The Wankhede Stadium witnessed a run-fest on Monday night as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pulled off a thrilling 12-run win over hosts Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 20 of IPL 2025.

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RCB after being put in to bat made the most of the flat deck and posted a massive total of 221/5. Despite a few hiccups in the middle, their aggressive batting approach paid off. Trent Boult (2/57), Hardik Pandya (2/45), and youngster Vignesh Puthur (1/10) were the only wicket-takers for MI while Jasprit Bumrah remained economical conceding just 29 runs from his four overs.

In reply MI looked strong at moments but couldn’t keep the momentum till the end. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton gave a steady start but couldn’t convert it into a big one. Suryakumar Yadav (28) and Will Jacks (22) kept MI in the chase but the big push came from Hardik Pandya (42) and Tilak Varma (56). However with wickets falling in the death overs, MI ended up at 209/9 falling short by 12 runs.

Let’s check out what the key players had to say after the game:

Hardik Pandya | Mumbai Indians Captain:

"It was a run-fest. The wicket was really good. I was just talking about that to myself. We fell short with two hits, don't know what to say. The way the wicket was, the bowlers did not really have much space to hide. It came down to execution. You can stop the batters, but I don't want to be harsh on the bowlers. It was a tough track, not much options. 5-10, maybe 12 runs I can say (we conceded more)."

"The original skeleton of our team, Naman was batting down the order. In the last game, Ro (Rohit) was unavailable, so someone had to be pushed up. He has that multi-dimensional game. Once Ro was back, we knew Naman would have to come down."

"Tilak was fantastic. A lot of things happened in the last game, people made a lot of things. They did not know he had a nasty hit the previous day. Because of the finger he had, the coach felt it was a better option if someone fresh could come in (and do it). But today he was fantastic."

"In this sort of a game, powerplays are crucial. Couple of overs, we were not able to get (enough runs) in the middle and that pushed us back. They executed well at the death and we could not play it well."

Rajat Patidar | RCB Captain & Player of the Match:

"It was a really amazing match. It was very hard. The way the bowlers have shown their courage, it was amazing to watch. This award goes to the bowling unit. It is not easy to stop any team, especially at this ground, and the way they have done it, was incredible."

"The way the fast bowlers executed their plans was amazing. The way KP (Krunal Pandya) bowled that last over, it was not easy and the way he bowled was amazing. The way he has shown the courage was fantastic."

"It was pretty clear (at the second time-out) that we had to take the game as much deep as we can, and then we can use one over of KP at the last."

"The wicket was really amazing to bat on. Typical Mumbai wicket, and the ball was coming nicely onto the bat with bounce."

"(On when they decided to cut loose with the bat) After the over of Hardik, I decided I had to go all-out and not worry about the wicket. I was just trying to impact the game and put pressure on the bowlers."