RCB vs MI IPL 2023: Full List of Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post Match Presentation, Scorecard & Records

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RCB vs MI IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore were off to a winning start in Indian Premier League 2023. The side defeated Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians by eight wickets and 22 balls to spare at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

Virat Kohli starred for the side as the star Indian batter scored 82 not out while chasing down the target of 172 runs by the 17th over. The RCB stalwart had a 148-run opening stand with skipper Faf du Plessis, who scored 73. For Mumbai Indians, all big names flopped with the bat.

Skipper Rohit Sharma could only score a run in 10 balls while Ishan Kishan (10), Suryakumar Yadav (15), Cameron Green (5) and Tim David (4) gave a little to talk about. If not for unheralded Tilak Verma, MI wouldn't have gone past 170 as the batter scored 46-ball 84 not out in a single-handed display.

RCB vs MI IPL 2023 Match 4 Award Winners

Player Of The Match: Faf du Plessis (73 runs)

TIAGO.ev Electric Striker Of The Match: Tilak Verma (MI) Strike rate 182.61

Herbalife Active Catch Of The Match: Faf du Plessis (RCB)

Visit Saudi Beyond The Boundaries Longest 6: Nehal Wadhera (MI) 101 metres

RuPay On-The-Go 4s: Tilak Verma (MI), 9 fours

UPSTOX Most Valuable Asset Of The Match: Tilak Verma (MI) 39 points

Dream11 Gamechanger Of The Match: Tilak Verma (MI) 127 fantasy points

Note: All the prizes carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh

RCB vs MI IPL 2023 Match 1: Who Said What

Faf Du Plessis | RCB Captain and Player of the Match Nice to start the way we did. In the powerplay, Siraj had the tail up and he set the tone. Right through the innings, our bowlers stuck to the plans. Obviously last 2-3 overs something to improve on.

And that second innings, if you want to know how to chase a target, well, that's how you do it. If you took pace off the ball, it wasn't too easy to play and there was something in it for the spinners but as a batter if you got into good positions you could score runs.

My first time playing here as a home player and it's a special player, especially batting with Virat Kohli. Energy bounces off him. You have to stay with the youngsters, I still work hard to be able to move around like I could in the young days. The confidence this gives, all of us are confidence players. This start will be huge for us as a team.

Virat Kohli I thought it was a phenomenal win, a homecoming after 4 years. Couldn't have asked for a better game. We bowled well for the first 17 overs but then credit to their batters especially Tilak who batted really well.

It was a very comprehensive win and we wanted to win with balls to spare as it will benefit the NRR. The new ball was tricky, that's where we shifted the momentum, they can ride on that momentum from the last two overs of their batting but the way we started nullified all that momentum. We kept the pressure on the bowlers.

Phenomenal, it was a packed crowd, every seat was full when we walked in here. Very important we started off well, their support propelled us and that makes a massive difference. I think he was phenomenal, phenomenal spell from him, that's brave bowling after getting the left-hander out [on Karn Sharma]. He was bowling so well for us last year but he couldn't play. Even in the nets he was not getting hit for sixes, hats off to him for coming and playing after so long, to perform against such a strong MI side at the Chinnaswamy is great for him.

I wanted to mention this for a while - after MI who have 5 titles and CSK who have 4, if I'm not wrong, we are the third team to have qualified the most times to the playoffs - 8 times. Take one game at a time and try to be a balanced side which we are and we would look to execute our plans as we did tonight.

Rohit Sharma | MI Captain Didn't have a great start with the bat in the first six overs. But, it was a really good effort from Tilak and a few other batters. But, we didn't execute well with the ball. It was a good pitch to bat on.

(On Tilak Verma) He is a positive person, quite talented as well. Some of the shots he played, showed a lot of courage. Hats off to Tilak to get us to a competitive total. It was a good pitch to bat on. We didn't set any target but we didn't even bat to half of our potential and we got to 170. Probably 30-40 runs more would have been ideal.

From the last six to eight months I am used to playing without Jasprit Bumrah. Of course this is a different setup but someone needs to put their hand up and step up. We can't keep dwelling on it. Injuries are not in our control, we can't do much about it. The other guys in the setup are quite talented as well. We need to give them that support. Just the first game of the season, there's a lot to look forward,

RCB vs MI IPL 2023 Stats

11th consecutive defeat for MI in their first match of the season

Fifth win for RCB in their last six matches vs MI

RCB's third win against MI at the M.Chinnaswamy stadium from 11 attempts. The previous two came in 2013 (by two runs) and 2018 (by 14 runs) respectively.

Seamers who came in as impact players this season

Tushar Deshpande: 3.2-0-51-1
Rishi Dhawan: 1-0-15-0
Navdeep Saini: 2-0-34-0
Jason Behrendorff: 3-0-37-0

Total: 9.2-0-137-1, ER: 14.68

Highest opening partnerships vs MI in IPL

155* - Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman (Deccan Chargers), DY Patil, 2008
151* - David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha (SRH), Sharjah 2020
151 - Mahela Jayawardene and Virender Sehwag (Delhi Capitals), Delhi, 2013
148 - Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis (RCB), Bangalore, today

Most 50-plus scores in IPL

60 - David Warner
50 - Virat Kohli
49 - Shikhar Dhawan
43 - AB de Villiers
41 - Rohit Sharma