Rajasthan Royals have won their previous two games. (Source: BCCI)
The last time Mumbai Indians met Rajasthan Royals in this season of Indian Premier League, the Ajinkya Rahane-led side picked up a 3-wicket victory. Facing the same opposition at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the away side will hope to repeat the performance to rise further up in the table. The recent form of Jos Buttler, who has scored three consecutive fifties, will give RR confidence to go against the defending champions in the away surroundings. Krishnappa Gowtham has also contributed in the recent matches with both bat and the ball and two straight victories over KXIP and CSK will further boost their confidence. But MI are riding high on three consecutive wins and the batsmen have started to fire up the top. The challenge might not be an easy one.
Three sixes in Hardik Pandya over. RR 171/3Hardik Pandya got rid of Sanju Samson (26). RR 165/3, need 4 to winJos Buttler (88*) ended the over with a four. RR 153/2, need 16 off 18 ballsTIME-OUTThis time Sanju Samson hit two fours off Mayank Markande. RR 144/2, need 25 off 24 ballsAnother big over for the visitors. Jos Buttler hit a four and a six off Jasprit Bumrah. RR 132/2, need 37 off 32 ballsJos Buttler hit a six and a four off Hardik Pandya. RR 118/2Hardik Pandya struck to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane (37). RR 104/2, need 65 off 41 ballsfor Jos Buttler off 35 balls. RR 99/1, in chase of 169Krunal Pandya gave away just three runs. RR 86/1Jos Buttler ended the Mayank Markande over with a big six. RR 83/1, need 86 more off 60 ballsTidy over from Krunal Pandya, just five singles came off it. RR 71/1Mayank Markande conceded eight runs in his first over. RR 66/1TIME-OUTJos Buttler finished the Jasprit Bumrah with a four - seven runs came off it. RR 58/1End of Powerplay. Rajasthan Royals 51/1, in chase of 169Big over for the Royals as Jos Buttler hit a four and a six in consecutive balls off Krunal Pandya. RR 44/1Ajinkya Rahane hit two fours off Mitchell McClenaghan. RR 33/1Krunal Pandya also conceded just five in the over. RR 23/1, in chase of 169Good start, Mitchell McClenaghan gave away just five runs in it. RR 18/1Jasprit Bumrah struck early, D'Arcy Short gone for 4. RR 9/1Jos Buttler and D'Arcy Short start the RR run chase. Jasprit Bumrah with the ball for MIBen Stokes conceded 13 in the final over. MI 168/6Sanju Samson took a stunner as Ben Stokes dismissed Kardik Pandya for 36 (off 21 balls). MI 166/6Hardik Pandya smacked two sixes and a four off Jaydev Unadkat. MI 155/5Another brilliant over from Jofra Archer, gave away four runs to finish with figures of 2/16. MI 136/5Another excellent over for the Royals. Jaydev Unadkat gave away just four runs. MI 132/5Jaydev Unadkat dismissed Krunal Pandya (3). MI 131/5TIME-OUTAnother tidy over from Jofra Archer, gave away just five singles in it. MI 128/4Excellent over from Ben Stokes, gave away just four runs. MI 123/4Ben Stokes struck to dismiss Ishan Kishan (12). MI 119/4Expensive over from Dhawal Kulkarni as he finished with figures of 1/43 in four overs. MI 119/3Dhawal Kulkarni got rid of Evin Lewis (60 off 42 balls). MI 108/3Lewis hit four sixes and as many fours in his quick-fire knockAnother good over from Ben Stokes, just four singles in it. MI 102/2Evin Lewis reached fifty off 37 balls with a huge six. MI 98/2What an over from Jofra Archer. MI 89/2Big Wicket. Two in two for Jofra Archer, scalped Rohit Sharma for a golden duck. MI 87/2Jofra Archer provided Royals their first breakthrough, Suryakumar Yadav gone for 38. MI 87/1Evin Lewis 45*, Suryakumar Yadav 38* took Mumbai Indians to 86/0 at the halfway markBig over for Mumbai Indians as Lewis hit two sixes. MI 79/0Evin Lewis smacked two sixes in consecutive balls off Shreyas Gopal. MI 74/0Jaydev Unadkat gave away seven runs in his first over. MI 62/0Good over from Shreyas Gopal, gave away just four singles in it. MI 55/0Time for first strategic time-outEnd of Powerplay. Evin Lewis smacked two fours off Dhawal Kulkarni. MI 51/0Ben Stokes also started with six-run over. MI 40/0Suryakumar Yadav hit two fours off Dhawal Kulkarni. MI 34/0Good start from Jofra Archer too, gave away just five runs including two wides. MI 25/0Good start for Dhawal Kulkarni - six runs came off it. MI 20/0Three boundaries came off Krishnappa Gowtham over. MI 14/0Suryakumar Yadav opened the scoreboard with back-to-back fours. MI 8/0Here we go.. Evin Lewis and Suryakumar Yadav start the Mumbai innings. Krishnappa Gowtham with the ball for RajasthanSuryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Hardik Pandya, Ben Cutting, Krunal Pandya, Jean-Paul Duminy, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit BumrahJos Buttler (w), D'Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni
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