Romario Shepherd with the final over. High full toss to start with. Swatted away for a six by Rutherford. He gets to his fifty. He also wants a review for a no ball. Review shows the ball was below his waist height. Length ball now from Shepherd. Whacked away for a six to the leg side by Rutherford. Another six now. Over covers. He gets a fourth six. This time down the ground. 

RCB has the last laugh though as it beats MI by 19 runs to get back to winning ways. 

Rasikh seems to have cramped up during his bowling run-up. And we have the strategic time out. Rutherford pumps the first ball after the break over mid wicket for a six. Rasikh is struggling. He needs medical attention again. But he has managed to continued. Back of a length and Naman Dhir slices it into the hands of extra cover. 

Naman Dhir c Patidar b Rasikh Salam 1 (2b 0x4 0x6)

With just one ball left, Rasikh is down on the floor again. He can’t finish the over. Shepherd steps up and he gets Rutherford out. Good running catch by Shepherd himself. Oh wait. He has overstepped. Rutherford survives. He gets a freehit to boot. Just a single off it though. 

Duffy returns and he starts with a wide. Hardik slices one over extra cover for a double. Deft from Hardik now. Slices Duffy behind point for a four. Wide from Duffy. Hardik chases after it. Top edged and he is caught in the deep. This should be it for MI. 

Hardik Pandya c Shepherd b Duffy 40 (23b 6x4 1x6)

Krunal vs Hardik again. Starts with an off-side wide. A single now brings SKY on strike. MI needs a biiiig over here. Instead they lose a big wicket. SKY is caught at deep fine leg attempting a lofted sweep. 

Suryakumar Yadav c Rasikh Salam b Pandya 33 (22b 5x4 0x6)

MI brings in Rutherford as its impact sub. He gets off the mark with a single to the off side. 

Suyash back into the attack. Suryakumar sweeps it over short fine leg, Salt from deep square leg tries to cut it off but the ball trickles to the boundary! FOUR RUNS!

Suryakumar cuts it on the off side for a BOUNDARY! Suryakumar hits it to backward point for a dot ball. Short and wide from Suyash, Suryakumar pulls it to long on for a single. Asking rate climbing up to 15 now.

Pandya cuts it fine through point for a BOUNDARY! That’s more like it from MI! Full from Suyash, Pandya hits it to long on for a single.

Krunal Pandya back into the attack. Suryakumar takes a, wait a minute that’s two runs on the off side. Suryakumar hits that to long off for a single.

Hardik on strike against his brother. Krunal flights that, Hardik hits it to long off for a single. Suryakumar goes for the sweep but that beats him and hits his pads, RCB appeals but its not given. RCB reviews. No bat involved.

That’s missing wickets, decision stays. Suryakumar hits it to deep cover for a single. 

Hardik on strike, required rate more than 14 now. Krunal with a bouncer, Hardik leaves that alone.

Suyash Sharma into the attack. MI only three runs behind where RCB were at this stage. Rickelton sweeps but top edges it and the catch is taken by Bhuvneshwar at short third! SUYASH STRIKES ON HIS FIRST BALL! RICKELTON IS GONE!

Ryan Rickelton c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Suyash Sharma 37(22) [4s-3 6s-3]

Tilak Varma is in at four. Defends. Tilak hits it to deep mid wicket for a single. Suryakumar flicks it to the cow corner region for a single.

Tilak sweeps that but its straight into the hands of Jacob Duffy at short third! SUYASH GETS TWO IN THE OVER! TILAK IS GONE!

Tilak Varma c Jacob Duffy b Suyash Sharma 1(3)

Captain Hardik Pandya is in at five. GOES BIG FIRST BALL! PANDYA GOES OVER LONG OFF FOR A SIX!

Krunal back into the attack. Suryakumar flicks that nicely to the cow corner region for a double. Suryakumar guides it off his pads to long on for a single. 

MI going at just over 10 rpo, will need to accelerate through the middle overs to stay in the chase.

Rickelton takes a single on the leg side. Suryakumar chips that in the air to long off for a single.

Rickelton gets down on one foot and fails to connect with the pull, takes a quick single. Suryakumar sweeps it over short fine leg for a BOUNDARY!

Rasikh to bowl the last over of the PowerPlay. Looks like Rohit Sharma has an issue here. The physio is out to check if he is fine. Good news, Rohit is fine. Play resumes. Rickelton on strike. Slower ball to start, Rickelton hits it to mid off for a quick single.

Rohit defends, dot ball. Rohit looks like he is struggling here and oh no, he’s walking off, looks its a hamstring issue. Rohit is retired hurt, big blow for MI.

Suryakumar Yadav is in at three. Suryakumar hits it to mid off, dot ball. Juicy full toss from Rasikh, Suryakumar easily hits that down the ground for a BOUNDARY! 

Another slower ball from Rasikh, Suryakumar hits it to mid off, dot ball. Last ball of the Powerplay, full toss, and Suryakumar hits it to long on for a single.

Krunal Pandya into the attack. Rohit defends, dot ball. Full and wide from Krunal, Rohit reaches out to it and gets it to long off for a single.

Bouncer from Krunal, Rickelton pulls it to deep square leg, 50 up for MI. Rohit creates room but the ball goes off his pads to short fine leg, one leg bye. Rickelton guides it off his pads to deep mid wicket for a single. 

Krunal goes full and Rohit carves it on the off side for a BOUNDARY!

Rasikh Dar into the attack. Rohit manages to get it just over mid on for a BOUNDARY! Change of pace from Rasikh, Rohit fails to connect with the cut, dot ball.

Low full toss from Rasikh, Rohit flicks it to deep square leg for a single. Oooohhh good slower ball from Rasikh, beats Rickelton’s outside edge.

Yorker from Rasikh, Rickelton hits it straight back to the bowler, dot ball. Full toss from Rasikh and Rickelton drives it through extra cover for a BOUNDARY!

Duffy with his second. Slower bouncer from Duffy, Rickelton pulls it in gap in the deep square region for a BOUNDARY! Short and wide from Duffy, Rickelton cuts it straight to cover, dot ball.

Rickelton pulls it over deep mid wicket for another SIX! Change of pace from Duffy, Rickelton hits it to mid on for a single. What a shot from Rohit! Charges and smashes it on the leg side all the way for SIX!

Change of pace from Duffy, Rohit cuts it to deep point for a single.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the second over, Rohit on strike. Bhuvneshwar starts with a wide down leg side. Ooooh that’s a good yorker from Bhuvneshwar, Rohit gets back on that to mid wicket. Rohit pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Half volley from Bhuvneshwar, Rickelton hits it to mid off for a single. Change of pace from Bhuvneshwar, Rohit hits it to mid on off his back foot for another single.

Rickelton effortlessly flicks it off his pads for a SIX! Rickelton drives it straight to mid off, he has to hurry for the single but eventually makes it.

Rohit and Rickelton walk out to open the batting for MI. Rasikh Dar is the impact sub for RCB, Tim David is subbed out. Jacob Duffy takes the new ball for RCB. Rickelton on strike, slip in place.

First ball, Rickelton hits it to mid off, dot ball. Oooohhh good length delivery from Duffy, beats Rickelton’s outside edge. Rickelton smashes it over deep square leg for a SIX!

Short and wide from Duffy, Rickelton can only cut it to cover. Rickelton tries to pull that but is beaten by Duffy’s short ball. Shot from Rickelton, punches it off his back foot through covers for a BOUNDARY!

RCB’s batters fired on all cylinders to post a commanding 240 on the board. MI has one of the most explosive batting lineups in the competition but a target of 241 is a tall ask for any team, even on the flattest of pitches. Openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton will have no choice but to go big from ball one as the asking rate is more than 12 runs per over.

Can MI’s batting lineup pull off a sensational chase like they did against KKR when they chased down 221, or will RCB’s bowlers execute their plans to perfection? Expect fireworks, second innings to begin shortly..

Trent Boult with an inch-perfect yorker. Jitesh is trapped in front. No review for RCB. 

Jitesh Sharma lbw b Boult 10 (9b 1x4 0x6)

Two more sharp yorkers from Boult. Two singles for RCB. Full again from Boult. Shepherd can only squeeze in a single. Finally, Boult misses his length. Full toss and smoked away for a six. 

Wide bouncer from Hardik Pandya and Tim David flat-bats it over extra cover for a four. Pandya seems to have hurt himself while attempting that short ball. The physio is out in the middle and Pandya takes a breather. 

He is back. But, he goes above waist-high against David. Pandya wants a review on the no ball. Clearly a no ball, on replay. Freehit for David. Full toss on the pads. Carted away for a six by David. Too easy for him. The umpire feels the necessity for a ball change. This could work in MI’s favour. Short from Hardik. Tim David can’t get it away. Just a single. 

Naman Dhir with a good diving stop at the fence to prevent Jitesh a boundary. Two doubles to end the over. 

Santner with his final over of the day. Tim David is the new batter for RCB. Wide from Santner. Patidar slices at it. Edged and runs away for a four. That brings up his fifty and it has come up in just 17 deliveries. Terrific knock from Patidar. This is his second consecutive fifty. 

But, Patidar can’t push any further. He holes out to long on attempting another six. 

Rajat Patidar c Tilak Varma b Santner 53 (20b 4x4 5x6)

Kohli wastes another RCB review hoping to overturn a wide call. A pull gives Kohli a single and that brings up his fifty. Hardik sticks to a hard length. Patidar can only take a single. Low full toss from Hardik. No timing there for Kohli. Caught at long on. 

Virat Kohli c Yadav b Pandya 50 (38b 5x4 1x6)

Full toss from Shardul and Patidar doesn’t missed out on this one. Swiped away for a four. Shardul struggling to control his line. Two wides early in the over. Slow bouncer now. That too is given a wide. 

Full from Shardul. Patidar splices it over backward point for a sixes. RCB’s captain is out here with only one plan in his mind. Attack! RCB would love if Kohli follows suit. He is batting on 39 from 30. He gets in on the act with a double and then smacks a straight four. RCB has Tim David padded up and ready for furthering this onslaught. 

RCB skipper is the new batter and he starts in a hurry. After dispatching Shardul for a first-ball four, he now goes after Mayank Markande. Back-to-back sixes against the leg spinner towards the legside. Patidar now with a reverse sweep. Perfectly timed. Over deep third for a six. 

Markande with two low full tosses to close off the over. Patidar fails to put them away. Just a single from those two deliveries. 

Shardul Thakur into the the attack. He starts with an off-side wide. He sticks to the same line. Kohli can’t reach enough to get any timing on it. Dot ball. Same line again. Wide again. 

Shardul is clear with his plan. Bowl wide and away from the RCB batters. Another dot before Kohli slams one down the ground for a couple. Kohli steps across the stumps for a single to deep mid wicket. 

Shardul pushes it wide again. Salt times it straight to Hardik Pandya at extra cover. 

Phil Salt c Pandya b Thakur 78 (36b 6x4 6x6)

Hardik Pandya back into the attack. Salt tries to guide that past deep backward point but Markande runs from point and stops that, good fielding, he saves two runs for his team.

Salt goes for the pull but misses out and is beaten, dot ball. Full toss from Pandya looking for the yorker and Salt flicks it off his pads for a SIX ON THE LEG SIDE!

Oooohhhh Salt outside egdes that and it goes up in the air and it falls justttt short of Trent Boult at deep cover, single. Kohli flicks it to cow corner, Salt wants the second but is sent back by Kohli, its close at the strikers end, Rickelton takes the bail but Salt’s dive saves him.

What a start its been for RCB so far, no wickets lost and it has raced to 115 runs in ten overs. Dot to finish.

Santner with his third, Kohli strike. Starts with a full one, Kohli hits that to extra cover, dot ball. Kohli sweeps that and its in the airrr, doesn’t carry to Suryakumar Yadav at long on, single. Salt creates room and cuts that to deep cover for a single, slow again from Santner.

That’s a glorious shot from Kohli, uses his bottom hand to hit it straight down the ground for a BOUNDARY! That’s flighted and wide of off stump and Kohli leaves that thinking its a wide but its not given. Kohli reviews it.

Replays show there is some part of the ball inside the wide line, decision stays. RCB lose a review. Oooohh Kohli sweeps that to cow corner and just beyond the outstretched arms of the fielder from deep mid wicket, BOUNDARY!

Markande into the attack, starts with a short one and Salt pulls that in the gap in cow corner for a BOUNDARY! Salt reaches his 50!

Salt cuts that in the deep backward point region for another BOUNDARY! Excellent placement from Salt. Salt cuts that powerfully through the extra cover region for ANOTHER BOUNDARY!

SIX! SALT GOES OVER DEEP SQUARE LEG FOR A MAXIMUM! Three fours and a six off the first four balls! RCB ARE ON FIRE! Googly from Markande, Salt guides it off his pads to deep square leg for a single. Kohli sweeps it deep mid wicket for a single. 

Santner bowls his second. Flights that and slows it down nicely, Kohli hits it straight to extra cover, dot ball. Slightly fuller from Santner this time, Kohli hits it to deep cover for a single.

Santner bowls a full toss, Salt hits it to long off for a single. Flighted and wide outside off stump, Kohli fails to connect with the cut shot. Oooohhh Kohli got lucky there, goes for the drive but inside edges it to short fine, that missed the stumps only by a whisker. Salt takes a single on the off side. Good comeback from Santner after an expensive first over. 

Bumrah with his second. Starts with a full toss, Kohli can’t capitalise and can hit it only straight to mid on. Santner with the direct hit but Salt is back in his crease. Kohli flicks it on the leg side for a single.

Salt guides it straight to short third, dot ball. Salt flicks it nicely off his pads on the leg side but good work in the deep from Tilak Varma to keep it down to two. Slower bouncer from Bumrah and that’s too short, wide given.

Another slower one from Bumrah, catches Salt slightly off guard but he manages to hit it to mid on for a quick single. Full from Bumrah, Kohli flicks it to deep fine leg for a single.

Mitchell Santner into the attack. Real loosener to start, and gets the treatment , Salt pulls it for a MAXIMUM! SALT GOES AGAIN! THIS TIME OVER MID ON FOR ANOTHER SIX! 

Another loose short ball from Santner and Salt pulls it for ANOTHER SIX! THREE SIXES ON THE TROT! Santner flights that nicely but it gets the same treatment, Salt sweeps it past mid on for a BOUNDARY! Already 22 runs off the over. Santner goes full and angles that towards his pads, Salt hits it straight to short fine leg, dot ball. 

Santner slows it and flights that nicely, Salt hits it straight to cover, two dot balls to finish. Expensive first over from Santner.

Bumrah into the attack, starts with a full toss, Kohli tries to flick it but it hits his pads.

Ooohhh slower bouncer from Bumrah and Kohli upper cuts it just above short third for a BOUNDARY!

Bumrah with a quick one hits Kohli’s pads and MI appeals but it looks like its sliding down leg side, one leg bye. Replays show there was an inside egde as well. Salt pulls it on the leg side for two runs.

Oooohhh good yorker from Bumrah, right on the money, Salt does well to get bat on that to mid on for a single. Kohli tries to guide that backward point but is stopped, its only a single.

Boult with his second, glorious shot from Kohli! Steps out of his crease and goes down the ground for a BOUNDARY! Kohli hits it to backward point for a single.

Ooohhh Salt tries to pull that and it hits his body, dot ball. Salt is in slight discomfort, the physios are out to check if he is okay. Play resumes. Salt pulls that powerfully for a SIX! HE GETS THE PULL SHOT RIGHT THIS TIME!

Low full toss from Boult, Salt hits that straight to mid wicket, dot ball. Salt reaches 350 T20 sixes with that maximum. Bouncer from Boult, Salt fails to hit that.

Hardik Pandya to bowl the second over. Pandya starts with a short ball, Salt does not connect with the pull and the ball hits the bottom of the bat, dot ball.

Ooohhh, Salt does not time that and flicks it just above mid on for two runs. Shot from Salt, goes through covers for a BOUNDARY! Powerfully struck!

Full and wide down the leg side from Pandya, he’ll have to bowl that one again. Salt hits it to covers and takes a quick single. Kohli on strike. Kohli drives that straight to extra cover, dot ball.

Dead ball, Kohli walks away as he is distracted by the side screen. Kohli defends and takes a quick single.

Virat Kohli and Phil Salt walk out to the middle for RCB. Trent Boult takes the new ball for MI. The players and the stadium observe a minute of silence for Asha Bhosle.

Salt on strike. Slip in place. Ooohhh action already on the first ball, Salt takes a quick single by hitting it to mid on but Tilak Varma with the direct hit. Salt is comfortably safe though.

Inswinger from Boult and that hits Kohli’s pads, but its too high for the LBW. What a shot from Kohli! Flicks it on the leg side all the way for a SIX! Kohli charges and tries to go big again, but it hits the inside part of his bat and goes to deep fine leg for a single.

Salt creates room and smashes it through the covers for a BOUNDARY! Salt cuts it to point for a single.

MI captain Hardik Pandya says it looks like a good pitch, always a good idea to bat second Wankhede. MI makes two changes, Santner in for Ghazanfar, Markande in for Chahar.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar said RCB will try and put scoreboard pressure on MI by batting first. RCB make one change, Duffy in for Hazlewood, interesting.

• Jasprit Bumrah- 29 wickets @20.03, ER-7.44
• Yuzvendra Chahal- 24 wickets @19.79, ER- 7.78
• Harbhajan Singh- 22 wickets @25.00, ER-7.23
• Harshal Patel- 18 wickets @15.77, ER-7.74
• Lasith Malinga- 16 wickets @32.93, ER-7.45

• Virat Kohli- 980 runs @31.61, SR-129.11
• Ab de Villiers- 693 runs @49.50, SR-153.65
• Rohit Sharma- 629 runs @27.34, SR-142.63
• Kieron Pollard- 553 runs @30.72, SR- 158.45
• Suryakumar Yadav- 464 runs @38.66, SR-163.3

Despite Wankhede being the home ground for Mumbai Indians, Kohli’s massive popularity often turns the stadium into a “theatre” for his performances, with the crowd frequently cheering for him over the home team.

Last season, the noise levels at the venue reportedly peaked at 138 decibels when he walked out to bat.

The Wankhede Stadium has consistently been a “happy hunting ground” for the former RCB captain. His career stats at the venue are:

Total Runs: 401

Innings: 12

Average: 45.55

Strike Rate: 137.80

High Score: 92*

Milestones: 3 half-centuries

Kohli enters this match in good rhythm, having already scored 129 runs in three innings this season.

Overall, he has scored 922 runs against Mumbai Indians in his IPL career and sits on a total of 8,790 IPL runs.

Matches Played: 34

Mumbai Indians Won: 19

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won: 13

Tied: 1

Most Runs: Virat Kohli leads the charts with 980 runs in 35 innings, followed by AB de Villiers (693) and Rohit Sharma (629).

Most Wickets: Jasprit Bumrah holds the record for the most wickets taken in matches between these two franchises.

Highest Strike Rate: Among top run-getters, Suryakumar Yadav boasts the highest strike rate at 163.38.

Tonight’s clash will see the two biggest names in Indian cricket face off against each other- Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. Kohli has scored 150 runs from 17 innings against Bumrah and the pace spearhead has dismissed Kohli five times.

One might argue that Kohli goes into tonight’s clash with the upperhand considering Bumrah has gone wicket less from his first three matches but the MI pacer can never be discounted.

RCB edged out MI by 12 runs in a high scoring contest the last time the two sides faced off against each other. Incidentally, that match also took place at the Wankhede Stadium, the venue of tonight’s clash.

Sixties from Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar helped RCB post 221 before MI came within 12 runs off the target thanks to Tilak Varma’s quickfire 56 but eventually fell short of the target. Will we witness another high scoring contest tonight?