RCB vs MI IPL 2022: Who won today's IPL match? Man of the Match, Point Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap

Who won today’s IPL match?: The 18th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 saw Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Mumbai Indians at MCA Stadium in Pune. Mumbai’s poor run continued in this game as well as the Faf du Plessis-led side dominated them to hand them their fourth straight defeat in the tournament. On the other hand, RCB bagged their third win of the season and have become a team to beat.

Today’s IPL match result

Invited to bat first, Mumbai Indians had a fiery start as openers Ishan Kishan (26) and Rohit Sharma (26) scored fifty runs for the opening partnership. However, after they they suffered a debacle and were reduced from 50/0 to 79/6. Suryakumar Yadav played a lone hand for his side and smashed an unbeaten 68 runs to take his side to the fighting total of 151 runs. For RCB, Harshal Patel was the pick of the bowlers and returned with the figures of 2/23.

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Chasing the target, RCB opener Anuj Rawat (66) and Faf du Plessis (16) were watchful in the power play and scored just 30 runs. After the wicket of skipper, Virat Kohli (48) and Rawat took charge to MI bowlers and kept scoring boundaries at regular intervals to keep the run rate in control. The duo stitched 50+ partnership and made the opposition look clueless. Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell then closed the play and won the match for his side by 7 wickets and with 9 balls to spare.

Man of the match today IPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) opening batter Anuj Rawat was awarded Man of the Match in today’s encounter against Mumbai Indians. Opening the batting for his side, the southpaw looked very positive and showed great intent for his 66 runs knock. He gave his side a perfect start in the chase of 152 runs. His knock was laced with 2 fours and 6 big sixes that helped his side register their third win of the season.

Today IPL highlights

Who won today’s IPL match?: You can catch highlights of the 18th match of the of IPL 2022 between Royal Challengers Banglore and Mumbai Indians on the official website of IPL. Here’s the link to the same.

IPL schedule

The next match of the IPL 2022 is slated to take place between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals. It will be an afternoon game and will be played at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. While the evening game will see Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants facing off each other at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Kolkata Knight Riders	4	3	1	6	+1.103
Gujarat Titans	3	3	0	6	+0.349
Royal Challengers Bangalore	4	3	1	6	+0.294
Lucknow Super Giants	4	3	1	6	+0.256
Rajasthan Royals	3	2	1	4	+1.218
Punjab Kings	4	2	2	4	+0.152
Delhi Capitals	3	1	2	2	-0.116
Sunrisers Hyderabad	3	1	2	2	-0.889
Mumbai Indians	4	0	4	0	-1.181
Chennai Super Kings	4	0	4	0	-1.211

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

S.No	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
1	Jos Buttler	3	3	205	100	102.50	143.35	1	1
2	Shubman Gill	3	3	180	96	60.00	166.66	0	2
3	Liam Livingstone	4	4	162	64	40.50	190.58	0	2
4	Ishan Kishan	4	4	150	81*	75.00	129.31	0	2
5	Quinton de Kock	4	4	149	80	37.25	135.45	0	2

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

S.No	Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ
1	Umesh Yadav	4	4	84	9	23/4	9.33	5.25
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	3	63	7	22/3	9.00	5.25
3	Rahul Chahar	4	4	101	7	25/3	14.42	6.31
4	Yuzvendra Chahal	4	4	127	7	24/4	18.14	8.65
5	Kuldeep Yadav	3	3	81	6	18/3	13.50	6.94