11.55pm That's it. Mumbai have picked themselves up after that hiccup against Sunrisers, and are back in the mix for a playoff spot. RCB have it all to do, and probably have to win all their remaining games. How will the rest of the season unfold? You'll have to tune into ESPNcricinfo if you want to find out in the minutest detail. Until next time, ta ta!

Krunal Pandya is the man of the match. "I was just trying to vary pace. The wicket was on the slower side and I just wanted to mix it up. Generally Bangalore is a heavy-scoring ground and I expected the same, but I got the idea, after a few balls, that it would be good to vary my pace here. When I was not playing IPL, my dream team was Mumbai Indians, and it's an honour to be part of the team."

Rohit Sharma: "It was a crunch game for us. Sets us up very nicely on the table. We bowled really well, we fielded really well, and we came out and batted really well. There was a hiccup in the middle but Jos and Polly finished really well for us. Second over, getting Kohli, and then getting de Villiers was really important, and we kept it really tight. 150 was always going to be a good score to chase here. I thought the surface was a little dry, it was a little slow, which is why we wanted to keep rotating our bowlers. They never got used to any one bowler. That was the idea behind containing them, and the plan really worked. Last game was a disaster for us, and we wanted to come here and play some good cricket, which is what we're known for."

Virat Kohli: "We're literally playing knock-outs now. Great knock from KL. I thought we weren't in the game at all till the 15th over, but good work from KL and Sachin to pull us back. But it was still asking too much from the bowlers. We were around 20 runs short, I think. We lost a couple of early wickets, dismissals you don't generally see - I got out, guiding it, literally slip catching. Credit to the spinners - Bhajju pa and Krunal bowled very well, and it isn't easy for spinners to bowl here. We gave 120 per cent effort on the field and that's what counts. If things could have gone our way a little bit in the end it could have been different. I love the pressure. It's a wonderful situation to be in. You can't relax in this situation, you literally have to win every game from here. It's going to take a lot of character but that's why you play cricket."

11.37pm Mumbai have coasted home, thanks to Pollard and Buttler, and some ordinary bowling in the closing stages from RCB. It was getting quite tight at one point, when Rayudu was dismissed. I'm not sure yet, but I think RCB will have to win all of their remaining games to qualify.

18.4
6
Aaron to Buttler, SIX, full-toss on middle stump, and Buttler clears his front leg and hammers that over wide long-on
18.3
1
Aaron to Pollard, 1 run, very full on off stump. Pollard wants to whip through midwicket, is a little too early into his shot, and ends up toe-ending it through the covers

Free-hit coming up.

18.3
2nb
Aaron to Buttler, (no ball) 1 run, that's a high full-toss on off stump, and Buttler opens up quickly to pull. Hits it in the air, down to the fielder at deep midwicket, but it's well over waist high, and no-ball has been signalled
18.2
0
Aaron to Buttler, no run, this one's just inside the tramline, and Buttler reaches out to slap it and can't make contact
18.2
1w
Aaron to Buttler, 1 wide, another wide outside off. Looks for the slower ball, bowls it outside the tramline
18.1
1
Aaron to Pollard, 1 run, short outside off, swivels to pull to long-on

Here's Aaron.

Tiny margins of error if you're bowling the yorker. His first four balls were there or thereabouts, his last two didn't miss the mark by all that much. The last two went for six.

END OF OVER:
18 | 16 Runs | MI: 142/4 (10 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 5.00)

  • Jos Buttler22 (8b)
  • Kieron Pollard33 (17b)
  • Chris Jordan3-0-37-0
  • Shane Watson3-0-38-0
17.6
6
Jordan to Buttler, SIX, overpitched on the pads, and Buttler has cleared the midwicket boundary with a nonchalant pick-up shot. Actually, the ball's landed directly on the boundary cushions
17.5
6
Jordan to Buttler, SIX, another full-toss, this one isn't low, it's at stump height, and Buttler clears his front leg and clouts the ball over the long-on boundary
17.4
1
Jordan to Pollard, 1 run, another low full-toss on off stump, whipped out to Kohli at deep midwicket
17.3
1
Jordan to Buttler, 1 run, low full-toss on off stump, and Buttler's top hand comes off the handle as he swipes this down to long-on
17.2
1
Jordan to Pollard, 1 run, wide-ish yorker, opens his bat face to guide it towards third man

Krishna Chaitan: "Why do bowlers and wicketkeepers react too much when the ball is clearly a wide?"

17.1
1
Jordan to Buttler, 1 run, very full outside off, dragged out to long-on with a lot of bottom hand

Jordan. Mumbai need 26 off 18.

END OF OVER:
17 | 18 Runs | MI: 126/4 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.41, RRR: 8.66)

  • Kieron Pollard31 (15b)
  • Jos Buttler8 (4b)
  • Shane Watson3-0-38-0
  • Varun Aaron3-0-26-2
16.6
0
Watson to Pollard, no run, goes wide outside off again, wide length ball this time, and it's the right side of the tramline. Pollard swings and misses
16.6
1w
Watson to Pollard, 1 wide, oh my. Looks for the wide yorker, and he lands it outside the tramline
16.5
4
Watson to Pollard, FOUR, full-toss on off stump, and Pollard swivels on his back toe to whip that away to the square leg boundary
16.4
4
Watson to Pollard, FOUR, short outside off, and Pollard slogs at it, looking to hit over the leg side, his top hand falls away from the handle, and the thick edge flies over the gap between keeper and short third man
16.3
1
Watson to Buttler, 1 run, back of a length close to off stump, opens his bat face to steer to deep point
16.2
1
Watson to Pollard, 1 run, full and wide, fuller than the previous ball, and he slaps it out to sweeper cover

That's his 400th six in T20s.

16.1
6
Watson to Pollard, SIX, full and wide, not full enough to deny Pollard elevation, and he uses all that swinging room to launch this over the long-off boundary
16.1
1w
Watson to Pollard, 1 wide, bouncer, and again it balloons over Pollard's head before dropping into Rahul's gloves

END OF OVER:
16 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 108/4 (44 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.75, RRR: 11.00)

  • Jos Buttler7 (3b)
  • Kieron Pollard16 (10b)
  • Varun Aaron3-0-26-2
  • Shane Watson2-0-20-0
15.6
2
Aaron to Buttler, 2 runs, full outside off, and Buttler's weight is falling towards the leg side as he slices this high, towards deep point. The fielder is a little slow coming in, and it bounces a couple of feet short of him
15.5
4
Aaron to Buttler, FOUR, there's that sliced-reverse-scoop, that Buttler trademark. His hands are so good. Wants to scoop over short fine, shuffles across. Aaron bowls it wide outside off, and his hands move so quickly to scoop it to the right of the keeper
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    Plays of the day from the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians

Sixth against Mumbai

6

No. of losses for RCB v MI in Bangalore - joint most by a team v an opposition at a venue. Other instances: RCB v CSK (Chennai), KXIP v KKR (Kolkata)

Aaron strikes back

58

Runs scored by Rohit Sharma off 25 balls from Varun Aaron in the IPL before this match. Aaron got Rohit's wicket off the 2nd ball in this game.

Powerplay low

64

Total runs scored in Powerplay by both teams in this match - the joint lowest in an IPL match in Bangalore. The same teams had made 64 in 2011.

Third lowest

2

Totals lower than RCB's 151 in Bangalore for the loss of 5 or fewer wickets in an inns from 20 overs. Lowest of 140/4 was also by RCB, v MI in 2011.

Frugal Pandya

15

Runs conceded by Krunal Pandya from his four overs - the joint second least in an innings by any spinner to bowl full quota in T20s in Bangalore.

Third lowest

25

Runs made by RCB in Powerplay - their 3rd lowest in Bangalore. They had made 20 runs against KKR and 24 against Mumbai in the 2012 IPL and 2011 IPL resply.

Openers fail

12

Runs scored totally by Royal Challengers' openers - the lowest they have scored in their last 14 innings since they made 11 runs against Rajasthan Royals in the last IPL.

What home advantage?

1-5

Royal Challengers Bangalore's win-loss record against Mumbai Indians in Bangalore - their worst against any IPL team at this venue.