This was IPL 55th match between Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians. The match was played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, May 28, 2008. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Mark Boucher and Shreevats Goswami opened the batting for Bangalore Royal Challengers. They took the score to 35 where Mark Boucher was out. The highest scorer of the team was Cameron White he made 26 runs out of 20 balls. The team gave Mumbai Indians a target of 123 runs.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting for Mumbai Indians. They took the score to 96 before Sanath Jayasuriya was out. Sanath Jayasuriya was the top scorer for Mumbai Indians and thus helped the team to win this match by 9 wkts.

Scorecard Match 55 – Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians

With the teams already entering the semi finals, this match is not that important but they still have to play for the prestige.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probables): 1 Wasim Jaffer, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Rahul Dravid (capt), 4 Misbah-ul-Haq, 5 Cameron White, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Shreevats Goswami (wk), 8 B Akhil, 9 Anil Kumble, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 R Vinay Kumar

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Smith, 5 Shaun Pollock, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 8 Dhawal Kulkarni, 9 Rohan Raje, 10 Andre Nel, 11 Ashish Nehra

No one can ask for a better match than what happened today. Mumbai Indians were deperate to win todays match and Royals were in no mood to let them win and stop the winning streak. The match ended on the last bowl when Royals needed 3 runs to win a match.Dilhara bowled a wide and it was 2 runs needed from 1 ball. Thebatsmen hit the bowl and it was a real bad fumble which helped the batsmen to complete the second score.Chasing a decent target on the pitch  which was not so batsmen friendly, Royals were not to a great start and lost wickets at regular levels.But some good small performances from the middle order made them take the match to the wire and in the end they holded on the nerves and won the match by 5 wickets.

In the match number 53, Mumbai Indians were put into batting and they got into a very good start. Jayasurya and Sachin Tendulkar took the score to 71 and it looked like they are upto a very huge target. But then Sohail Tanveer came and bowled a magical spell. He took 4 wickets and became the leading wicket taker in the DLF – IPL.This turned the entire game and from 71/1 in 11 overs they were reduced to 119/7 in the 19th over. The last over brought some relief for Mumbai Indians and they scored 25 runs in the last over to get a total of 145 in 20 overs.

Toady is a very crucial match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians need to win this match if they wish to enter the semi finals with ease. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals looking unstoppable.

Rajasthan Royals (probables): 1 Shane Warne (capt), 2 Younis Khan, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Dinesh Salunkhe, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Pankaj Singh, 11 Munaf Patel

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornley, 5 Dwayne Smith, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Time – 8pm Indian Standard Time 

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