MI vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023: Suryakumar Yadav's 35-ball 83 help Mumbai chase 200 in 16.3 overs

Jason Behrendorff provides Mumbai Indians with a much-needed breakthrough as Glenn Maxwell is caught at deep by Nehal Wadhera for 68(33). 

Mahipal Lomror, who had scored a half-century in the previous match, joins his skipper in the middle. 

Nine runs come off the over as RCB reach 140/3 in 13 overs.

Piyush Chawla comes to bowl his final over and he is hit for a six by Faf du Plessis. Glenn Maxwell then reverse sweeps the spinner for a boundary in the final ball of his over. 12 runs come off the over as RCB reach 131/2 (12 overs)

Chris Jordan is reintroduced in the attack and he is hit for a boundary by Du Plessis, who then rotates the strike to bring up his half-century. He reaches the milestone in 30 balls. 

Maxwell then reverse scoops Jordan in the fifth ball, which ends up beyond the ropes behind the wickets. 

15 runs come in his second over as RCB reach 119/2 (11 overs)

17 runs from Akash Madhwal's over as RCB reach 104/2 at the halfway stage.

Rohit Sharma gets Kumar Kartikeya into the attack and he bowls a tidy over, which results in six runs.

Akash Madhwal then comes to bowl the next over and Maxwell welcomes with a boundary and then completes a single to bring up his half-century in 25 balls.

Madhwal then oversteps and the freehit is hammered for a six by Faf du Plessis. RCB: 101/2 (9.3 overs)

Piyush Chawla, who has been one of the wicket-takers for MI, comes to bowl his third over and concedes three singles in the first five deliveries. The final ball is whacked for a maximum by Maxwell as RCB reach 81/2 in 8 overs.

Chris Jordan is introduced in the attack and he is hammered for two sixes by Glenn Maxwell. The second maximum also help the pair add a 50-run stand for the third wicket. 

16 runs come in the over as RCB reach 72/2 in 7 overs.

Maxwell continues his assault as he hits Piyush Chawla for consecutive fours, could have been three in a row but a brilliant effort by Chris Jordan ensures it remains two. 

11 runs come in the over. RCB: 56/2 (6 overs)

Glenn Maxwell hits Behrendorff for a couple of boundaries and Du Plessis ends the over with a maximum. 16 runs come off the over. RCB: 45-2 (5 overs)

Cameron Green is introduced in the attack and Du Plessis hits the all-rounder for a couple of fours. Nine runs come off his over as RCB reach 29/2 in 4 overs

Anuj Rawat tries something innovative against Jason Behrendorff but it results in his wicket. He is caught by Cameron Green for 6(4). 

Glenn Maxwell joins his captain in the middle and opens his account with a boundary. RCB: 20/2 (3 overs) 

Rohit Sharma gets Piyush Chawla into the attack but the spinner is hit for consecutive fours by Faf du Plessis. Nine runs come off his over as RCB reach 12/1 in 2 overs.

What a start for Mumbai. First Nehal Wadhera drops an easy opportunity to get rid of Faf du Plessis, but Jason Behrendorff removes Virat Kohli from the middle in the fifth delivery. 

Kohli charges down the track but gets a thick edge, which settles in Ishan Kishan's gloves, who straightaway goes for a caught-behind appeal but the umpire removes unmoved. 

Rohit Sharma opts for DRS and TV replay confirms the edge. Kohli departs for 1(4). RCB: 3/1 (1 over)

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis walk out to bat. 

Jason Behrendorff leads the attack for MI. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma wins toss, opts to bowl.

Mahipal Lomror's 54-run knock against Delhi Capitals in the previous encounter will give RCB some assurance in the middle-order, which has failed to capitalise on the solid start provided by Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli.

Meanwhile another area hurting Mumbai has been their death bowling. The team has conceded four consecutive totals in excess of 200 after opting to bowl first, two of which came at this venue.

The last time the two sides met Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli emerged as the anchor behind RCB's eight-wicket win. Chasing 172, Kohli scored an unbeaten 82 off 49 balls, while Faf scored 73 off 43 balls as RCB wrapped up the proceedings with 3.4 overs to spare.

As Rohit struggles for runs, Virat Kohli, on the other hand, is enjoying a stellar run in the tournament and has amassed 419 runs from 10 matches.

He has a strike-rate of 135.16, however, critics have questioned it at times. 

"Rohit Sharma is not battling with the bowlers but with himself. There is a mental block." - Virender Sehwag on Star Sports' Cricket Live

In fact after the duck against Chennai Super Kings, Rohit scripted an unwanted record. It was the 16th time Rohit returned to the pavilion without troubling the scorers, making him the player with most ducks in IPL history.

Apart from the Jofra Archer blow, Mumbai Indians have more problems to deal with and the biggest being Rohit Sharma's poor run in the ongoing season. The MI skipper has managed 184 runs at an average of 18.39 and a strike rate of 126.89. In the previous two matches he was packed for ducks.

Chris Jordan, who replaces Archer, has fair bit of IPL experience and has so far made 28 appearances, in which he was scalped 27 wickets. He has represented Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the past.

Going by PTI inputs, Jordan batted for close to an hour in the nets on Monday.

He joins the MI camp for ₹2 crore after going unsold at the auction that was held in December last year.

"Archer has been recovering from right elbow surgery. However, pushing through the discomfort whilst recently playing, hoping it will settle, has proven challenging. Therefore, it has been agreed for him to return to the UK for a period of rest and rehabilitation to give him the best opportunity for a full recovery."