Hardik Pandya celebrated his maiden World Cup call-up with a 16-ball 37 (5x4, 6x2) to make a difficult finish look easy for Mumbai Indians against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Staduim last night.

The hosts, who were in a spot of bother needing as many as 41 runs off the last four overs, ended up chasing down the 172-run target with five wickets and an over to spare. Earlier, MI opted to bowl first and restricted RCB to 171-7.