Match 1 : Harshal Patel's 5 for and AB de Villiers & Maxwell's wonderful batting led RCB to crush MI by 2 wkts

1st match of the 14th season Indian Premier League 2021 played between defending Champion Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday, April 09, 2021 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai at 7:30 pm.

Putting into bat first by Bangalore, Mumbai lost skipper got run out early on team score 24 runs. Rohit made 19 runs. SA Yadav joined with CA Lynn and played good cricket initially. Suryakumar contributed well 31 runs and Lynn also made useful 49 runs for Mumbai. Other middle and lower order batsmen failed to bat well and Mumbai set 160 runs target for Bangalore to get in 20 overs. Harshal Patel bowled wonderful spell of 4-0-27-5 for RCB as well.

Following 160 runs, Bangalore made chase on the last ball of match and registered wel come win in IPL 2021 opening encounter. Virat Kohli 33, Maxwell 39 and AB de Villiers sensible 48 runs were highlights of Bangalore inning. Harshal Patel declared man of the match for his 5 wickets of 27 runs.