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IPL23 Match 5th RCB vs MI this match RCB won by 8 wickets. What a batting masterclass we have witnessedtonight from Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli as theysee their team home with plenty of deliveries left.A lot of thinking to do for Rohit Sharma and cobefore playing the next game.Faf du Plessis (RCB Captain and POTM): "Itwas nice for us to start the way we did in thepowerplay, Siraj with his tail up is a beautiful thingto see isn't it? The confidence thathe got the lastfew months playing for India is really importantfor us so he set the tone really well for us. urbowlers stuck to their task really well. The last 2 or3 overs there's a bit of learning to try and improveat the death there. When you are asked how tobat in a chase, that is a pretty good example.The cutters were working really well so if you tooksome pace off the ball, it wasn't so easy to hit theball. If you got in some good positions and playedsome good cricketing shots there was value forthat as well. Credit to the groundsmen for makinga fantastic wicket. Even the spinners, there wassomething for them if you bow in good areas.Really aood allround cricket wicket.Its my first time playing here as a home player.Always a special place and the atmosphereespecially when you are batting with Virat Kohli.That energy that comes off him andalso thecrowd, how they get behind you. Its a specialplace.You have to try and keep up with the youngstersand put in the work. I try and make sure that I stillpush the old hamstrings so I can move as quicklyas I wanna move on the field like in the youngdays. So its very important for nme to keep doingthat. Staying fit and making sure that I play asmuch cricket as possible.You have to try and keep up with the youngstersand put in the work. I try and make sure that I stillpush the old hamstrings so I can move as quicklyas I wanna move on the field like in the youngdays. So its very important for me to keep doingthat. Staying fit and making sure that I play asmuch cricket as possible.The confidence, the start of campaign. All ofus are confidence players. You want to start atournament with a band so that will be huge forboth of us to get that confidence going."Faf du Plessis: Active catch of the Match (fordismissal of Hrithik Shokeen)Nehal Wadhera: Longest six of the MatchTilak Varma: Most fours of the MatchTilak Varma: Most valuable asset of the MatchTilak Varma: Game changer of the MatchVirat Kohli: "I thought it was a phenomenal win.A homecoming after four years. I thought wewere pretty balanced till the end of the game. Vewere good with the ballas well, slipta few runsin the last few overs. WVould credit their batters.Faf started with the bat,Ijoined him later. It waspretty good and hope it would help our run-rategoing in the future.The way they batted in the last two overs, wasbrilliant. Me and Faf hit some decent areas andkept putting pressure on their bowlers which wascrucial. Ina way we nullified them with outr initialapproach. It was a packed rowd and every seatwas full when we were there. We knew we Ouldgeta support like this. The intensity of the crowdpropels us to do well.I think it was phenomenal from him [KarnSharma]. He hada good domestic season,unfortunately missed out last season. That comesfrom a reputation of bowling in bright spots. Hewas ready to play. Even in the nets, he was notgetting hit for sixes. He gota cOuple of big wicketsandgot us in a good place. To come and performagainst Mumbai Indians in the first game andamidst crowd like Chinnaswami, it was amazing.Look, I wanted to mention it Apart from Mumbaiwinning it five times and Chennai winning it fourtimes, we are the third team who have playedthe playoffs eight times. We try to be the best-balanced side in the tournament. We need tokeep building on the momentum and need toexecute the plans going forward."Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians Captain): "Didn'thave the great start with the bat in the first sixovers but I thought it was a good effort towardsthe end from Tilak specially and fewof the otherbatters to bat around him and get us to 170 wasa great effort but then we didn't turn up with theball. Didn't execute what we spoke of. But thesethings happen. First game of the season, we needto know. We need to get those things right whichwe are speaking of. I think we didn't batted wellenough to get enough runs. That was a goodpitch to bat on.He is a verry positive person. Quite talented aswell. Some of the shots he played today - beingthe first game of the season, he showed a lot ofcourage. That is something we spoke of, we wantto be brave, we want to be courageous enoughout in the middle but we didnt start well with thebat and it then was always that catching up game.Hats off to Tilak to get us to a competitive totalthere.Ifyou look at the pitch, it was a good pitch to baton. We didn't set any target as such but you sawwe didn't even bat to halfof ourpotential and westill ended up getting 170. So probably 30-40runs more would have been ideal. But we didn'tstart well and were struggling to play the catchupgame. Tilak was magnificent.For the past 6-8 mnonths I am used to playingwithout Jasprit Bumrah. This is a different set upbut someone needs to put their hand up andcome in and fill that place. We can't keep dwellingon it Things that are in your control yoU can tryand control that. Injuries are not in your controlso cannot really do much about it. The other guyswe have aroundare quite talented as well. Lot ofthese guys haven't played IPL before so you needto give them support and encouragement. Its İustfirst game of the season, we've got a lot to locforward."Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss anddecided to have a bowl first in their home returnafter four years. The decision proved alright bythe RCB bowlers as they reduced the five-timechampions to 20/3 inside the powerplay. All thebig names of Ishan Kishan, Canmeron Green andRohit Sharma failed to show resistance againstthe fiery RCB new ball bowlers.Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma added 28runs for the 4th wicket as they tried to rebuildthe innings. The IPL debutant Michael Bracewellbroke this stand with the wicket of scratchy-looking Suryakumar in the 9th over. But thepartnership of 50 runs for the 5th wicket betweenVarma and the debutant Nehal Wadhera gavethe glucose that the team needed. While theformer was steering the ship with oCcasionalboundaries, the latter took a few balls beforeopening up. Wadhera (21 off 13) impressed oand all by tonking a couple of lusty blows to KauSharma, but the leg-break bowler had the lastMI lost Tim David and Hrithik Shokeen in a spanof a couple of overs and were reeling at 123/7 atthe beginning of the 18th over and were in deepwaters. But a stunning partnership between TilakVarma and Arshad Khan helped the side posta good total after facing a scarcity of batters onthe crease. The duo stitched 48 runs for the 8thwicket and broke down the death bowling abilityof the home side. While Varma was unbeaten onan impressive 84 off 46 balls including 9 fourand 4 sixes, Arshad remained not out at 15 of9 balls to propel MI to 171 in their allotted 20Overs.RCB used 7 bowlers with Siraj, Akash Deep, ReeceTopley, Bracewell, and Harshal Patel scalpinga wicket each. But the impressive performancecame from the leg break bowler Karn Sharmawho finished with the figures of 4-0-32-2. Onecan say that RCB lost Topley to injury and hencetaken for runs in the slog overs but you can'tanything away from the youngster Tilak Varma.Chasing the competitive target172, RCB veteranopeners Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli battedlike beasts and hammered each and every MIbowlers to all parts of the ground. The shotsthey played were pleasing to the eyes and gavea perfect homecoming for the hosts. While duPlessis smashed his 26th IPL fifty, Virat Kohliamassed his 45th IPL half-century. Amidst theseboth smoked delightful boundaries with theSouth African scoring 5 fours and 6 sixes, whilethe Indian star tonked 6 fours and 5 fours.Faf and Virat added 148 runs for the first, givingMI no chance in the contest. However, thedebutant Arshad Khan dismissed Faf du Plessis(73 off 43) in the 15th over and gave some respitefor the team. A few balls later promoted finisherDinesh Karthik holed out in the deep for a duck,handing Cameron Green his maiden IPL wicket.But Glenn Maxwell (12* off 3) and Kohli (82*off 49) didn't allow further damage as the duofinished off things pretty quickly in the 17th oas RCB won the match by 8 wickets. Kohli hitthe winning six over long-on and gave a perfect

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