|| India Correspondent ||

Mumbai Indians’ all-rounder Suryakumar Yadav's swashbuckling knock cost them the game, said Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Simon Katich as they lost to Mumbai Indians by five wickets.

After having restricted RCB to 164/6, thanks to the stunning death bowling led by the speedster Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai Indians successfully chased down the total on the back of unbeaten 79 off 43 balls by Suryakumar Yadav on Wednesday.

"He (Surya) is a very good player, he has had a good tournament and today he was the difference, getting that score and scoring as quickly as he did. (He) put (Yuzvedra) Chahal under pressure, with some good boundaries and sixes," Katich said at the post-match press conference.

"there was period there (when they) were 3-70 and we looked like we were getting on top but then Suryakumar played a magnificent innings and got the momentum back in their favour pretty quickly after they lost that third wicket and then it was difficult for us to get back into the game," the head coach further added.

Simon Katich also revealed that they were trying to put up a total around 180 after a good start but the loss of four wickets in quick succession changed the pace of their innings.

"Mumbai outplayed us when it mattered the most. We did a lot of things well today. the big positive was the two youngsters at the top, (Devdutt) Padikkal and (Josh) Phillipe got us off to a great start and one stage it looked we are going to get well on top with the bat, but young Josh got stumped, and then it slowed down after that a little bit with the wicket," he added.

"We looked like we were well set with five overs to go, and unfortunately lost four wickets in about 13 balls, so from batting point of view, we felt we were on track to get around 180, which could have been a competitive score, but in the end, 164 wasn't enough and Mumbai deserve the result," he shared.