IPL: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians

Harshal Patel took 5-27 and hit the winning run off the last ball as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the defending champion Mumbai Indians by two wickets in the opening match of the Indian Premier League, according to The Associated Press.

Patel grabbed three wickets from four balls in the last four-wicket over to restrict Mumbai Indians to 159-9.

AB de Villiers then hit 48 off 27 balls, smashing four boundaries and two sixes, and leading Bangalore to the brink of victory until he was run out off the third-to-last delivery, according to The Associated Press.

Trying to prevent two runs off the last two balls, left-arm paceman Marco Jansen almost did it but gave up a leg bye to Mohammed Siraj, then Patel guided a yorker to fine leg for the winning run and 160-8.

“It was important to play against the strongest opposition to test the depth of your team,” Bangalore captain Virat Kohli said.

“Harshal (Patel) is relishing the role … he actually wanted the guys to hit the ball where he wanted them caught.”