Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals. (Source: iplt20.com)IPL 2022, RR vs MI Highlights: Seasoned Suryakumar Yadav and young Tilak Varma gave the best 35th birthday present to their skipper Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indians finally opened their account, beating Rajasthan Royals by five wickets on Saturday. Chasing a victory target of 159, MI reached home in 19.2 overs, courtesy Surya (51 off 39 balls) and Tilak (35 off 30 balls) adding 81 for the third wicket.
It was MI’s first win after eight successive defeats and even though the result bears little consequence but it is certainly going to keep the five-time champions in a good mind space.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2022 - Match 44
Rajasthan Royals
158/6 (20.0)vs
Mumbai Indians
161/5 (19.2)Match Ended ( Day - Match 44 )
Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets
Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets
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IPL 2022, RR vs MI. (Source: iplt20.com)
SIX! Mumbai end their 8-match losing streak! On a length and just outside off. Sams shuffles across and pulls it hard over square leg for a biggie. Mumbai win by 5 wickets. Finally, the 5-time champions have managed to win a game this season after losing 8 games in a row.
FOUR! A length ball, outside off and David slaps it hard and over covers for a boundary. 16 needed now off 15 balls and the next one is another FOUR! A full ball, outside off. David looks to drive but gets an inside edge, past the off stump and to the fine leg fence. MI: 147/4 after 18 overs
Tim David weilds the long handle to good effect. These both know only one way to release the pressure. Full and on off. David prods and tonks it over long on for a biggie. MI: 134/4 after 17 overs
Just what Rajasthan needed, wickets in quick succession. A length ball, on off. Varma looks to heave but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat and to long on where Riyan Parag comes forward and completes the wicket.
OUT! TAKEN! Chahal gets his man in the end but this was an unnecessary shot from Suryakumar Yadav. Tossed up, on middle. SKY skips down the track and looks for a big one. Although, he mistimes it towards Riyan Parag at long on who takes a sharp catch, just in front of the ropes. This is a much-needed wicket for Rajasthan!
SIX! BANG! Suryakumar Yadav gets to the pitch of the ball from Ashwin and tonks it over the long on fence for a massive biggie. That also brings up Suryakumar Yadav's fifty! He has played a gem of a knock for his side here! MI: 113/2 after 14 overs
SIX! Floated, full and around middle. SKY kneels and slog-sweeps it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. That also brings up the 50-run partnership between these two batters. MI: 95/2 after 12 overs
Ravichandran Ashwin to Suryakumar Yadav, Angles it on middle from wide of the crease. Yadav flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. Mumbai need 84 runs off 60 balls. Meanwhile, an over before there was a huge appeal for LBW! and Chahal straightaway asks Samson to take it upstairs. UltraEdge shows no bat there. Thereafter, Suryakumar Yadav hugged Yuzvendra Chahal after a close LBW call.
4 1 6 1 4 4 - Suryakumar Yadav takes Daryl Mitchell to the task and smashes him all over the park. A tough first over for Daryl Mitchell, he goes for 20 from his first one. MI: 61/2 after 7 overs
Kishan goes now! On a length and angling around off, there is some extra bounce. Kishan looks to pull but gets a top edge. The ball balloons to the keeper, Sanju Samson who doesn't have to move much. A simple catch is taken and both the openers have departed now. MI: 41/2 after 6 overs
FOUR! WHACKED! A full ball, outside off. Ishan Kishan whacks it over the mid on fielder. A one-handed shot from him but it had enough legs to make it to the fence. MI: 33/1 after 4 overs
Ashwin gets the big fish and it is the birthday boy who walks back for a timid score. Floated, full and outside off. Rohit kneels and looks to sweep it behind square on the leg side. The ball takes the top edge and lobs up in the air towards square leg. Daryl Mitchell there, settles under it and takes a dolly. MI: 24/1 after 3 overs
SIX! BANG! Slashes and slashes hard! A short ball, well outside off. Ishan throws his bat at it and the ball goes off the outer half of the bat, over the third man fence for a biggie. Then a FOUR to end the over! Easy pickings! A length ball, darted on the pads. Ishan just helps it on its way through fine leg and bags a boundary. MI: 12/0 after 1 over
We are back for the chase! The players have made their way out to the middle. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan walk out to bat for Mumbai. Trent Boult will start with the ball against his former team. Here we go...
Last over now and Ashwin is dismissed by Meredith. Very soft dismissal. Boult comes in and takes a single to put Hetmyer on strike. 2 dots to follow. terrific bowling by Meredith. Wide next ball. He has to reload again. Another dot. Last ball. What will Hetmyer conjure here? Just 3 runs from this over. RR 158/6 after 20 overs
Penultimate over of the innings now and Ashwin has hit Bumrah for a four!! These may turn out to be crucial runs. Another four off the fifth ball. What a shot!! RR 155/5 after 19 overs
Ashwin in and stats his innings with a boundary, straight off the bat. Very clever from the wily veteran. Will you look at that!!! That's a sixxxx to deep midwicket. Wide now. Another ball for Ashwin to face. 13 from this one. RR 143/5 after 18 overs
18th over now as the 16th over by Bumrah yielded just 4 runs. Good little over considering the circumstances. Next over, Riyan Parag pulls one and is taken by Sams. RR 130/5 after 17.1 overs
Two back-to-back sixes by Jos Buttler. Make that 3. Shokeen does not look happy as Buttler brings up his 50. And that's another 6!!!! 4 balls and 4 sixes by this devastating player!! Shokeen does not know where to look. Will this be 6 sixes in one over? Can' t rule him out. And that's a dot. Next ball he is gone!!! Buttler departs after hitting 4 sixes. RR 126/4 after 16 overs
Daniel Sams' luck runs out as he bowls 5 wides right after taking Mitchell's wicket. In the fourth ball, gets hit for a four by Jos Buttler. 11 from this over. RR 102/3 after 15 overs
Kartikeya ends his spell with 4 off the last over. 15th over to start now. Sams to bowl and strikes in the very first ball. Mitchell hits one up in the air and that went nowhere as Rohit takes the catch. RR 91/3 after 14.1 overs.
Sams in to bowl the 13th over. Just 3 runs off the first four deliveries that includes a wide. Rajasthan will need to get a move along now. Just six off this over. RR 87/2 after 13 overs
12th over starts now as Kumar Kartikeya comes in to bowl this one. The last over yielded just 5 runs. This over, just 2 runs off the first 3 balls. Just 3 off this one. Good bowling. RR 82/2 after 12.2 overs
Buttler started Pollard's last over with a four. On to the 10th over now. Kartikeya to bowl and Mitchell starts this one with a boundary. 12 runs off it. We are halfway through. RR 73/2 after 10 overs
Shokeen got hit for back to back sixes by Samson in the last over as Kumar Kartikeya comes in to bowl the 8th over and he has taken the wicket of the Rajasthan captain. Samson holes out. RR 54/2 after 7.2 overs
Meredith to bowl the last over inside the powerplay. Buttler is hit by a nasty blow on the helmet as we get a break in play as he is getting attended to. Looked pretty nasty. RR 40/1 after 6 overs
Hrithik Shokeen gets the wicket of Padikkal, an easy catch by Pollard does the rest. Good bowling from Shokeen. 11 off the over. RR are 37/1 after 5 overs.
Padikkal hits three boundaries on the trot against Daniel Sams. He is trying to put Sams under pressure. That's great batting!! RR are 19/0 after 3 overs.
Bumrah bowls the second over for Mumbai. Buttler looks to attack and he does it by hitting a four. He hits it right over the deep square leg. RR are 7/0 after 2 overs.
Buttler and Padikkal are in the middle for Rajasthan. Daniel Sams to bowl the first over for Mumbai Indians. Padikkal is struggling a bit against Sams. RR are 3/0 after 1 over.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Daryl Mitchell, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Hrithik Shokeen, Daniel Sams, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith
Mumbai Indians win the toss, opt to bowl first.
It's also a special day for Rohit Sharma as he will be captaining the MI squad on his birthday. Can he turn Mumbai's fortune around tonight? Only time will tell.
RR 12-13 MI. Since 2018, however, RR have won 6 out of 9 games while overall, Mumbai holds the slightest of edges as we go into the match tonight.
We go back in time to revisit the moments that made Shane Warne such a legend for the cricketing world, especially the Rajasthan Royals. Check out how the new Royals pay tribute to the original Royal.
Graeme Swann: We are smack in the middle of this wicket block today, so no matter where you bowl today, you have to deal with that tiny short boundary. This pitch - it has been used before, so it doesn't look uniform in the grass covering. Looks a little bit patchy and it's dusty. The spinners are going to come into their own today. When it's as dry and dusty as that, the ball is going to grip and turn. This pitch will not be easy to bat on. The ball will not come on at a uniform pace, it'll be two-paced. There are patches where it'll grip and there are patches where it'll skid on. I'd love to be a bowler today. If you can restrict a team to 160, you are in with a very good chance.
Even though Rajasthan have won all their last 3 matches, Jos Buttler has been uncharacteristically quiet in them. He is perhaps due a big innings and in a night that is so special for the Royals, he might be the one to play another special knock.
The Royals will be celebrating the extraordinary life of their lone IPL title-winning captain Shane Warne, who died last month in Thailand, during this game. A win would give a perfect tribute to the legendary Australian spinner under whose inspirational leadership, the Royals had won the 2008 title.
Rajasthan are on a three-match winning streak and will aim to make it 4 on the trot on the downtrodden Mumbai Indians tonight.
For today’s match between Rajasthan and Mumbai, humidity levels are expected to remain between 51-69 percent, while the temperatures will hover around the higher 30’s between 3 PM to 7 PM.
Being an evening game, dew will be creating problems for the teams. The Pitch at the venue has shown that chasing a target of around 160 can be difficult.
Mumbai has played 8 matches and lost all 8 of tem and are stuck at the bowwom of the table. Their chance of getting anything out of this IPL season looks bleak at the moment but it'll be a step towards recovery if they can knock off the Rajasthan Royals tonight.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi, Tymal Mills.
Rajasthan Royals: Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Nathan Coulter Nile, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna.
My advice as a 21-year old to Umran would be: Jaao aur josh se ball phenko. Yehi hai. Watching him run in to bowl, I feel like bowling too. It is so good to see such kids getting opportunities in the IPL. The scouts that go out to spot talent… It feels good that the world’s biggest league is benefitting our players, especially those who come from small places. (Read More)
The Royals will be celebrating the extraordinary life of their lone IPL title-winning captain Shane Warne, who died last month in Thailand, during this game. A win would give a perfect tribute to the legendary Australian spinner under whose inspirational leadership, the Royals had won the 2008 title.
Hello and welcome to the IPL 2022 match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians from the DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai.Mumbai will look to break their 8-game losing streak while Rajasthan will aim to continue their 3-game winning run tonight.