IPL 2021: 'Jinxed' Mumbai Indians lose their 9th season opener after RCB complete thrilling chase in Chennai

IPL 2021, MI vs RCB: The 2-wicket loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on Friday was Mumbai Indians' 9th successive defeat in season openers of the Indian Premier League. Rohit Sharma’s men have not won their opening match in IPL since 2012.

Mumbai Indians, the habitual slow-starters, once again failed to break the trend of losses in their opening matches as Royal Challengers Bangalore completed a thrilling last-ball run chase to win IPL 2021 season opener by 2 wickets in Chennai on Friday. With Friday's loss, Mumbai Indians have lost their last 9 season openers in the T20 league, with the unwanted record dating back to 2013. The 4-time champions have so far featured in 9 IPL tournament-opening matches and they have lost 6 of them. This was also their 2nd loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in an opener. Things did not go Rohit Sharma’s way right from the toss as Virat Kohli called it right and opted to field. Sent into bat, Mumbai Indians were restricted at 159 for nine by Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chepauk in Chennai.