Mumbai Indians vs. Royal Challengers, IPL 2014: Highlights, Scorecard, Report

Mumbai Indians beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs at Wankhede Stadium to record a second straight victory in the 2014 Indian Premier League.

After losing their first five on the bounce, Mumbai have now climbed to sixth in the table after back-to-back wins against Kings XI Punjab and the Challengers.

Bangalore are now just two points ahead of them, having won three and lost four of their seven matches so far.

Bangalore won the toss and elected to field in Mumbai.

They claimed the early wicket of Ben Dunk and looked to be in a strong position with the Indians at 84-4 after 9.4 overs.

What followed was a partnership of 97 between Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard that drove Mumbai to a final total of 187-5. Sharma finished unbeaten on 59 (from just 35 balls), while Pollard was dismissed in the final over for 43.

BATSMEN		RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
Ben Dunk	c Yuvraj Singh b Harshal Patel	15	14	107.14	2	0
CM Gautam	c Parthiv Patel b Varun Aaron	30	28	107.14	2	3
Ambati Rayudu	b Ashok Dinda	9	9	100.00	1	0
Rohit Sharma	NOT OUT	59	35	168.57	3	4
Corey Anderson	c Virat Kohli b Yuzvendra Chahal	6	4	150.00	0	1
Kieron Pollard	run out (Parthiv Patel/Mitchell Starc)	43	31	138.70	6	0
Aditya Tare	NOT OUT	0	0	0.00	0	0
EXTRAS	(nb 1, w 12, b 4, lb 8)	25
BOWLER	O	R	W	ECON	DOTS
Mitchell Starc	4	29	0	7.25	6
Ashok Dinda	3	38	1	12.66	6
Harshal Patel	4	28	1	7.00	10
Varun Aaron	4	41	1	10.25	11
Yuzvendra Chahal	4	30	1	7.50	6
Yuvraj Singh	1	9	0	9.00	2

Before Pollard went, he was involved in this feisty exchange with Mitchell Starc.

Bangalore's reply began promisingly, with Parthiv Patel and Chris Gayle putting on 51 for the first wicket. Virat Kohli also made a strong contribution, but none of the three could turn their good starts into match-winning innings.

Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets at an economy rate of 5.5 for the Indians, who struck at key times during the Bangalore innings to deny them the momentum they required for victory.

BATSMEN		RUNS	BALLS	SR	4S	6S
Chris Gayle	b Harbhajan Singh	38	24	158.33	3	3
Parthiv Patel	b Harbhajan Singh	26	19	136.84	5	0
Virat Kohli	c Corey Anderson b Pawan Suyal	35	28	125.00	2	2
AB de Villiers	b Jasprit Bumrah	9	7	128.57	2	0
Yuvraj Singh	run out (Kieron Pollard)	6	10	60.00	0	0
Rilee Rossouw	c Rohit Sharma b Lasith Malinga	24	14	171.42	1	2
Mitchell Starc	c Kieron Pollard b Lasith Malinga	5	4	125.00	1	0
Harshal Patel	b Jasprit Bumrah	6	2	300.00	0	1
Varun Aaron	NOT OUT	7	8	87.50	1	0
Ashok Dinda	NOT OUT	2	4	50.00	0	0
EXTRAS	(w 4, lb 6)	10
BOWLER	O	R	W	ECON	DOTS
Pawan Suyal	3	35	1	11.66	8
Jasprit Bumrah	4	22	2	5.50	12
Harbhajan Singh	4	33	2	8.25	10
Lasith Malinga	4	29	2	7.25	10
Kieron Pollard	4	37	0	9.25	8
Rohit Sharma	1	6	0	6.00	0

Ultimately, the Challengers fell 19 runs short.

Up next, Mumbai face Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, while the Challengers will play Kings XI Punjab on Friday.