB maintained a run price of precisely 12 per over.
Mumbai Indians now face a mountainous process. With the dew prone to play an element, the MI openers might want to replicate RCB’s aggression if they’re to drag off one of many biggest chases in IPL historical past.
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