New Delhi: In the opening match of IPL 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by two wickets in a thrilling match. Mumbai lost the IPL opening match for the 9th consecutive time since 2013. In this match, RCB needed one run to win on the last ball. Harshal Patel, who has done wonders in bowling, achieved the winning runs by showing amazing with the bat. An interesting incident occurred when Krunal Pandya was batting during Mumbai’s innings in this match. The 6-foot-8-inch-high New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, playing for RCB, broke his own bat in the course of a shot at the yorker. Its video is becoming viral on social media.
In this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bowled first after winning the toss. Jameson came for bowling in the 19th over of Mumbai’s innings. He bowled the yorker the third ball of the over. In the process of killing him, Krunal broke his bat. The handle of the bat remained in his hand and the rest was broken. Krunal himself was also surprised to see this.
Jameson was bought by RCB for 15 crores
Let us know that in the IPL auction this year, RCB bought Jameson for Rs 15 crore. Jameson became the second most expensive bowler in IPL history after Pat Cummins. Cummins was bought at a huge price of 15.50 crores in the last season. Jameson’s base price was only 75 lakh rupees. But the Punjab Kings (Royal Kings) and Royal Challengers Bangalore showed interest in this player, in the end, Virat & Co. had won. The 7-foot-toll bowler made his international debut against India in 2020.
Recently, in the T20 and ODI series against Bangladesh, Jameson also bowled economically. He took two wickets in the ODI series. At the same time, in his very first IPL match, Jamison took a wicket for just 27 runs in 4 overs.
Harshal first bowler to take 5 wickets against Mumbai
If we talk about the match, then RCB achieved the target of 160 runs for the victory on the last ball. AB de Villiers scored the most runs for RCB with 48 runs off 27 balls. At the same time, Glenn Maxwell scored 39 and captain Virat Kohli scored 33 runs. Fast bowler Harshal Patel took five wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs for RCB. He is also the first bowler to take five wickets against Mumbai Indians.
