Mumbai, May 9: Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 82 to help his team secure a comfortable victory over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
Highlights of Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore:
# With two overs to spare, RCB stand-in skipper Virat Kohli smashed a six to finish it off in style.
# With two back-to-back wins, Bangalore jumped to fourth spot with 13 points.
# Mumbai Indians remain at third position with 14 points.
# Chris Gayle retained the Orange cap with 515 runs after scoring an unbeaten 82 off 59 balls smashing six sixes and five boundaries.
# Chris Gayle was adjudged man of the match, his 10th in IPL.
# Chris Gayle hit the 500th six in IPL 5.
# Chris Gayle has smashed more sixes (37) than fours (33) in IPL 5.
# Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 50 runs in 8.6 overs.
# Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 100 runs in 14.1 overs.
# Bangalore restricted Mumbai to 141/6 in 20 overs.
# Mumbai wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik top-scored with a steady 39-ball 44 hitting three fours and a six.
# Muralitharan, Vinay Kumar and Harshal Patel claimed two wickets apiece.
# Mumbai Indians scored 50 runs in 10.2 overs.
# Mumbai Indians scored 100 runs in 15.3 overs.
# Mumbai smashed three sixes and 12 fours in their innings.
# RCB pacer R Vinay Kumar struck twice in his first over to dismiss James Franklin (1) and Rohit Sharma(0).
# Muttiah Muralitharan claimed two consecutive wickets of Dwayne Smith and Dinesh Karthik.
# Both teams have an equal record in nine games totally, with five wins to Mumbai Indians.
# Royal Challengers Bangalore have the worst economy rate in this tournament with 8.74.
# Mumbai Indians have the highest runs per wicket average with 21.80.
# Three wins out of seven have come off the last-ball for Mumbai Indians. They also snatched a 1-run win against Kings XI Punjab.
# Mumbai Indians are the slowest scoring team with a strike rate of 114.27.
# RCB pacer R Vinay Kumar struck twice in his first over to dismiss James Franklin (1) and Rohit Sharma(0).
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