VIVO IPL 2018: VIRAT KOHLI MAKES HISTORY
Mumbai: Virat
Kohli took over Chennai Super Kings’ Suresh Raina to become the highest
run-getter in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore skippers
reached the feat as he struck a gritty 92-run knock in a losing cause against
the Mumbai Indians.
Before he came on to bat, Kohli needed just
31 runs to surpass his compatriot and soon became the first batsman to surpass
the 5000-run mark in the IPL.
Raina, who is currently facing a short spell
on the sidelines after being injured has a total of 4558 runs in his account.
Put into bat, Mumbai recovered from a shock
start of 0 for 2 to post 213 for 6, their highest score of the season, mainly
through the splendid batting of Rohit (94 in 52 balls) and opener Evin Lewis
(65 in 42 balls).
Then, the Mumbai bowlers led by left-arm
spinner Krunal Pandya (3/28) stopped RCB at 167 for 8 in 20 overs to notch up
their first win in their fourth match of the season.
RCB captain Virat Kohli's typically
aggressive 62-ball 92 not out was the lone bright spot in the visitors'
run-chase of 214 as they lost their way after a promising start.
Kohli, who opened the RCB innings, slammed 4
sixes and 7 fours in his unbeaten knock but none of his batting colleagues gave
him support. The next best was that of the other opener Quinton de Kock who
made 19 from 12 balls.
Today's defeat at the Wankhede Stadium was
also RCB's third in four games this season.
RCB made an encouraging start in pursuit of
the daunting target when Kohli and de Kock put on 40 runs before a twin strike
in three balls by left-arm pacer Mitchell McClenaghan (2/24) in the fifth over
arrested their progress.
The New Zealander bowled de Kock for 19 and
then struck another big blow by having another South African A B de Villiers
(1) caught in the deep to make it 42 for two.
There was a brief revival with Kohli adding
32 runs with Mandeep Singh (16) before Krunal Pandya grabbed two wickets off
successive balls. Krunal dismissed Mandeep and Corey Anderson (0) to push the
visitors firmly on the back foot at 75 for four.
Washington Sundar (7), who gave away 32 runs
in two overs while bowling earlier in the day, came a cropper with the bat too
by becoming Krunal's third victim to leave RCB at a difficult 86 for 5 in the
12th over.
Kohli kept ploughing a lonely furrow and he remained
unbeaten eight runs short of a century. By the end of the 15th over, the asking
rate had shot up to more than 21 an over and that was a huge task even for a
batsman of Kohli's calibre.
MI wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan was stuck on the
face by a throw from Hardik Pandya during RCB'r run-chase and had to leave the
field for medical attention.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians made a grand recovery
from a shock start through sparkling half centuries from captain Rohit and
Lewis.
Left-handed Trinidadian Lewis struck 5 sixes
and 6 fours in his 42-ball 55. After his dismissal Rohit, who flopped in the
first three games, took over the lead role to hammer 94 in 52 balls before
departing off the penultimate ball, caught at long on. He smashed 5 sixes and
ten fours.
It was MI's first score in excess of 200 in
four games this season.
MI made a horrific start, losing Suryakumar
Yadav (0) and Ishan Kishan (0) off the first two balls from Umesh Yadav (2/36)
and rallied to 60 for two after six overs. Both were clean bowled by Umesh.
MI were rallied superbly by skipper Rohit and
Lewis who put on 108 runs in 66 balls for the third wicket. Lewis was out in
the 12th over after which the home team skipper took over and stayed almost
till the end. He was out to Corey Anderson.
All the RCB bowlers went for runs, including
Umesh in his second spell. Spinners Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal were
particularly expensive.
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