Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan produced fireworks with the bat after Jasprit Bumrah’s magical five-wicket haul as Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets for their second win of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. After the win, MI gained a spot in the points table to seventh place. Meanwhile, Mumbai’s progress took a toll on Punjab Kings as they lost a position to eighth. The rest of the points table remains unchanged with Rajasthan Royals at the top. Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Supergiants secured the second and third positions respectively. (MI vs RCB Scorecard | Points table)

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Kishan scored 69 off just 34 balls (7x4s, 5x6s) and Surya Kumar hit 52 off 19 balls with four sixes and five fours as Mumbai Indians chased down RCB’s 197-run target in just 15.3 overs. did it. RCB rattled on but a challenging 196/8 courtesy of captain Faf du Plessis (61), Rajat Patidar (50) and Dinesh Karthik’s 53 not out off 23 balls proved to be a long way off.

Kishan set the tone for an aggressive reply on a quiet deck, smashing Mohammad Siraj for three sixes and a four to collect 23 runs in the Indian fast bowler’s second over.

The onslaught continued when RCB introduced Glenn Maxwell in the sixth over, with the MI opener hitting two fours and a six to reach his first fifty of the season off just 23 balls.

Kishan once again made an important stand for Mumbai in the company of Rohit Sharma, the pair putting on 101 runs off 53 balls for the first wicket.

While Rohit (38 off 24 balls, 3x4s, 3x6s) played second fiddle to both Kishan and Surya Kumar, the former MI skipper also produced some brilliant shots, before being bowled by Rees Topley at short fine leg. Dropped a brilliant diving catch. Debutant Will Jacques.

Surya Kumar, who was dropped by Glenn Maxwell at backward point on 15, went behind Akash Deep in the 11th over and scored 24 with three sixes and a four.

Playing only his second game back from injury, Suriya Kumar was aided by RCB’s valiant bowlers who produced enough balls to knock himself into form and the world No. 1 T20 batsman in 17 balls. Made fifty.

The match, which saw the partisan crowd cheering loudly for both Indian stars Rohit and Virat Kohli, saw MI captain Pandya booing at intervals.

As he walked out to bat, Pandya was showered with boos but a section started chanting ‘Hardik…Hardik’ along with Kohli which immediately got the fans booing the Indian all-rounder. Encouraged to be happy.

Hardik hit three sixes in his 6-ball 21 not out, making it difficult for the fans to cheer him.

Earlier, Bumrah weaved his magic en route to a five-wicket haul, before Karthik played a blinder to take RCB close to 200 in the death overs.

In a contest where his fellow fast bowlers erred constantly, Bumrah’s precision and mastery of variations helped him reign supreme once again.

Mixing his sharp yorkers well with the quick bouncers, Bumrah took away the in-form Kohli (3) early on to extend his usual run at this point in the IPL.

Du Plessis and Patidar put on an 82-run third-wicket partnership to put an end to their poor run with their own half-centuries, but Bumrah, who bowled three overs after the halfway mark, looked set for a great spell. RCB’s resistance has been broken.

Karthik, who favored Akash Madhwal (1/57) for 38 runs in his two overs, finished with five fours and four sixes.

A bit tentative at the start, Patidar surged in confidence for his first fifty of the season and scored a 26-ball 50 with three fours and four sixes, while du Plessis hit four fours and three sixes in 40 balls. Scored 61 runs from

(with PTI input)