Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) locked horns with each other at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and the game went down to the last over. In the end, it was visitors got over the line with three balls to spare and four wickets in hand. The hosts came was down and out, but it came back strongly. Nevertheless, Rohit Sharma and his men faced a defeat and the loss ended their winning streak in this edition’s IPL.
On the batting track, the Royals elected to bowl first after winning the toss. Rohit along with Quinton de Kock put on an opening-wicket stand of 96 runs from 10.5 overs. Rohit has looked rusty this season, but on Saturday, he ended up scoring 47 runs from 32 balls with six boundaries and a six. Jofra Archer got his prized wicket. Suryakumar Yadav perished after getting 16 from 10 balls.
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Kieron Pollard batted at number four, but could only score six runs from 12 balls. At the other end, De Kock was looking unstoppable and accomplished his half-century in 34 balls. He went on to play until the 19th over and notched 81 runs from 52 balls with six boundaries and four sixes. Hardik Pandya’s fireworks, in the end, helped MI to reach 187/5 in 20 overs as he scored 29 off 11 balls.
The Royals started off brilliantly as Rahane and Buttler put on a stand of 60 runs from 38 balls. Rahane scored 37 from 31 balls before holing out to Suryakumar in the deep off Krunal Pandya. After the first wicket, Buttler carried forward the momentum and kept finding the boundary to score 89 runs from 43 balls with eight boundaries and seven over-boundaries.
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Buttler got to his fifty in 29 deliveries and got the required rate to a run-a-ball. Rahul Chahar got his important wicket. Sanju Samson and Steve Smith got them close. However, following Samson’s wicket, RR was in a spot of bother. Smith and Rahul Tripathi went cheaply as well. In the last over six runs were needed, Shreyas Gopal hit a four and took the Royals over the finishing line.
Brief Score:
Rajasthan Royals – 188/6 in 19.3 overs (J Buttler: 89, A Rahane: 39; K Pandya: 3/34) defeated Mumbai Indians – 187/5 in 20 overs (Q de Kock: 81; J Archer: 3/39, J Unadkat: 1/36) by 4 wickets and three balls to spare
Here’s how Twitter reacted after Mumbai’s loss:
Good win by #RR. Good leadership by Rahane leading from the front with crucial bowling changes at the right time. Now all eyes on #RCB. hopefully today is the day for them
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 13, 2019
Games continue to go to the wire, great entertainment #MIvRR @josbuttler, @ajinkyarahane88 Gopal, Archer brilliant.
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) April 13, 2019
That EDGE from shreyas gopal may be the shot that wins the game for the royals !! Most productive shot in t20 🙂
— Rohan Gavaskar (@rohangava9) April 13, 2019
Chris Gaffaney, one of the umpires who gave a batsman out and then touched his cap. Nitin Menon did the reverse, gave Smith not-out and then sent the finger up.#IPL2019 #MIvRR
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) April 13, 2019
From the best figures in @IPL history to a 28 run over , this game is great leveller 🙏🏻 🏏 , long live #Cricket #MIvsRR #T20 #IPL #IPL2019 #BadriBytes
— subramani badrinath (@s_badrinath) April 13, 2019
Not for the first time in this season #MI finished with at least 20 fewer than they should have….and looks like they’ll be regretting it tonight too. Jos-The Boss. #IPL #MIvRR
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 13, 2019
Tune in quickly … @josbuttler is giving a T20 masterclass … !!! #IPL2019
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) April 13, 2019
Ajinkya Rahane in the Powerplay this in this IPL
First 6 Matches – SR: 114.1, False Shot Percentage: 26%, Timing Rating: 96
Today – SR: 185.0, False Shot Percentage: 10%, Timing Rating: 265Rahane looks in sublime touch today so far. #IPL2019 #MIvRR
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) April 13, 2019
Thought on death bowling today, if not confident on Yorker or have a good slower ball, back strength and stick to it with confidence, set field according, keep it simple and back it in. Put confidence into ur bowlers #IPL2019 #MIvsRR
— Shaun Tait (@shaun_tait32) April 13, 2019
