Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets over Rajasthan Royals in the 42ns match of the IPL 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 30. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bat. Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a swashbuckling 124 and helped his side put up 212 in 20 overs. Arshad Khan picked up 3 wickets.
While chasing, Mumbai Indians lost their openers very cheaply. However, Cameron Green scored 44, Suryakumar Yadav scored 55 off 29 and a 14-ball 45 from Tim David sealed the deal for the home side. They reached the target with 3 balls to spare. Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 2 wickets for 27.
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Here is what the captains and the player of the match said after the game:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Player of the Match said as quoted by Cricbuzz: When I scored the century, I didn’t know that ball had gone to the boundary. So when that happened, I just thanked God for the opportunity, I always had this dream, wanted to work on the process and work hard. Results will follow. I keep myself mentally strong and work on my fitness and diet. Organised my life well outside of cricket. I enjoy playing the straight drive and cover drive, that gives me a lot of confidence. Thank you so much, everyone for the support!!
Rohit Sharma said as quoted by Cricbuzz: Very pleasing to see how we chased this. Last game here also we came close to a similar target. We have the ability but need to back ourselves. (On David being next Pollard) Big shoes to fill, Polly for so many years won us so many championships. But Tim has so much ability and power. In the back end, having that power keeps the bowler thinking. (On team changes) It is difficult as a captain, but unfortunately you have to play the conditions and the opposition. We want to be flexible as a team and guys need to be ready for it. Jofra has had a massive injury and didn’t play for a long, long time. Bowlers need practice and rhythm, and we saw good pace from him today. SKY obviously we knew a knock like today was round the corner. (On Jaiswal) I watched him last year, this year he has taken his game to a new level. I asked him where all that power is coming from, he says he is spending time at the gym, he’s timing them really well. Good for him, good for Indian cricket and good for RR as well.
Tim David said as quoted by Cricbuzz: We needed a result. It is an amazing feeling, there’s no better feeling than playing at the Wankhede. For our confidence. We have not played our best cricket in the last few games, so this feels good. It felt everyone (bowler) had to be targeted, good batting conditions and personally I wanted to do something like this for a while. It was sweaty, I was trying to get down the pitch and cut the angle. Any time the bowlers missed the yorker then you were in with a chance.
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Sanju Samson said as quoted by Cricbuzz: In the time-out the way Surya was going, we were talking about fighting it out. David did something very special. It was kind of getting wet. It was not too wet and we were taking our time to wipe the ball. We had the experience of bowling in these conditions. The way we have been playing either we have won or we have come close. Results do come here and there. We will keep focusing on the process. We will keep focus on the controllables. We will keep fighting hard. I was expecting something special from Jaiswal. He scored 70-odd in the last game we always thought it (hundred) is round the corner.
