"Kohli, du Plessis lead RCB to 8-wicket victory over Mumbai"

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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won their opening match of the IPL 2023 season, beating Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets.

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The duo hit 10 boundaries and as many sixes, and ensured RCB won with 22 balls to spare.

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Earlier, Tilak Varma's unbeaten 84 off 46 balls helped MI to post 171 for 7 after a poor start, with RCB's bowlers reducing them to 20 for 3.

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Varma smashed 9 fours and 4 sixes in his innings, and added valuable partnerships with Nehal Wadhera and Arshad Khan.

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RCB's Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj took one wicket each, while Recce Topley took his first IPL wicket.

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MI's Jason Behrendorff and Arshad Khan were expensive, conceding 30 runs in the first three overs.

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