Royal Challengers Bangalore held their nerve to beat Mumbai Indians by 13 runs in their IPL clash at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.
After the loss of Suryakumar Yadav left Mumbai Indians at 99/4 after 12 overs, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma launched a breathtaking counterattack in a chase of 222.
The pair added 89 runs for the fifth wicket before both fell in quick succession to give RCB the edge once again.
Needing 19 runs off the final over by Krunal Pandya, Mitchell Santner and Deepak Chahar were dismissed off the first two balls. MI ultimately fell agonisingly short.
Earlier, MI suffered a huge blow when SKY fell for 28 in 26 balls, skying one to Liam Livingstone to give Yash Dayal his second wicket.
Mumbai Indians had lost openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton within the first four overs of their chase.
Rohit struck 17 off nine balls before being castled by left arm pacer Yash Dayal in the second over.
Rickelton was trapped leg before by Josh Hazlewood for an identical score in the fourth over.
At the end of six overs, MI were 54/2 with Will Jacks and Suryakumar Yadav at the crease.
Jacks fell for 22, top-edging a Krunal Pandya delivery to Virat Kohli at long leg.
Earlier, Rajat Patidar and Kohli sent the Mumbai Indians on a leather hunt as Royal Challengers Bangalore posted a daunting 221/5.
After Kohli fell for 67 in 42 balls, Patidar took RCB past the 200 mark. The skipper fell to Trent Boult for 64 in 32 balls off the last ball of the 19th over.
Jitesh Sharma played a dazzling cameo at the end, smashing 40 off just 18 balls including four sixes.
Jasprit Bumrah, who returned to action after a lengthy injury lay-off, was the most economical bowler, going for 29 in his four overs, although he went wicketless.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya had made a crucial breakthrough, having Kohli caught at deep square leg in the 15th over. Two balls later, he dismissed Liam Livingstone for a duck. At the end of the over, RCB were 151/4.
After losing Phil Salt cheaply, Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal dispatched the MI attack to all parts of the ground as RCB stormed to 73/1 after six overs.
Even the introduction of Bumrah in the fourth over could not stem the flow of runs as Kohli hit him for a six over deep midwicket.
Kohli reached his fifty off 29 balls with another six off Vignesh Puthur. But RCB lost Padikkal in the same over, caught on the long on boundary by Will Jacks for 37 in 22 balls. At the end of 10 overs, RCB were 100/2.
Earlier, Salt drove the first ball of the RCB innings to the cover boundary. But Boult got his revenge off the very next delivery, castling Salt with an inswinger as the England batter swung across the line.
RCB shrugged off the early loss by reaching 33/1 in three overs with Kohli and Padikkal timing the ball sweetly.
While Bumrah returned to the MI playing XI after a three-month injury break, veteran opener Rohit Sharma was named among the impact subs after missing the last game due to a knee issue.
Impact substitutes
RCB: Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Swastik Chhikara, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
MI: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa
Playing XI
MI: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(WK), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(C), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Vignesh Puthur
RCB: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal