3 min readApr 12, 2026 11:53 PM IST A disciplined bowling effort from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru saw them defeat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs at the Wankhede on Sunday. After RCB posted 240, Mumbai had gotten off to a good start but their rhythm was broken when Rohit Sharma, who was batting at 19, had to retire hurt. His opening partner Ryan Rickleton who slammed a 22-ball 37, also couldn’t last long, getting dismissed by Suyash Sharma. After that Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya played knocks of 33 and 40 each but MI kept losing wickets with Tilak Varma scoring 1 and Naman Dhir mustering 1 as well. Sherfane Rutherford ended up scoring his 71 but it was in vain. Earlier, Half-centuries from the top-order troika of Virat Kohli (50), Phil Salt (78) and Rajat Patidar (53) provided the impetus as Royal Challengers Bengaluru finished with a massive 240 for four. Salt and Kohli put on 120 for the first wicket while Patidar and Tim David (35 not out off 16 balls) produced rapid …