MI vs RCB Live Score: Mumbai Indians beat them at home! RCB win by 18 runs; Hardik Pandya’s army failed again

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 13, 2026

Mumbai Indians attack at home!
RCB won by 18 runs
Hardik Pandya’s army failed again

IPL 2026 MI vs RCB: In IPL 2026, the 20th match of the tournament on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore (MI vs RCB) was played. Bangalore has defeated Mumbai by 18 runs in this match. Before that, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl. Batting first, RCB set a target of 241 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Bangalore created history by posting the highest ever IPL score at the Wankhede Stadium. After that, Mumbai team could score 222 runs in 20 overs after losing 5 wickets.

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Batting first, three batsmen from the Bangalore team, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar, scored half-centuries. Virat scored 50 runs, his 65th half-century in his IPL career. Salt scored 78 off 36 balls; It included 6 fours and 6 sixes. Skipper Patidar contributed 53 runs in 20 balls, which included 4 fours and 5 sixes. Kohli scored 50 runs in 38 balls, which included 5 fours and 1 six. Interestingly, at one stage it looked like the Bangalore team would close to 300 runs; At the end of 12.1 overs, the team’s score reached 150. However, Mumbai’s bowlers produced a strong performance in the final overs, managing to restrict the Bangalore team to within 250 runs. In the final phase of the innings, Tim David scored an unbeaten 34 off 16 balls, which included 2 fours and 3 sixes.

Talking about Mumbai Indians’ batting, Sherfan Rutherford was the highest run-scorer; He scored 71 runs in 31 balls. Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya was dismissed for 40 off 22 balls. After this win, RCB team is at the third position on the points table with 6 points.

Emotional tribute to Asha Tai at Wankhede! MI-RCB players wearing black armbands in the field, tears in their eyes

RCB create history, break their own record

Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 240 runs in this match; This is the highest score ever recorded by any team in the IPL at the Wankhede Stadium. Bangalore has broken its own old record and achieved this milestone. In 2015, Bangalore scored 235 runs at the same ground at Wankhede which stood as the highest score in IPL for 11 years but now RCB has broken the record.

Both teams playing 11

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jacob Duffy, Suyesh Sharma

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah

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