Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians, 5th Match, Indian Premier League 2023 - CommentaryRCB vs MI, 5th Match, Indian Premier League 2023 - Commentary

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wkts

Mumbai Indians

171/7(20)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

172/2(16.2)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Faf du Plessis

Kohli in full flow is the best player in the world to watch: Michael Vaughan

Match Highlights: RCB v MI, Tata IPL 2023, Match 5

Cricbuzz Live Hindi: Match 5, Bangalore v Mumbai, Post-match show

Mustafa Moudi: Fact: MI Last won their opening match back in 2012.

Tilak Varma is a future star, needs to carry on the consistency: Murali Kartik

Mustafa Moudi: Fun Fact: MI Last won their opening match back in 2012. In the same season their Specialist Spinner Piyush Chawla won his team KKR their first Title with a match winning boundary !!

Divyanshu: Faf's love with IPL continues, one of the most consistent performers over

Cricbuzz Comm Box: Match 5, RCB v MI, 2nd Innings

Maestro Manohar: @Pritam the only logic behind that would be is that except for Rohit and SKY, rest of the MI lineup have got players who can bowl at least 1 over, given that their bowling attack heavily depends on Archer, the skipper would like to have maximum number of options possible at his disposal.

Virat Kohli is a different level of player, interesting to see his return to Chinnaswamy: Murali Kartik

Pritam: suprising impact player choice by MI, SKY is a gun fielder. Playing Behrendroff from the start and getting Piyush only when he was needed to bowl would have made more sense as a fielding unit, right ?

Sumanth: Jofra vs Kohli will be a mouthwatering contest!!

Cricbuzz Live Hindi: Match 5, Bangalore v Mumbai, Mid-innings show

Kaushal: Wide ball review. One of the stupidest decisions by IPL yet. I am certain they will eventually do away with on field umpires. All decisions will be delivered by TV umpire. You read it here first!

Rithik: Tilak Varma is absolutely phenomenal. The positive approach, the patience, the elegance, the way he's communicating with Nehal and making him familiar with the game on his debut...signs of a great player in the making. Hoping to see more of him this year. One of the best finds of the IPL

Analysed: Mumbai Indians name only 3 overseas players in their Playing XI vs RCB

Cricbuzz Comm Box: Match 5, RCB v MI, 1st Innings

pk: Even though Ishan Kishan is destructive, he has really not improved upon his strike rotation abilities for years. Dot balls creates pressure which eventually results in risky shots off good balls.