Jaipur, May 02: MI vs RR:On the strength of Karn Sharma and Trent Boult’s deadly bowling, Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 117 runs. With this, Ryan Parag’s team became the second team to be eliminated from the playoff race. Before that, Chennai Super Kings were out of the playoff race. In the match played on Thursday, after losing the toss, Mumbai went to bat first and scored 217 runs after losing two wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan could manage just 117 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in 16.1 overs and lost the match by 100 runs, their second biggest loss. Earlier, RCB defeated Rajasthan by 112 runs in 2023. At the same time, this is Mumbai’s third major win against any team.
Mumbai’s sixth win in a row
With their sixth consecutive win, Mumbai have reached the top spot in the points table. Having won seven matches in 11 matches, he has 14 points in his account and a net run rate of 1.274. At the same time, Rajasthan remains at the eighth position with six points. His net run rate became -0.780. In the second position is RCB who have won seven matches in 10 matches and have a net run rate of 0.521. He also has 14 marks in his account. Punjab is third with 13 points and Gujarat is second with 12 points. It is Mumbai’s first win against Rajasthan since 2012 in Jaipur.
Innings of Rajasthan
The Rajasthan batsmen who came out to chase the target gave a disappointing performance. Jofra Archer scored the highest innings of 30 runs for them. He faced 27 balls and hit two fours and as many sixes. Against Mumbai, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 13, Nitish Rana nine, Dhruv Jurel 11, Shubham Dubey 15, Mahish Tikshana two, Kumar Karthikeya two and Akash Madhwal scored four* runs. At the same time, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Shimran Hetmyer could not open the account either. Trent Boult and Karn Sharma took three wickets each for Mumbai while Jasprit Bumrah got two successes. Apart from this, Deepak Chahar and Hardik Pandya took one wicket each.
MI vs RR: Mumbai innings
Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma gave Mumbai Indians a good start. There was a partnership of more than 100 runs between the two. Ryan was bowled by Mahish Tikshanah. He got out after scoring 61 runs in 38 balls. After this, Rohit Sharma scored 53 runs in 36 balls. Both scored their third half-centuries of the season. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya played a stormy innings of 48-48 runs to take the team’s score past 200. Mahish Tikshana and Ryan Parag took one wicket each for Rajasthan.
Read More: MI vs RR: A High-Stakes Battle in Jaipur!
