RCB Memes: Twitter users continued to post funny memes after RCB ended up losing another IPL 2019 match vs Mumbai Indians.
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During the 31st match of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mumbai, Mumbai Indians defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets to register their fifth IPL 2019 victory.
Chasing a 172-run target, Mumbai Indians started on a brilliant note on the back of a 70-run opening stand between captain Rohit Sharma (28) and wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock (40).
While the first 70 runs came in seven overs, Indians suffered a setback in the form of wickets at regular intervals. With RCB’s spinners turning the ball square at the Wankhede Stadium, the hosts’ batsmen found run-scoring difficult as RCB paved their way back into the match.
With 45 runs required in the last five overs, MI seemed the favourites but RCB leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal dismissing Suryakumar Yadav (29) kept the match in balance. Krunal Pandya’s (11) dismissal in the 18th over further saw MI sinking.
However, all-rounder Hardik Pandya once again stepped up in a crunch situation hitting 22 runs off Pawan Negi in the penultimate over as MI sealed the chase with an over to spare. Pandya ended up scoring 37* (16) with the help of five fours and two sixes.
After Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and put RCB in to bat, the visitors ended up scoring 171/7 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the third over, AB de Villiers was the highest run-scorer for Bangalore.
Before getting out in the last over, de Villiers ended up scoring 75 (51) with the help of six fours and four sixes. With bowling figures of 4-0-31-4, veteran fast bowler Lasith Malinga was the pick of Royal Challengers’ bowlers.
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