Bangalore wins IPL opener vs defending champion Mumbai

CHENNAI, India, April 10, (AP): Harshal Patel took 5-27 and hit the winning run off the last ball as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the defending champion Mumbai Indians by two wickets in the opening match of the Indian Premier League.

Patel grabbed three wickets from four balls in the last four-wicket over to restrict Mumbai to 159-9.

AB de Villiers then hit 48 off 27 balls, smashing four boundaries and two sixes, and leading Bangalore to the brink of victory until he was run out off the third-to-last delivery.

Trying to prevent two runs off the last two balls, left-arm paceman Marco Jansen almost did it but gave up a leg bye to Mohammed Siraj, then Patel guided a yorker to fine leg for the winning run and 160-8.

Mumbai looked set to post a challenging total as Chris Lynn (49) and Suryakumar Yadav (31) featured in a 70-run second-wicket stand off seven overs, but both batsmen fell in the middle overs.

Patel’s brilliant bowling at the back end of the innings restricted Mumbai to an under-par total. Patel had Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya lbw in successive overs then claimed three more wickets in the last over which cost Bangalore only one run.

Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya were caught in the deep off successive deliveries while attempting big shots.

Jansen denied Patel the hat trick but was clean bowled off the fourth ball. Rahul Chahar was run out off the last delivery as Mumbai lost four wickets for one run in the last over.