- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.5 Bumrah yorks Buttler. 145ks, swinging into the blockhole. Buttler hastily jabs his bat down, but this is too good for him. Clatters into the base of middle stump. Nevertheless, excellent innings from Buttler (although he slowed down later) 184/52.4 Chipped into the lap of square leg. This wasn't a great ball from Bumrah - good length and on the hips - but it brings the right result for MI. Jaiswal is usually strong off his hips, but this he picks out David in the infield 13/15.6 Padikkal holes out off the last ball of the powerplay. M Ashwin and Mills have pulled things back for MI. Dug in on a back of a length on middle, gets big on Padikkal who advanced at Mills. He ends up flapping a weak pull to Rohit who settles under the skier at cover 48/214.2 Pollard has Samson holing out. Another slower ball into the pitch, 112ks, messes with Samson's pull. Simple catch at deep midwicket for N Tilak Varma. Timely wicket for MI 130/318.2 slower full-toss angling across off stump. Hetmyer bends his back knee and hauls it straight to deep midwicket. Hetmyer throws his back in despair but he's played another blinder in the IPL: 35 off 14 balls at a strike rate of 250 183/419.6 Dragged to David at long-on. Slower full toss wide of off, Parag fetches it from there and hoicks it to the deep, where David slides forward to complete the catch 193/818.6 pitched up and outside off, sliced away to the right of sweeper cover. Ashwin wants the second and is caught short. Terrific last over from Bumrah. Sharp throw from Tilak Varma in the deep 185/619.3 Kishan settles under this skier. Clever slower variation from the back of the hand. Saini is already through with the leg-side slog by the time the ball reaches him. Kishan does the rest 188/7Extras11 (lb 5, w 6)TOTAL193/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.65)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2.4 ov), 2-48 (Devdutt Padikkal, 5.6 ov), 3-130 (Sanju Samson, 14.2 ov), 4-183 (Shimron Hetmyer, 18.2 ov), 5-184 (Jos Buttler, 18.5 ov), 6-185 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 18.6 ov), 7-188 (Navdeep Saini, 19.3 ov), 8-193 (Riyan Parag, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JJ Bumrah 4 0 17 3 4.25 16 3 0 0 0 DR Sams 4 0 32 0 8.00 10 2 2 2 0 Basil Thampi 1 0 26 0 26.00 1 2 3 0 0 M Ashwin 3 0 32 0 10.66 6 2 2 3 0 TS Mills 4 0 35 3 8.75 10 3 2 0 0 KA Pollard 4 0 46 1 11.50 5 5 2 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.6 what's happened there? Saini is holding his head. OK, he's fine, and Kishan is gone. Saini takes a catch, but he has taken a blow to his head/back of the neck while completing the catch. Boult was brought back for the wicket and he delivered. Length ball angling in, and Kishan went for the pull. But couldn't really get the connection with Boult cramping him. Saini at deep backward square leg takes a catch, but tumbles over while completing it, and ends up having an awkward fall where his body weight went onto his neck for a brief moment. 121/31.5 crunched, but straight to the fielder! Stylish catch from the stylish Riyan Parag, rocking the goggles. Krishna bowls a nothing delivery, short and wide, asking to be hit, but Rohit fails to get it over point. Parag goes low, takes the catch, and the Royals fielders are celebrating! 15/13.6 the extra ball has earned Saini a wicket Fullish outside off, but the ball doesn't come off the deck as quickly as it should've. Anmolpreet's attempted loft over cover is mistimed, and cover pockets that with ease 40/214.2 the senior gets the youngster but what an innings! Full on middle. Varma gets low for a sweep. Misses, deceived by the slower ball, and that knocks off stump back. Ashwin gives Varma a bit of a send off after being clattered for a reverse-sweep six off the last ball. The Mumbai bench is standing to greet Varma back 135/419.6 full toss, fifth-stump line. Pollard makes a decent connection to try and clear extra cover but Buttler runs in and takes the catch. Rajasthan Royals defend 193 and they win by 23 runs 170/815.1 fullish ball around leg stump. Legbreak turns across David but he is caught on the back foot while the ball hits his pad. Appeal for lbw and given. David chats with Pollard and they take the review - fair enough, there's no use taking the reviews home. No bat involved, and the ball is pitching on leg stump. Ball-tracking shows the ball would "clip" middle stump, and therefore David has to walk back. 136/515.2 the Buttler does it! And Chahal shows his worth with two wickets in two balls. Full ball on middle, the googly turns into Sams so he has lesser room in having a free flow of the bat. Sliced in the air, Buttler - from cover - runs towards mid off, away from the pitch and facing the boundary as the ball goes over his shoulder. Then throws his body forward, offering some hang time, before taking the catch on the way down 136/618.5 Pollard loses his bat and runs without one! Prasidh goes short and takes the pace off. Pollard is through the pull too early, but the ball hits his blade and rolls away to the leg side. They scurry across for an attempted single, but M Ashwin is run out! No ball called because of an extra short ball 165/7Extras11 (lb 1, nb 2, w 8)TOTAL170/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.5)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Rohit Sharma, 1.5 ov), 2-40 (Anmolpreet Singh, 3.6 ov), 3-121 (Ishan Kishan, 12.6 ov), 4-135 (Tilak Varma, 14.2 ov), 5-136 (Tim David, 15.1 ov), 6-136 (Daniel Sams, 15.2 ov), 7-165 (Murugan Ashwin, 18.5 ov), 8-170 (Kieron Pollard, 19.6 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Mumbai Indians , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.20, Second Session 17.20-18.50
Match days
2 April 2022 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Mumbai Indians 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 48/2 in 6.0 overs (JC Buttler 40)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 0
- JC Buttler: 50 off 32 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (JC Buttler 31, SV Samson 21, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 130/3 in 14.2 overs (JC Buttler 89)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 5
- Over 17.2: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - SO Hetmyer (Upheld)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (JC Buttler 9, SO Hetmyer 34, Ex 7)
- JC Buttler: 100 off 66 balls (11 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 193/8 in 20.0 overs (TA Boult 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 2 wickets)
- Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (35 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 82/2 in 9.0 overs (Ishan Kishan 39, NT Tilak Varma 26)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (Ishan Kishan 17, NT Tilak Varma 33, Ex 0)
- Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 2
- Ishan Kishan: 50 off 41 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- NT Tilak Varma: 50 off 28 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Mumbai Indians - 136/5 in 15.1 overs (KA Pollard 0)
- Over 15.1: Review by Mumbai Indians (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - TH David (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
Match Coverage
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