The opening pair of Kohli and du Plessis had been on a demolition job as they made a mockery of the 172-run goal. Each placed on a large 148-run partnership for the primary wicket as Bangalore chased down the successful goal with 22 balls to spare.
Mumbai bowlers had been taken to the cleaners and smashed into all corners of the park as Kohli and Du Plessis greeted the ever-loyal RCB followers on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in rousing style.
With the loss, Mumbai prolonged their 11-match shedding streak of their season openers.
Despatched in to bat, Tilak Verma hit a superb 46-ball 84 to take MI to 171 for seven, however Kohli and du Plessis had been ruthless of their method in direction of the whole.
Kohli du Plessis produced an exhibition of good stroke-making, plundering 10 fours and as many maximums throughout an 89-ball stand.
After the dismissal of Du Plessis within the fifteenth over, Kohli accomplished the duty of scoring the successful run by hitting Arshad Khan for a 4 and a six.
MI introduced in Jason Behrendorff as their influence participant instead of Suryakumar Yadav, but it surely did not work as he and his new ball accomplice Arshad had been cleaned up by Kohli and du Plessis for 30 runs in three overs.
If Behrendorff was smashed for consecutive sixes by du Plessis, Kohli hit a 4 and a six off Jofra Archer on the primary ball after being dropped by the bowler.
Veteran spinner Piyush Chawla was then launched however Du Plessis despatched him throughout further cowl whereas Kohli pulled a pull throughout midwicket off Archer as RCB scored 53 runs in six overs.
After this, du Plessis hit Cameron Inexperienced for 2 fours and a six. The skipper repeated the remedy with two maximums to finish his half-century with Ritik Shokeen.
Kohli introduced up his hundred within the twelfth over by dismissing Chawla at long-on earlier than finishing his private half-century.
Within the subsequent over, Jason Behrendorff scored 16 runs and Du Plessis hit a six and a 4. Kohli then pulls Archer over deep sq. leg because the runs preserve coming thick and quick.
MI picked up du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik (0) on the fag finish however Glenn Maxwell (12 not out off 3 balls) and Kohli completed issues off in type.
Earlier, MI had a poor begin however Verma took over the innings with a sensational knock, following his profitable run final season.
RCB bowlers lowered Mumbai Indians to twenty for 3 in 5.2 overs however Verma added 50 and 48 runs for the fifth and eighth wickets with Nehal Wadhera (21) and Arshad Khan (15 not out) respectively.
The 20-year-old adorned his innings with 9 fours and 4 sixes.
Ishan Kishan hit two fours earlier than being eliminated with an outswinger by Mohammed Siraj, whereas Cameron Inexperienced was dismissed by Ricky Topley, who picked up his maiden IPL wicket.
Rohit bought a lifeline when Siraj and Dinesh Karthik, who had been going to take a catch, collided within the fifth over. Nonetheless, India skipper Akash Deep didn’t capitalize and lowered MI to twenty for 3 in 5.2 overs.
Verma then got here out to bat and within the powerplay delivered a large hit over lengthy on to take MI to 29 for 3.
Within the eighth over, Topley left the sphere after injuring his shoulder whereas diving to dam a boundary off Verma’s bat.
Suryakumar Yadav, who’s operating in poor type, additionally fell straight to Shahbaz Ahmed after the beginning.
Verma, nevertheless, continued to bat with confidence, hitting Michael Bracewell for a six earlier than hitting Maxwell for a six and a 4 as 16 runs got here within the twelfth over.
Wadhera produced back-to-back maximums off Karn Sharma however the bowler had him caught by Kohli as MI had been bundled out for 99 for 5.
There have been a variety of expectations from Tim David however he cleared it when Karn Sharma tried to go for the large hit.
Du Plessis then took a superb catch to do away with Ritik Shokeen as Harshal Patel bought his first wicket of the season, leaving MI 123 for 7 in 17.1 overs.
Verma, nevertheless, confirmed his aptitude as he slammed Akash Deep over deep sq. leg to succeed in one other most half-century.
Siraj, who had figures of 3-0-5-1 after three overs, bowled the nineteenth over however despatched down 5 wides to include Verma, who hit two fours and Mumbai had been seven for 16 after an over. Reached 149 runs.
Verma hit Harshal for 2 sixes and a 4 within the closing over and scored 48 runs within the final 17 balls.
(With inputs from PTI)