Dinesh Karthik bossed his way around to an unbeaten maiden IPL-17 half-century, adding to half-tons by skipper Faf du Plessis (40-ball 61) and Rajat Patidar (26-ball 50) as Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted an impressive 196-8 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

At the time of going to press, MI were 84-0 after seven overs.