RCB vs MI IPL 2026: Krunal Pandya Heroics & Bhuvneshwar Magic Knock Mumbai Out

RCB Pull Off Absolute Madness In Raipur As MI Crash Out

This was not cricket.

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This was:

 IPL CHAOS

At one stage:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru looked completely finished.

Then:
Krunal Pandya happened.

Then:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit a pressure six.

Then:
a final-ball deflection changed everything

In one of the wildest finishes of IPL 2026:
RCB defeated:
Mumbai Indians

by:

 2 wickets

And with that:
✔ RCB climbed to top of table
✔ Mumbai Indians eliminated
✔ Lucknow Super Giants eliminated

Absolute carnage.

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RCB vs MI IPL 2026: Match Summary

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 Bhuvneshwar Kumar Destroys MI Top Order

The Raipur surface offered:
✔ swing
✔ variable bounce
✔ seam movement

And:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar used it perfectly.

The veteran delivered a complete new-ball masterclass.

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 MI Collapse Inside Powerplay

Mumbai suddenly collapsed to:

 34/3

after:

• Ryan Rickelton fell early
• Rohit Sharma attacked but departed
• Suryakumar Yadav got out for duck

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

This spell completely controlled match tempo.

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 Naman Dhir & Tilak Varma Save Mumbai

Just when innings looked dead:
Naman Dhir and:
Tilak Varma fought back brilliantly.

 Partnership

They rebuilt innings intelligently.

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 MI Top Performers

Still:
RCB death bowling ensured:
MI finished with only:

 166

on batting-friendly conditions.

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 Kohli Duck Shocks RCB Fans

The chase started disastrously.

Virat Kohli:

 first-ball duck

Then:
Devdutt Padikkal departed.

Then:
Rajat Patidar got bounced out.

RCB were suddenly:

 28/3

And MI sensed knockout blow.

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Krunal Pandya Produces Career-Defining Knock

What followed:
was pure grit.

Cramping badly,
struggling physically,
barely running properly…

yet:
Krunal Pandya carried entire chase alone.

 Krunal Pandya

He attacked:
✔ spinners
✔ pressure moments
✔ required rate

while wickets kept falling around him.

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 Krunal vs Ghazanfar Changes Match

The defining moment:
came against:
Allah Ghazanfar

Krunal smashed:

 back-to-back sixes

in the 18th over.

Suddenly:
RCB were alive again.

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 Corbin Bosch Nearly Wins Match For MI

Just when Bengaluru seemed safe:
Corbin Bosch turned game upside down.

 Corbin Bosch

His double strike removed:

• Jitesh Sharma
• Tim David

And suddenly:
RCB tail was exposed

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 Final Over Madness

RCB needed:

 15 runs

Final over:

• wides
• no-ball
• panic
• pressure everywhere

Then:

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar smashes six

And equation changed instantly.

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 Last Ball Chaos

RCB needed:

2 runs off final ball

Rasikh Salam hit straight back.

Ball deflected off:
Raj Angad Bawa

towards long-on.

And Bengaluru scrambled:

 desperate winning double

Absolute IPL insanity.

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 Bhuvneshwar’s Calm Mentality Wins Hearts

Post-match:
Bhuvneshwar spoke beautifully about:

• discipline
• consistency
• match practice
• staying calm under pressure

And honestly:
that mentality defined this match.

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 Rajat Patidar Praises Krunal

RCB captain admitted:
with batting lineup they had,
the chase should not have become this difficult.

But also praised:
Krunal’s experience in pressure moments.

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 Mumbai’s Season Ends In Heartbreak

Suryakumar Yadav admitted:
MI were probably:

 10–15 runs short

And in such close finishes:
that becomes everything.

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RCB vs MI IPL 2026: Massive Playoff Impact

 RCB

✔ move to top of table
✔ playoff momentum surging
✔ belief rising again

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 Mumbai Indians

❌ eliminated

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 Lucknow Super Giants

❌ eliminated

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 Final Verdict

This match had:
✔ collapses
✔ comebacks
✔ cramps
✔ sixes
✔ pressure
✔ final-ball chaos

And somehow:
RCB survived everything

This may genuinely become:

 one of IPL 2026’s defining matches

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