RCB beat MI by two wickets in last-ball IPL thriller

Naman Dhir 47 and Tilak Varma 57 added 82 off 57 balls to steady the innings but Bhuvneshwar Kumar snapped four wickets as RCB bowlers limited them to 166 for seven. Brief Scores Mumbai Indians 166 for 7 in 20 overs Tilak Varma 57 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 423. Royal Challengers Bengaluru 167 for 8 in 20 overs Krunal Pandya 73, Corbin Bosch 426.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Mumbai Indians by two wickets in a last-ball IPL thriller here on Sunday. MI were thus knocked out of playoffs. Sent in to bat, MI were 28/3 in three overs. Naman Dhir (47) and Tilak Varma (57) added 82 off 57 balls to steady the innings but Bhuvneshwar Kumar snapped four wickets as RCB bowlers limited them to 166 for seven. In reply, Krunal Pandya made a fighting 46-ball 73 but RCB needed 15 from last the six balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar then blasted a six before Rasikh Salam Dar knocked off the winning runs. For MI, Corbin Bosch (4/26) and Deepak Chahar (2/33) shared six wickets between them. Earlier, besides Bhuvneshwar's four for 23, Josh Hazlewood (1/33), Rasikh Salam Dar (1/42) and Romario Shepherd (1/18) took one wicket apiece. Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians: 166 for 7 in 20 overs (Tilak Varma 57; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/23). Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 167 for 8 in 20 overs (Krunal Pandya 73, Corbin Bosch 4/26).