Royal Challengers Bangalore began their IPL 2023 campaign with a dominating 8-wicket win over Mumbai Indians played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 2 April.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to field first. Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, and Akash Deep Singh broke the backbone of MI’s top order. Tilak Verma showed his batting skills with an unbeaten 84 to help Mumbai Indian post 171 for 7 in 20 overs.
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis put on record 148 runs opening partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore chased down the target easily with 8 wickets remaining and 22 balls to spare.
Here we look at the 3 Records broken during RCB vs MI clash.
- Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli opening partnership.
Chasing 172 runs to win, Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli looked in sublime touch right from the word go putting enough pressure on the inexperienced Mumbai Indians bowling lineup. RCB openers scored 53 runs at the end of the first six overs.
Both hammered Mumbai Indians bowling all over the park. Du Plessis was dismissed for 73 off 43 deliveries while Virat Kohli remained unbeaten with 82 and ended the match with a six. Kohli and du Plessis put on a record an opening partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians.
Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal shared the record with 113 runs partnership during the 2011 edition.
- Virat Kohli went past Rohit Sharma with an elite list.
Virat Kohli showed his domination in the opening match of IPL 2023 against the Mumbai Indians. Kohli looked in the sublime form right from word go putting enough pressure against Jofra Archer and other MI bowlers during the first six overs.
He remained not out on 82 including 6 fours and 5 sixes at a strike rate of 167.34. After this knock, Virat Kohli went past Rohit Sharma as an Indian batter with the most half-centuries at a strike rate of 150 plus.
King Kohli scored 50 or plus more runs at a strike rate of 150 plus on 23 occasions. Rohit Sharma occupies the second spot with 22 innings in IPL history.
- Faf du Plessis made a unique record against Rohit Sharma during IPL 2023 match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis won his 2nd successive match against Rohit Sharma in IPL history. Du Plessis has a 2-0 record against MI captain in IPL history.
Under the captaincy of Faf du Plessis, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in IPL 2022.
Faf du Plessis became the first overseas captain in IPL history to have won one or more matches against Rohit Sharma without losing against a team led by him.
Apart from Faf, all other foreign captains who won more than one match against Rohit Sharma have lost at least one game against the MI captain.
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