• Defending champions Mumbai Indians decided to bat first by winning the toss against Rajasthan Royals in the 20th match of the Indian Premier League. Batting first, Mumbai scored 193 for 4 in 20 overs on the basis of Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century innings. Chasing the target, Rajasthan were all out for 136 runs in 18.1 overs. Mumbai completed the hat-trick of wins by 57 runs.
Mumbai innings, Suryakumar Yadav’s half-century
Rohit and Dickock got Mumbai off to a good start and the two shared a 49-run partnership for the first wicket. This partnership was broken by Karthik Tyagi and he got DeKock caught by Butler for 23 runs. This was Karthik Tyagi’s first wicket in IPL. Captain Rohit Sharma was batting well and scored 35 runs in his innings, but was dismissed by Shreyas Gopal. Shreyas then dismissed Ishan Kishan at duck and sent the pavilion back.
Krunal Pandya, who scored an unbeaten 20 off just four balls in the previous match, scored 12 off 17 balls in this match and was caught by Shreyas Gopal off Joffra Archer. Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 79 off 47 balls while Hardik Pandya scored 30 not out off 19 balls. For Rajasthan, Shreyas Gopal got two success while Jofra Archer and Karthik Tyagi got one each.
Rajasthan batsman heaps, Butler scores half-century
Rajasthan’s first wicket was Yashasvi Jaiswal. He was caught by Dickock at the hands of Trent Bolt without opening the account. Captain Steve Smith scored 6 runs. Sanju Samson also failed to open his account and was caught out by Rohit Sharma off the ball of Bolt. Mahipal Lomror was dismissed for 11 runs for the big shot. Rahul Chahar off the ball, Substitute Adhikar Roy took a great catch and sent him back.
Jose Butler was seen scoring runs alone amidst the constantly falling wickets. He completed his half-century with 34 fours and three sixes off 34 balls. Butler was dismissed for 44 off 44 balls. Kieron Pollard ended Butler’s innings with a great catch on the boundary. The sixth wicket fell as Tom Curran of the team. His catch was caught by Hardik Pandya off the ball. Rajasthan’s last hope was Rahul Tewatiya sent back by Jaspreet Bumrah bowled on the score of 5 runs.
After this, Bumrah completely eliminated Rajasthan’s hopes of victory by dismissing Gopal and Archer. Pattinson took the wicket of Ankit Rajput and bowled out the Rajasthan team.
Karthik Tyagi made IPL debut, no change in Mumbai team In this match.
Rajasthan fast bowler Karthik Tyagi will make his debut in IPL. At the same time, three changes have been made in this team. Playing XI features Ankit Rajput, Karthik Tyagi and Yashaswi Jaiswal. Robin Uthappa, who is in poor form for Rajasthan, has been ruled out of the playing eleven. On the other hand, Jaydev Unadkat and Ryan Parag also failed to make their place in the team against Mumbai. On the other hand, Mumbai team did not make any changes in their playing eleven.
Mumbai’s playing XI
Rohit Sharma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kirron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Rajasthan’s playing XI
Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Steve Smith (Captain), Sanju Samson, Mahipal Lomror, Rahul Teotia, Joffra Archer, Karthik Tyagi, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajput.