Mumbai Indians First Win, Cheer Moment for Rohit Sharma

Mumbai, April 18: Royal Challengers Captain Virat Kohli's unbeaten 92-run innings went in vain as RCB lost by 46 runs to Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here at Mumbai on Tuesday.

This is the first win for Mumbai Indians in this Indian Premier League 2018.

Virat Kohli, who opened the innings with Quinton de Kock, remained unbeaten but could not guide his team to victory. In his innings Kohli slammed seven boundaries and four sixes.



Chasing a big score 214, Bangalore started off on a positive note, scoring 40 runs in 4.1 overs but after the fall of de Kock's wicket, the visitors never looked in contention, losing wickets at regular intervals.

Apart from Kohli, no other batsmen score, which eventualy lost the match by 46 runs.

de Kock's 19-run knock was the second highest among the other batters.

For Mumbai, left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya scalped three wickets while Jasprit Bumrah and Mitchell McClenaghan chipped in with two wickets each.

Earlier, skipper Rohit Sharma (94) and opener Evin Lewis (65) helped Mumbai Indians to post a mammoth 213/6.

After a disastrous start, Lewis and Rohit played a brilliant innings and forged a 108-run partnership before Lewis was dismissed. Lewis slammed six boundaries and five sixes in his 42-ball innings.

Brief scores:

Mumbai Indians: 213/6 (Rohit Sharma 94; Evin Lewis 65; Umesh yadav 2/36) against Royal Challengers Bangalore: 167/8 (Virat Kohli 92; Krunal Pandya 3/28)