Mumbai Indians need 126 runs in 88 balls.
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Chasing 171 to win, Mumbai Indians lost Parthiv Patel early but Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu had a solid atnd for the second wicket.
SIX! Rohit Sharma hits Varun Aaron for a big one. Lazy elegance from him. Uses Aaron's pace and pulls him over deep midwicket boundary. Four runs. Rohit gets inside the line of the ball and plays it to fine leg. No-ball. Its a Free-Hit! Four more. 19 runs came from the over. MI 43/1 after 5 overs.
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Kane Richardson's second over is turning out to be expensive for RCB. Two boundaries came from it. 10 runs from the over. Mumbai Indians need 147 runs.
Mumbai Indians need 153 runs.
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Four runs byes and a run out chance missed. Ambati Rayudu gets a life. Six runs came from the over. MI 14/1 after 3 overs.
OUT! Parthiv Patel falls to Kane Richardson for 5. AB de Villiers takes the catch. Mumbai Indians need 165 runs.
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Parthiv Patel and Rohit Sharma are opening the batting for Mumbai Indians. Varun Aaron starts the first over. Six runs came from the over. Mumbai Indians 6/0 after 1 over.
Virat Kohli (33) and AB de Villiers (29) had a solid stand for the 2nd wicket before Travis Head (37) and Sarfaraz (28) played cameos for their team.
OUT! Here goes another one. Third in the over. Stuart Binny goes for one. Royal Challengers Bangalore post 170/7 in 20 overs.
OUT! Tarvis Head run out for 37. Single off the next ball. SIX! Sarfaraz hits another big one over deep midwicket. OUT! Sarfaraz tries another outrageous shot bit is out for 28.
McClenaghan to Sarfaraz Khan, four runs. What a shot! SIX! That is unbelievable from Travis Head. 88 metres. Single off the next ball. SIX! Now its Sarfaraz. Muscles it over deep midwicket. 18 runs came from that over. RCB 161/4 after 19 overs.
Four runs. Travis uses hit wrists and plays it to fine leg. Another good over for Bangalore. Nine runs came from it. RCB 143/4 in 18 overs.
Four runs. Travis Head hits a good looking straight drive off Mitchell McClenaghan. A double off the next ball. Another double, this time to deep midwicket. 11 runs came from the over. RCB 134/4 after 17 overs.
5 Wides. What was that from Krunal Pandya. Completely wayward from the spinner. Dot ball followed by a single. Good comeback from the bowler. Finishes his spell with impressive figures. RCB 123/4 in 16 overs.
SIX! That's a massive hit from Travis Head. Hits Hardik Pandya for a maximum over midwicket. Nine runs came from the over. RCB 112/4 in 15 overs.
Four runs. That's cheeky from Sarfraz Khan. Plays Jasprit Bumrah ti fine leg with precision. 100 up for Bangalore. RCB 103/4 in 14 overs.
OUT! Here goes another one. The bowling change is working for Mumbai. Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Shane Watson for 5. RCB 99/4 in 13.3 overs.
End of over 13: Royal Challengers Bangalore 98/3. The wickets of AB de Villiers and Virat Kolhi has brought the current run rate down for RCB.
Virat Kohli (33) and AB de Villiers (29) had a solid stand for the second wicket before Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya dismissed both batsmen.
OUT! Here goes another one. This time its Hardik's brother, Krunal. AB goes for 29. RCB 93/3 in 11 overs.
Lokesh Rahul was dismissed McClenaghan in the fourth over but Kohli (33) and AB de Villiers had a solid stand for the second wicket before Hardik Pandya broke the stand.
OUT! Virat Kolhi falls to Hardik Pandya to 33. RCB 91/2 in 10.2 overs.
SIX! AB de Villiers hits Hardik Pandya over deep midwicket to complete his fifty-run stand with Kohli. Single off the next ball. End of over 10: RCB 91/1
Four runs. Kohli hits Harbhajan square of the wicket. Single off the next ball followed by a boundary ti fine-leg boundary. Two singles from next two balls. 13 runs came from the over. RCB 79/1 in 9 overs.
Good first over from Harbhajan Singh. He took the pace out of his deliveries and Kolhi and AB found it difficult to hit him. Four runs. AB improvises and play a reverse shot to third man. RCB 56/1 in 7 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah comes in to bowl his first over. Three singles from first three balls. Virat Kolhi is looking solid and has not taken any risk so far. He has scored run-a-ball. Four runs. Too much width and Kolhi cuts it to third-man boundary.
Four runs. AB de Villiers hits Tim Southee to deep backward square leg. RCB 41/1 in 5 overs.
AB de Villiers is the next man in for RCB. RCB 34/1 in 4.2 overs.
Lokesh Rahul (23) and Virat Kolhi gave Royal Challengers Bangalore a good start before Mitchell McClenaghan broke the 32-run stand in the fourth over.
OUT! Good comeback from McClenaghan. KL Rahul caught at first slip by Harbhajan for 23. RCB 32/1 in 3.5 overs.
SIX! That's a big one from Lokesh Rahul off McClenaghan. Plays it over sweeper cover boundary. SIX! What a superb shot that was from Rahul. Upper-cut over the third-man boundary. He is using McClenaghan's pace very well. Four more. This time Rahul glances it to fine leg.
Southee starts his second over with two dot balls. Four runs. Kolhi flicks it to backward square leg boundary. Single followed by another dot ball. Four byes. The ball goes over the keeper's head. End of over 3: RCB 15/0
OUCH! That must have heart. Mitchell McClenaghan's bouncer hits KL Rahul on his helmet. He is bowling quick and is looking aggressive in his approach. Three of the first four deliveries were short-pitched. Good over for Mumbai. Just two runs came off it. RCB 6/0 in 2 overs.
RCB skipper Virat Kolhi and KL Rahul are opening the batting. Tim Southee starts the firs over. SIngle off the first ball followed by a dot ball. Double to deep backward point. Lokesh Rahul is looking good playing shots on the back foot. End of over 1: RCB 4/0
Large scale changes by Bangalore. Kohli clearly badly stung by defeat in previous match. This could work either way on his players...
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 20, 2016
Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(C), Shane Watson, AB de Villiers, Travis Head, Sarfaraz Khan, Kedar Jadhav(Wk), Stuart Binny, Kane Richardson, Iqbal Abdulla, Varun Aaron, Harshal Patel
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(C), Parthiv Patel(Wk), Ambati Rayudu, Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have made five changes in their playing XI while Mumbai have made one change with Kieron Pollard coming in to replace Martin Guptill.
Mumbai Indians win toss, opt to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
7:00pm The toss is is in 30 minutes. Stay tuned for all live updates.
6:55pm Hello and welcome to the live updates of Match 14th of IPL 2016 to be played between Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians, struggling to get their team combination right, will take on the formidable batting might of Royal Challengers Bangalore in a potentially explosive IPL clash at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
RCB, on the other hand, have a tricky bowling combination to set right in the absence of injured Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc.
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