In the 38th IPL-2024 match, Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets. Rajasthan has won seven games this season. For the second time this year, the club has won three straight games. Rajasthan has advanced to the postseason with this win. With 14 points, the team is atop the standings. Mumbai, on the other side, has dropped to seventh place following its fifth loss.
Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday. In 20 overs, the side scored 179 runs for 9 wickets. With one wicket lost, Rajasthan managed to reach the goal of 180 runs in 18.4 overs. The player of the game was Sandeep Sharma. In 4 overs, he claimed 5 wickets for 18 runs.
fascinating details regarding the game
In the IPL, Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 200 wickets.
In T-20, Trent Boult claimed his 250th wicket.
The youngest Mumbai batsman to reach 1000 runs was Tilak Verma.
Performance of the Players: Jaiswal's century, five wickets from Sandeep.
Nehal Wadhera was dismissed after scoring 49 runs, while Tilak Verma scored a half-century of 65 runs, including three sixes, in 45 balls for MI. With 23 runs, Mohammad Nabi contributed. Rajasthan's Sandeep Sharma claimed five wickets. Boult, Trent, took two wickets. Avesh Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal both claimed one wicket.
Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the run chase for RR with a century of unbroken 104 runs on 60 balls. He scored 7 sixes and 9 fours. Sanju Samson, the skipper, scored 38 runs without a loss, while Jos Buttler added 35 runs. From MI, Piyush Chawla secured the lone wicket.
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Causes of Mumbai's loss
Mumbai's top order, which batted first, was unsuccessful. Just 16 runs were scored by the team's top three batters.
Pandya-David was unable to achieve a score of 200. Mumbai's middle order batsmen took over the innings after losing three wickets for twenty runs. In 16 overs, the side scored 151/4. Hardik Pandya and Tim David failed to reach 200 after Wadhera was out on the opening delivery of the 17th over. Only 179 runs could be scored by the team.
got zero wickets during the powerplay. Mumbai failed to secure a wicket during the powerplay while defending the score of 179 runs. On the final ball of the eighth over, Piyush Chawla gave the squad its first wicket. The Rajasthani openers had scored 74 runs by that point.
Rain made it easier to run chase. The match had to be halted due to rain after Rajasthan's innings powerplay. The floor was damp when the game resumed. It made run chasing easier and bowling harder in that kind of environment.
On crucial moments, Mumbai fielders who were keeping the score close missed catches. Jaiswal and Samson made the most of this situation.
Graphic performance of MI players
Mumbai's poor start: Mumbai, which had won the toss and was now batting, had a poor start. 52 runs scored, 4 wickets were lost by the side. After scoring six runs, Mohammad Nabi scored twenty-three, Suryakumar Yadav scored ten, and Rohit Sharma was out.
The innings was taken over by Tilak-Vadhera.
Tilak Verma and Nehal Vadhera had a partnership of 99 runs on 52 balls for the fifth wicket after losing four wickets for 52 runs. In the seventeenth over, Trent Boult claimed Nehal as his victim.
Rajasthan was well-starting thanks to Jaiswal-Buttler.
The equally successful Jaiswal and Jos Buttler gave Rajasthan a great start by chasing the 180-run target. They had an opening partnership of 48 balls for 74 runs. Piyush Chawla's dismissal of Butler ended their relationship.
The winning century partnership was Jaiswal-Sanju's.
Jaiswal and Sanju Samson shared an undefeated partnership of 109 runs on 65 balls after Jaiswal lost the wicket of Butler at a score of 74 runs, sealing Rajasthan's triumph.
The Rajasthan Royals are led by captain and wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, and include Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Rovman Powell, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact: Buttler, Jos.
Mumbai Indians: Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), and Hardik Pandya (captain).
Nuwan Thushara was affected.
