MI vs RR: Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to stay in contention

Blog: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals

It's all over! Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets
OVERS 18: 18 RUNS! Three sixes in Hardik Pandya over. RR 171/3
OVERS 17.5: OUT! Hardik Pandya got rid of Sanju Samson (26). RR 165/3, need 4 to win
OVERS 17: Jos Buttler (88*) ended the over with a four. RR 153/2, need 16 off 18 balls
TIME-OUT
OVERS 16: 12 RUNS! This time Sanju Samson hit two fours off Mayank Markande.RR 144/2, need 25 off 24 balls
OVERS 15: 14 RUNS! Another big over for the visitors. Jos Buttler hit a four and a six off Jasprit Bumrah. RR 132/2, need 37 off 32 balls
OVERS 14: 14 RUNS! Jos Buttler hit a six and a four off Hardik Pandya. RR 118/2
OVERS 13.1: OUT! Hardik Pandya struck to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane (37). RR 104/2, need 65 off 41 balls
OVERS 12: 12 RUNS! FIFTY for Jos Buttler off 35 balls. RR 99/1, in chase of 169
OVERS 11: Krunal Pandya gave away just three runs. RR 86/1
OVERS 10: 12 RUNS! Jos Buttler ended the Mayank Markande over with a big six. RR 83/1, need 86 more off 60 balls
OVERS 9: Tidy over from Krunal Pandya, just five singles came off it. RR 71/1
OVERS 8: Mayank Markande conceded eight runs in his first over. RR 66/1
TIME-OUT
OVERS 7: Jos Buttler finished the Jasprit Bumrah with a four - seven runs came off it. RR 58/1
OVERS 6: End of Powerplay. Rajasthan Royals 51/1, in chase of 169
50 up for Royals in 5.4 overs
OVERS 5: 11 RUNS! Big over for the Royals as Jos Buttler hit a four and a six in consecutive balls off Krunal Pandya. RR 44/1
OVERS 4: 10 RUNS! Ajinkya Rahane hit two fours off Mitchell McClenaghan. RR 33/1
OVERS 3: Krunal Pandya also conceded just five in the over. RR 23/1, in chase of 169
OVERS 2: Good start, Mitchell McClenaghan gave away just five runs in it. RR 18/1
OVERS 0.5: OUT! Jasprit Bumrah struck early, D'Arcy Short gone for 4. RR 9/1
Jos Buttler and D'Arcy Short start the RR run chase. Jasprit Bumrah with the ball for MI
Mumbai Indians posted 168/6 against Rajasthan Royals
OVERS 20: 13 RUNS! Ben Stokes conceded 13 in the final over. MI 168/6
OVERS 19.5: OUT! Sanju Samson took a stunner as Ben Stokes dismissed Kardik Pandya for 36 (off 21 balls). MI 166/6
OVERS 19: 19 RUNS! Hardik Pandya smacked two sixes and a four off Jaydev Unadkat. MI 155/5
150 up for Mumbai Indians in 18.3 overs
OVERS 18: Another brilliant over from Jofra Archer, gave away four runs to finish with figures of 2/16. MI 136/5
OVERS 17: Another excellent over for the Royals. Jaydev Unadkat gave away just four runs. MI 132/5
OVERS 16.5: OUT! Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Krunal Pandya (3). MI 131/5
TIME-OUT
OVERS 16: Another tidy over from Jofra Archer, gave away just five singles in it. MI 128/4
OVERS 15: Excellent over from Ben Stokes, gave away just four runs. MI 123/4
OVERS 14.2: OUT! Ben Stokes struck to dismiss Ishan Kishan (12). MI 119/4
OVERS 14: 17 RUNS! Expensive over from Dhawal Kulkarni as he finished with figures of 1/43 in four overs. MI 119/3
OVERS 13.2: OUT! Dhawal Kulkarni got rid of Evin Lewis (60 off 42 balls). MI 108/3
Lewis hit four sixes and as many fours in his quick-fire knock
OVERS 13: Another good over from Ben Stokes, just four singles in it. MI 102/2
100 up for Mumbai Indians in 12.3 overs
OVERS 12: FIFTY! Evin Lewis reached fifty off 37 balls with a huge six. MI 98/2
OVERS 11: TWO WICKETS & 3 RUNS! What an over from Jofra Archer. MI 89/2
OVERS 10.5: OUT! Big Wicket. Two in two for Jofra Archer, scalped Rohit Sharma for a golden duck. MI 87/2
OVERS 10.4: OUT! Jofra Archer provided Royals their first breakthrough, Suryakumar Yadav gone for 38. MI 87/1
OVERS 10: Evin Lewis 45*, Suryakumar Yadav 38* took Mumbai Indians to 86/0 at the halfway mark
OVERS 9: 17 RUNS! Big over for Mumbai Indians as Lewis hit two sixes. MI 79/0
OVERS 8.2: SIXES! Evin Lewis smacked two sixes in consecutive balls off Shreyas Gopal. MI 74/0
OVERS 8: Jaydev Unadkat gave away seven runs in his first over. MI 62/0
OVERS 7: Good over from Shreyas Gopal, gave away just four singles in it. MI 55/0
Time for first strategic time-out
OVERS 6: 11 RUNS! End of Powerplay. Evin Lewis smacked two fours off Dhawal Kulkarni. MI 51/0
OVERS 5: Ben Stokes also started with six-run over. MI 40/0
OVERS 4: Suryakumar Yadav hit two fours off Dhawal Kulkarni. MI 34/0
OVERS 3: Good start from Jofra Archer too, gave away just five runs including two wides. MI 25/0
OVERS 2: Good start for Dhawal Kulkarni - six runs came off it. MI 20/0
OVER 1: 14 RUNS! Three boundaries came off Krishnappa Gowtham over. MI 14/0
OVERS 0.4: FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav opened the scoreboard with back-to-back fours. MI 8/0
Here we go.. Evin Lewis and Suryakumar Yadav start the Mumbai innings. Krishnappa Gowtham with the ball for Rajasthan
TOSS | Rajasthan Royals win the toss and opt to bowl against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium
Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Hardik Pandya, Ben Cutting, Krunal Pandya, Jean-Paul Duminy, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler (w), D'Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni