IPL 2018, MI vs RCB: 5 reasons why Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Mumbai Indians

#3 Poor death bowling

The RCB bowlers conceded 70 runs in the last five overs

Mumbai had a strong start against Delhi as well but did not finish well in the last few overs. RCB were hoping for more of the same but their bowlers let them down.

After coming under the pump from Lewis and Sharma in the beginning, RCB’s bowlers lost their nerves in the last five overs.

Mumbai amassed 70 runs off their last five overs, thanks largely to some poor bowling from RCB.

Woakes was too short with his length in the penultimate over and was duly dispatched for a couple of sixes by Hardik Pandya.

Things went from bad to worse, as Corey Anderson bowled some gentle full tosses in the last over and conceded 20 runs. It propelled Mumbai’s innings from a competitive score to a match-winning score.