MI vs RCB Stats Highlights 1st Match IPL 2021

MI vs RCB IPL Stats :  Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated defending champions Mumbai Indians by 2 wickets in a thrilling opening match of IPL 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and kicked off their tournament on a winning note.

MI vs RCB Stats

Earlier Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to field first. Mumbai Indians had a slow start as they scored only 30 runs in first 5 overs and lost Rohit Sharma’s wicket. Chris Lynn and Suryakumar Yadav changed their gears and scored 53 runs in the next four overs and at 86/1 in 10 overs they’re in good position but in the second half of the innings Bangalore bowlers especially Harshal Patel and Jamieson pulled things backs and didn’t allow Mumbai batsmen to score runs and in the last five overs Mumbai managed only 31 runs and eventually they finished on 159/9 in 20 overs.

Chris Lynn scored 49 runs while for Bangalore Harshal Patel took 5 wickets. In reply Bangalore had a good start as Kohli gave a steady start and then Maxwell at number 4 played some good shots and at 98/2 in the 13th over the match was in their favour but both Kohli and Maxwell got out in back to back overs and at 106/5 in 15 overs they’re in big problem but the experienced AB de Villiers was there once again and his outstanding innings of 48 runs off 27 balls set the match for a last over finish, AB got run out for 48 runs but Bangalore needed only 2 runs in last 2 balls which Harshal Patel and Siraj scored.

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Statistical Highlights from first match of IPL 2021 : A list of all the major stats and record which were recorded in the first match of IPL 2021 in Chennai.

9 – For the ninth consecutive time Mumbai Indians have lost their opening match of an IPL season. They last time won their opening IPL match in 2012.

1 – Harshal Patel conceded only 1 run in the 20th over of Mumbai Indians’ innings and also picked 3 wickets.

5/27 – Harshal Patel’s bowling figures of 5/27 are his best IPL bowling figures and third best bowling figures by a bowler for Royal Challengers Bangalore in this league.

Best bowling figures for RCB in IPL :
5/5 – Anil Kumble vs RR at Cape Town, 2009
5/25 – Jaydev Unadkat vs DC at Delhi, 2013
5/27 – Harshal Patel vs MI at Chennai, 2021
4/9 – Samuel Badree vs MI at Bangalore, 2017
4/11 – Chris Jordan vs GL at Bangalore, 2016 

774 – AB de Villiers has scored 774 runs against Mumbai Indians in the IPL – the second most runs by a batsman.

Most Runs vs MI in IPL :
818 – Suresh Raina
774 – AB de Villiers
748 – Shikhar Dhawan
679 – MS Dhoni
670 – Virat Kohli 

2011 – Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first match in Chennai since 2011 while Mumbai Indians suffered their first loss since then.

2018 – Glenn Maxwell hit a six in the IPL for the first time since 2018. In 2019 he didn’t play and in 2020 he failed to hit a six.