Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by five wickets in their encounter at Wankhede stadium in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League. With this win of MI, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) reached the playoffs of IPL 2022 after finishing fourth in the points table.. It is the third time in a row that RCB have reached the IPL playoffs.
It was a must win game for Delhi to reach the playoffs. However, they failed to defend 159 runs. Khaleel Ahmed gave a brilliant start to the Capitals in the powerplay bowling a tight line and length before Anrich Nortje dismissed Rohit Sharma.
However, Ishan Kishan and Dewald Brevis formed a 51 runs partnership to take MI out of trouble. Kishan scored brilliant 48 runs in 35 balls. Brewis too played an anchoring knock of 37 runs. Delhi still needed 59 runs in the last 5 overs to win.
In such a pressure situation, Tim David took the game away from Delhi. David played a mind-blowing knock of 34 runs in 11 balls which helped Delhi Capitals successfully chase the target with five balls to spare. RCB players and fans were very happy with this win of Mumbai Indians.
Here are top twitter reactions from this match:
✈️ Kolkata @mipaltan 🤝 @RCBTweets
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) May 21, 2022
Luck is with RCB… congratulations 👏 #mi
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 21, 2022
Well isn’t that just terrific 🙌
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) May 21, 2022
People cheering RCB-RCB in a match between #MIvsDC .. cricket always shows you unreal scenes and provides you unreal excitement. A match to remember. 😅 #IPL2022 #TATAIPL
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) May 21, 2022
2020 – playoffs
2021 – playoffs
2022 – playoffs*Only team to qualify into the play-offs in all three seasons from 2020-22: #RCB.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 21, 2022
Crazy scenes here! What a night! 🤩 Thank you @mipaltan 🙏🏼
— Ajith Ramamurthy (@Ajith_tweets) May 21, 2022
Bina match khele Jeetne Wali team ko RCB kehte hain. Through to the final 4 ✌️
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 21, 2022
Tim David is real RCBIAN FAN WOW RCB RCB @RCBTweets
— Aftab Alam 55 (@aftabalam55786) May 21, 2022
Khaleel spit fire in his first 12 balls. Swing and pace. Good to watch!
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 21, 2022
They don’t call @CoachHesson El Professor simply, look at the foresight … released Tim David before the big auctions, let MI have him, and boom 💥 Tim does it for RCB. Genius 🤩
— Danish Sait (@DanishSait) May 21, 2022
“Congratulations to RCB” – Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma
After finishing the tournament on a high, Rohit Sharma congratulated Royal Challengers Bangalore for making it to the playoffs as the fourth team. He also wished for the best team to win the tournament.
“Congratulations to RCB. All four teams have played consistent cricket and I would just like to wish them the best for this playoffs. May the best team win. For us, a bit disappointing but we came back pretty well into the tournament,” Rohit said at the end of the game.
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