Royal Challengers Bangalore started their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a morale-boosting win over the champions Mumbai Indians at the M Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Friday. Skipper Virat Kohli will take heart from the nature of the victory as much as he will from the quality of opposition his side edged in this final-ball thriller. But perhaps the key takeaway from the match will be pacer Harshal Patel’s performace, who took his maiden five-wicket haul as Mumbai were restricted to a meager 159-run total. Chris Lynn top-scored with a 35-ball 49 while Suryakumar Yadav pitched in with a handy 31 for Mumbai. In reply, RCB founf themselves in a familiar collaping positon after both set batsmen, Kohli (33) and Glenn Maxwell (39), were dismissed in quick successsion. But AB de Villiers held his nerve under pressure and led a counter attack with a quickfire 48 to lead the team to victory.