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#TATAIPL-2026-54 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya Play Key Roles As Royal Challengers Bengaluru Knock Mumbai Indians Out Of The Tournament With A Thrilling 2-Wicket Win

Krunal Pandya played an innings to remember as wickets fell around him and kept RCB in the hunt against his fromer franchsie . Krunal battling cramps and injury on his body hit a superb match – winning innings of 73

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Defending Champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru knocked out five- time winners Mumbai Indians out of  TataIPL 2026 as they clinched  a thriller off the last ball to win by 8 wickets .

Earlier RCB won the toss and opted to bowl first . Proving age is just a number  Bhuvneshwar Kumar produced a sensational spell of seam bowling and used the knuckle ball to deadly effect to rip through the MUmbai Indians batting line – up. Bhuvi picked the big three- Ryan Rickelton 2,  Rohit Sharma 22, and stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav first ball 0. MI reeling at  28-3, 3 overs.

Thanks to Tilak Varma 57 ( 42 balls 3 fours, 2 sixes) and  Naman Dhir 47 ( 32 balls 5 fours 2 sixes) MI could reach a decent total . Will Jacks 10 , Raj Bawa 16,  Corbin Bosch not out 5 , Deepak Chahar not out 1. MI reaching 166/7 in tyheir 20 overs . They would have loed to score around 180-190

RCB Bowling :  Bhuvneshwar Kumar was brilliant 4/23 (  4 overs), Josh Hazlewood 1/32 ( 4 overs), Rasikh Salam Dar 1/42 ( 4 overs), Romario Shepherd 1/18 ( 3 overs), Krunal Pandya 0/26 ( 3 overs), Suyash Sharma0/21 ( 2 overs)

In reply , RCB got off to a nervy start . Virat Kohli out for 0 for second consecutive time . Fellow opener Jacob Bethell found the going tough a run a ball innings 27 ( 27 balls 2 fours) , Devdutt Padikkal 12 , Skipper Rajat Patidar 12 . RCB innings were in  a wobble. Jitesh Sharma 18. Tim David  0, Romario Shepherd 4

RCB kept fighting from being reduced to 39 for three . But cometh the man and the hour, Krunal Pandya played an innings to remember as wickets fell around him and kept RCB in the hunt against his fromer franchsie . Krunal battling cramps and injury on his body hit a superb match – winning innings of 73 ( 43  balls, 4 fours , 5 sixes).  Rasikh Salam Dar not 3 and  Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out 7 saw RCB home by two wickets off the last ball. RCB 167/8 in 20 overs. It was a thriller .  The defending champions made the required 15 runs off the final over bowled by Raj Bawa, including a six from Bhuvneshwar. The win took RCB to the top of the Indian Premier League table with 14 points from 11 matches.

MI Bowling :  Deepak Chahar 2/33  ( 4 overs), Jasprit Bumrah 0/20 ( 4 overs), Corbin Bosch4/26 ( 4 overs) was impressive , Will Jacks 0/13 ( 2 overs), AM Ghazanfar 1/33 ( 3 overs), Raj Bawa 1/39 ( 3 overs) bowled the  dramatic last over too.

 

Match: IPL 2026, 54th Match
Venue: Raipur | Date: May 10, 2026

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