RCB Vs MI, IPL 2023 Highlights: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis shine as RCB beat MI by 8 wkts

Faf du Plessis won the player of the match award for his 73 off 43 balls. He helped RCB win the match with his quickfire knock.  

RCB beat Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 82 off 49 balls to help with the chase. Faf du Plessis also played a major role with the bat. 

RCB lost two wickets in quick succession as Dinesh Karthik was dismissed by Cameron Green for a duck in the 16th over. Glenn Maxwell was the next RCB batsman to arrive.

Faf du Plessis got dismissed in the 15th over on the individual score of 73 runs off 48 balls. The wicket ended the 148-run stand for the first wicket between Faf and Virat Kohli. Interestingly, Dinesh Karthik walked in to bat at no. 3.

Hrithik Shokeen dropped Virat Kohli's catch at 68 off Arshad Khan's bowling.  

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis are looking in total control as they help RCB close in on the 172-run target. 

Virat Kohli completed his 50th half-century in the IPL as he reached the milestone off just 38 balls in the ongoing match against Mumbai Indians. 

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis forge their third 100-run partnership for RCB, their second while opening the batting. 

Faf du Plessis scored his 26th IPL half-century in the season opener against Mumbai Indians. 

RCB smashed 53/0 in the first powerplay. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis are still intact in the middle at scores of 23 and 26 runs respectively. 

Jofra Archer has come into the attack to bowl his first over for Mumbai Indians. Virat Kohli smashed straight at him on his very first delivery. 

Virat Kohli opened the batting for RCB with Faf du Plessis. Jason Behrendorff took the new ball for Mumbai Indians. 

Mumbai Indians scored 171/7 in 20 overs courtesy of Tilak Varma's unbeaten 84 off 46 balls including 9 boundaries and 4 sixes. 

Faf du Plessis took an amazing catch running backward to dismiss Hrithik Shokeen for 5 off 3 balls. Mumbai Indians are 123/7 in 17.1 overs. 

Tilak Varma gets to his fifty off just 32 balls. He is the only hope for Mumbai Indians at the moment. 

Karn Sharma dismissed Tim David for 4 off 7 balls. Mumbai Indians are 105/6 in 15.3 overs. 

Tilak Varma attacks Glenn Maxwell, hitting consecutive boundaries off the later's first over in the match.  

Karn Sharma dismissed Nehal Wadhera for 21 off 13 balls. Mumbai Indians 98/5 in 13.5 overs. 

Michael Bracewell dismissed Suryakumar Yadav for 15 off 16 balls. Mumbai are 48/4 in 8.5 overs. 

Reece Topley is down and out. He was seen leaving the field holding his right shoulder. Topley injured himself while diving in the 8th over. 

As Rohit Sharma tries for a pull it hits the top edge and went in the air. Both Siraj and Karthik ran towards the ball in a bid to take the catch but they had a nasty collision and Siraj lied on the pitch for a while.

Akash Deep dismissed Rohit Sharma for 1 off 10 balls. Mumbai are struggling at 20/3 in 5.3 overs. 

Reece Topley welcomes Cameroon Green to the IPL with a peach of a delivery. Green departs for just five runs

RCB have the first breakthrough as Siraj dismisses Ishan Kishan for 10.

Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma open the batting for Mumbai Indians.

Both RCB and MI observed a two-minute silence for former Indian cricketer Salim Durani who passed away on Sunday morning.

Mumbai Indians' impact players: Jason Behrendorff, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Sandeep Warrier, Ramandeep Singh

RCB impact players: Substitutes: Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Sonu Yadav, David Willey

Mumbai Indians will take the the field with four overseas players and they are Tim David, Cameron Green, Jofra Archer and Jason Behrendorff.

Mumbai Indians starting XI: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Thilak Varma, 5 Tim David, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Nehal Wadhera, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Hrithik Shokeen, 10 Arshad Khan, 11 Piyush Chawla

RCB starting XI: 1 Faf du Plessis (capt), 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Michael Bracewell, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Shahbaz Ahmed, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Harshal Patel, 8 Akash Deep, 9 Reece Topley, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Karn Sharma

Rohit Sharma's will be captaining for the 200th time in a T20 match

RCB have won the toss and will bowl first

Mumbai Indians have not won their opening encounter in the IPL since 2012. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be looking to turn things around this year. 

Harshal Patel is just three scalps away from completing 100 wickets in the IPL.

Just three away! 💯🤞

Will we see Purple Patel hit the century mark today? 🙌#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023 #RCBvMI @HarshalPatel23 pic.twitter.com/X8AemN13tj

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 2, 2023

Virat Kohli had been going through a rough patch in his career for the last 3 years and also was not able to make runs for RCB in IPL 2022. However, the former Indian captain has performed well in the last six months and has also scored runs. Former RCB captain will look forward to perform in the next match. 

Rain interrupted the PBKS vs KKR match and at last, match got abandoned with four overs left for Kolkata to bat. Coming to the RCB vs MI match so the weather in Bengaluru is expected to be clear and there is no forecast of rain on April 2. 

Virat Kohli was seen batting out hard at the RCB nets ahead of the match against Mumbai Indians at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.  

Watch out watch out watch out! 👑 Kohli is batting 👀#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2023

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— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 1, 2023

Ahead of the clash vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians were seen practicing out hard at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 

🏏 Training + 🎂 Jofra's birthday + 🎙️ Pre-match PC = Aaj ka #MIDaily 💙

Head to 👉 https://t.co/OCCr0lFA5o or the MI App to watch the full video 📽️#OneFamily #MumbaiMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #IPL2023 #TATAIPL MI TV pic.twitter.com/2gFavRoWKC

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 2, 2023

Ahead of the clash against the Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis will be eyeing maiden IPL title. 

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians will take on three-time finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 

Coming to the Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals match held in Lucknow on April 1, 2023 saw LSG beat DC by a margin of 50 runs.

Mumbai Indians will have an edge ahead of the clash vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru. Mumbai have won 8 of the last 10 matches they have played whereas RCB have been on the winning side just for 2 times. 

Mumbai Indians last won the IPL title in 2020 and since then have had two poor seasons. The Rohit Sharma side will be looking to win the trophy for the sixth time this year.