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MI vs RCB, IPL 2026 Live Score: Phil Salt (78) finally bounced back to form in IPL 2026. The English batter scored a 23-ball fifty, breaking the run of low scores. He was dismissed by Shardul Thakur in the 11th over. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli (39*) played a strong second fiddle to his opening partner. Stay tuned for Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2026 live score, key moments, and real-time coverage from this blockbuster MI vs RCB IPL encounter here on NewsX.
Earlier, the Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first at Wankhede Stadium.
The five-time champions aim to bounce back to winning ways as they return home. The five-time champions will host the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in a battle of heavyweights. The MI and RCB lineups will feature some of the top players from the country and around the world. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah headline the high-voltage clash. Hardik Pandya, the skipper of the Mumbai Indians, will be playing against his brother Krunal Pandya. Rajat Patidar, who has been in incredible touch both as a batter and a captain, suffered his first defeat of the season in their last encounter against the Rajasthan Royals.
The Mumbai Indians have been unarguably one of the most successful teams all around the T20 franchise circuit. The five-time IPL champions come into this clash at home on the back of two losses. However, the Hardik Pandya-led side would know that their first and only win of the season came at Wankhede Stadium against the Kolkata Knight Riders. The major concern for the Mumbai-based side has been Jasprit Bumrah. The star pacer is yet to pick a wicket in the season. Facing a strong RCB batting lineup, Bumrah will have a huge role to play.
A defeat in the previous game for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru was a blip in their great record since the start of the previous season. The Rajat Patidar-led side did not lose a single game away from home in the last season. In IPL 2026, their first game away from Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB fell short against Rajasthan Royals at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium. The Indian batting trio of Virat Kohli, Patidar, and Devdutt Padikkal has been key to their success. While the skipper, Patidar, has scored the most runs, Kohli and Padikkal too have managed to get the flow of runs going at a quick rate.
Hardik Pandya (C), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, AM Ghazanfar, Jasprit Bumrah, Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Mayank Markande, Quinton de Kock, Will Jacks, Mayank Rawat, Raghu Sharma, Atharva Ankolekar, Danish Malewar, Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar
Rajat Patidar (C), Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam Dar, Kanishk Chouhan, Jacob Duffy, Mangesh Yadav, Swapnil Singh, Jordan Cox, Vicky Ostwal, Vihaan Malhotra, Satvik Deswal
Shardul Thakur could not follow his wicket-taking over strongly. The bowling all-rounder bowled four wides and went for 23 runs in the 13th over. Rajat Patidar struck a four and a six, while Kohli too hit a boundary. The opening batter is three runs shy of his half-century.
Simon said that Tim David is standing next to the fence around the RCB dugout, which might also be a message to Virat Kohli to either get going again, or they might be tempted to retire him out. #ViratKohli #MIvRCB
— ᴘʀᴀʙʜᴀꜱ ᴛʀᴏᴏᴘꜱ (@RebelOdyssey) April 12, 2026
It might be an understatement to say Rajat Patidar is off to a flying start. On the first ball he faced, the RCB skipper struck a four. In the 12th over, as Mayank Markande came on to bowl, Patidar struck three sixes on the trot as the spinner went for 20 runs.
Shardul Thakur has broken the dangerous-looking opening stand between Phil Salt and Virat Kohli. The bowling all-rounder dismissed Phil Salt on the fifth ball of the over. Rajat Patidar came in at number three and struck a four on the very first ball he faced.
𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫. 🥵
Phil Salt’s quickfire fifty gives RCB the perfect launchpad – clean hitting, clear intent, complete control. 🙌#IPLRivalryWeek 2026 👉 #MIvRCB | LIVE NOW 👉https://t.co/gLbf9ggQbu | #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/DSMEY2W8ie
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 12, 2026