MI vs RCB / Bangalore won against Mumbai after 10 years at Wankhede- defeated MI by 12 runs

MI vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) created history by defeating Mumbai Indians (MI) by 12 runs at their home Wankhede Stadium on Monday night in IPL 2025. This victory was also special because RCB defeated Mumbai at Wankhede after 10 years. The last time this feat was done was in 2015.

Strong score after a blazing start

Bangalore displayed brilliant batting against Mumbai, who won the toss and chose to bowl first. Initially, Trent Boult gave MI the lead by dismissing Phil Salt for just 4 runs, but then Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal took over the innings. Both together took the team to a strong position by adding 91 runs in 52 balls.

Padikkal scored 37 runs, while Kohli played a brilliant innings of 67 runs in just 29 balls which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. This was his second half-century this season and 57th of his IPL career. Captain Rajat Patidar also played a captaincy innings and scored 64 runs, which included 5 fours and 4 sixes.

In the lower order, Jitesh Sharma scored a quick 40 runs and took the team to a big score of 221/6. For Mumbai, Trent Boult and Hardik Pandya took 2-2 wickets, while Vignesh Puthur got a success.

Mumbai's struggling reply innings

Chasing the target of 222 runs, Mumbai did not have a great start. However, captain Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma together raised hopes. Both of them made a quick partnership of 89 runs in just 34 balls. Tilak scored 56 and Hardik scored 42 runs, but after both were out, the run rate slowed down and the rest of the batsmen came under pressure.

The Mumbai team could finally score only 209 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 12 runs.

Krunal Pandya's bowling changed the course of the match

The hero of the match for RCB was Krunal Pandya, who took 4 wickets with his spin and broke the back of Mumbai's innings. Yash Dayal and Josh Hazlewood also dashed Mumbai's hopes by taking 2-2 wickets.

History-making win

With this win, RCB not only registered their third win in IPL 2025 but also ended a decade-old drought at Wankhede. The team defeated Mumbai Indians at their home ground for the first time since 2015, which is a confidence-boosting moment for RCB.