On Tuesday, it was relief day for the defending champions Mumbai Indians in pursuit of their first win of IPL 2018. Mumbai Indians took on mighty Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium. The Tuesday-night match was completely a one-sided competition, as Rohit Sharma’s blue-army put into bat by the run-machine team. Mumbai Indians recovered from 0 runs with loss of 2 wickets to put on a mammoth total on the board 213 runs of 6 wickets in their 20 overs on the back of skipper Rohit Sharma's brilliance knock of 94 runs from just 52 balls and an supporting as well as entertaining innings of 65 runs by Mumbai Indians opener Evin Lewis.

Virat Kohli said in the match conference “We just threw it away, and need to reflect on our dismissals. One or two good partnerships would’ve done it for us. Not the 40-45 scores but 80-85 one. But credit to Mumbai who bowled really well,” Kohli said after the match. The run-machine aka Virat Kohli took his run tally to 201 runs in this IPL and was handed the orange cap. He also went past Suresh Raina as the leading run-scorer of Indian Premier League.

Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 213/6 in 20 overs(Rohit Sharma 94, Evin Lewis 65; Umesh Yadav 2-36, Corey Anderson 2-47) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/8 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 92*; Krunal Pandya 3-28, Mitchell McClenaghan 2-24) by 46 runs