India, May 11 -- Experiencing an IPL game after exactly a decade, Raipur was treated to an absolute thriller on Sunday night. The pendulum swung both ways, with Mumbai Indians looking favourites after Jasprit Bumrah set it up perfectly with a sensational 19th over that left Royal Challengers Bengaluru needing 15 runs for victory. And for half of the final over, a win looked inevitable for Mumbai, who were desperately trying to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. But an unlikely six from Bhuvneshwar Kumar left MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene fuming and sent the RCB camp into euphoria.

Chasing a competitive 166, RCB got off to the worst possible start as Virat Kohli departed without troubling the scorers. It was his second consecutive d...