Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated 5-time champion Mumbai Indians on the last ball in the 54th match of IPL 2026. Chasing the target of 167, RCB needed two runs on the last ball.
MI bowler Raj Bawa made a mistake on the last ball due to which Mumbai had to lose the match. He became the culprit of Mumbai’s defeat. Along with losing this match, Mumbai is also out of the race for the IPL 2026 playoffs. Along with him, Lucknow Super Giants are also in trouble. Now there are 8 teams in the race for the playoffs. With the win, RCB has reached the first position in the points table. Let us know what happened on the last ball of RCB vs MI match?
How did Raj Bawa become a villain?
RCB needed two runs to win on the last ball. Raj Bawa tried to bowl very well on the first five balls, he had to give his all on the last ball. Rasik Salam was on strike.
Raj Bawa bowled the last ball in front of Rasik Salam’s bat. The RCB batsman had his sights set on tying the match by scoring just one run. Because of this, Rasik tried to run a run by playing a shot in front with light hands. The ball went straight towards the hands of bowler Raj Bawa, but he could not catch the ball in the follow through.
The ball hit Raj Bawa’s hands and went towards long on and RCB batsmen got a chance to score two runs. By the time the throw reached the wicket keeper’s gloves, Rasik Salam had returned.
If Raj Bawa had caught the ball in the follow-through, RCB would not have got even a single run and Mumbai Indians could have won by 1 run in this thrilling match.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned the tables in the last over
RCB needed 15 runs in the last over. Romario Sheppard could not show anything amazing on the first three balls, during which he also lost his wicket. With Sheppard out, everyone had lost hope of RCB winning. However, Bhuvneshwar Kumar breathed life into the match by hitting a six on the fourth ball. He took one run on the next ball and Rasik Salam did the remaining work. In this way RCB registered victory in the last over.