IPL 2020 Live Score, MI vs RCB Today's Match at Abu Dhabi: Mumbai Look for Early Wickets

19:39 (IST)

IPL 2020 live score RCB 10-0: Bumrah starts the second over. And three dot balls at the start of the over for Bumrah here. On the fourth, Philippe slams a four through mid on. Another good over for Mumbai gets over.

19:34 (IST)

IPL 2020 live score RCB 5-0: Philippe starts and gets some swing straight away. Both the batsmen are being cautious against Boult early on. But Padikkal moves his front foot away and creams him for a four. But all-in-all a good over for Mumbai.

19:29 (IST)

So Josh Philippe makes a comeback and is opening with Devdutt Padikkal here. Trent Boult will start the proceedings for Mumbai. 

19:24 (IST)

Pollard: We will field first. Hopefully we will see what happens but we have to come out and play good cricket. In the last game 190 odd was chased down, and don't think it would change much and hopefully we can chase it down later on. We are playing the same team.

19:15 (IST)

Virat Kohli: Pretty happy with batting first, exactly what we wanted to do. Quite a few changes tonight. Saini misses out, Shivam Dube comes in. Josh Phillipe comes in for Aaron Finch and Dale Steyn comes in for Moeen Ali. Seemed pretty one-sided for the first couple of weeks and the teams in the lower half are fighting hard and it's important for us, we have been playing some consistent cricket and we have played well together as a team and tonight we are looking to execute our plans well.

19:05 (IST)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Dale Steyn, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

19:02 (IST)

TOSS: Mumbai Indians have won the toss and Keiron Pollard has opted to bowl first. 

18:53 (IST)

Bumrah, who is known for his sharp yorkers, has also surprised the batsmen with short balls. The ball that got rid of Andre Russell, for example, climbed sharply. Even in the Super Over against RCB, he used the short ball effectively. "It is just not that you have a same template, where you repeat balls or you change with each and every delivery. You have to consider what the wicket is offering and then you decide on what to bowl," he said.

18:42 (IST)

"It is always difficult to bowl in pressure situations. Bowlers can come under pressure, can complicate things, think about a lot of things they shouldn't be thinking. I try to do things that are in my control and I try to stay in the present. I try to take it one ball at a time. I assess what the team wants me to do at the moment and then segregate the whole situation into ball-by-ball situation," said Bumrah.

18:31 (IST)

Bumrah's class has shown through the Super Overs. Prior to this season, he has produced overs that have helped his team win the matches. Although this time he couldn't deliver wins, his Super Overs were pretty good. He couldn't defend eight against RCB but took the game to the last ball of the over, even forcing AB de Villiers to play a top-edged shot that went to the fence. Bumrah then restricted Kings XI Punjab to just six, but that was equalled by Mohammed Shami for the opposition taking the game into another Super Over where Boult conceded and lost the game.

18:19 (IST)

"It is very important to be mentally fresh. I know it is difficult to always stay in the bubble and a controlled atmosphere, not being able to go out. When things are normal, you go out for a coffee or roam around, get a breath of fresh air," said Bumrah while answering questions the media on Tuesday. "It is difficult but you have to stay in the present, try to control the things you can, and try to create a healthy atmosphere in the bubble, try to be with people, try to talk to each other, try to speak with each other, try to have good conversation with people back home. All these things help you. Times are tough, but you have to adjust as professional cricketers. Everybody's safety is top priority. This is what you look to do, and this is what I'll do," he added.

18:08 (IST)

Bumrah could never get regular practice, just like many other cricketers, and it was only in the Mumbai Indians camp that he got to practice properly. With his form clicking, Bumrah reflected on the time during lockdown saying as professional cricketers they have to adjust to it and be ready to live and play in a bio-bubble.

18:00 (IST)

The right-arm Mumbai Indians bowler had to endure a complete lockdown in Ahmedabad during late March, April and May, as the graph of Covid-19 cases shot up in the city. Everything, including the grounds, was shut down, confirmed those from the city. Slowly, as places began to open, Bumrah started to turn up at Gujarat College ground to bowl at single stump and sometimes to Parthiv Patel, although it was hard to do it every day as rains from June began playing spoilsport.

17:52 (IST)

After battling Covid-19 lockdown and rains in Ahmedabad as he hoped to return to peak fitness that had sidelined him for the latter part of 2019 and hurt his form early this year, pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah seems to have finally regained top form. Bumrah is joint third in the list of wicket-takers with 17 wickets in 11 matches so far this IPL season.

17:44 (IST)

Hello and welcome to match no 48 of the IPL 2020. Tonight Mumbai Indians will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, and it is a good opportunity for the latter to move top of the table. Both the teams are on 14 points at the moment and have almost made it to the playoffs. Stay tuned to find out what happens in the match.