Rajasthan Royals batters had no answer to the brilliance of Mumbai Indians bowlers while chasing 218. The hosts were bowled out for 117 runs in 16 overs. With a 100-run win over the 2008 champions, MI reached the No.1 spot in the points table. Mumbai have won 7 out of 11 games so far and is most likely to make it to the playoffs. Rajasthan have been eliminated from the playoff race.
Jasprit Bumrah was unplayable and took 2 wickets. The veteran conceded just 15 runs from his 4 overs. Trent Boult leaked runs, but he managed to dismiss three batters. Karn Sharma got rid of three batters.
Earlier, the top four batters of Mumbai were unstoppable after Riyan Parag invited the visiting franchise to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton amassed fifties and added 116 runs for the first wicket in 11.5 overs.
Ryan managed 61 runs off 38 deliveries, with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. Rohit, who has returned to form, posted 53 runs off 36 deliveries, packed with 9 fours. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav were more dominant than the openers as they scored their runs at a strike rate of more than 200.
SKY contributed 48 runs off 23 balls, hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Hardik made a valuable 48 not out in 23 balls, with the help of 6 boundaries and 1 maximum.
For RR, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Riyan Parag claimed one wicket each.
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