Jaipur, May 02: MI vs RR:The Mumbai Indians overcame the Rajasthan Royals by 117 runs because to the lethal bowling of Trent Boult and Karn Sharma. Ryan Parag’s club was thus the second to be knocked out of the playoffs. The Chennai Super Kings had already been eliminated from the playoff chase. In Thursday’s encounter, Mumbai lost the toss and chose to bat first, scoring 217 runs after dropping two wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan lost by 100 runs, their second-largest defeat, after managing just 117 runs in 16.1 overs with 10 wickets lost in reply. Earlier, in 2023, RCB defeated Rajasthan by 112 runs. In addition, this is Mumbai’s third significant victory over any other team.
Mumbai’s sixth consecutive victory
Mumbai has risen to the top of the points standings with their sixth straight victory. With seven victories in 11 games, he currently has 14 points and a 1.274 net run rate. Rajasthan, however, is still in seventh place with six points. He started to have a net run rate of -0.780. With a net run rate of 0.521 and seven victories in ten games, RCB is in second place. His account has 14 marks as well. Gujarat is in second place with 12 points, while Punjab is in third place with 13. Mumbai hasn’t defeated Rajasthan in Jaipur since 2012.
Rajasthan’s innings
The performance of the Rajasthani batsmen that came out to chase the target was poor. Jofra Archer had their best innings, scoring 30 runs. He hit two fours and as many sixes in 27 balls. Mahish Tikshana scored two, Kumar Karthikeya scored two, Akash Madhwal scored four* runs, Nitish Rana scored nine, Dhruv Jurel scored eleven, Shubham Dubey scored fifteen, and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored thirteen against Mumbai. Shimran Hetmyer and Vaibhav Suryavanshi were both unable to open the account at the same time. Mumbai’s Trent Boult and Karn Sharma each claimed three wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah claimed two victories. In addition, Hardik Pandya and Deepak Chahar both claimed one wicket.
MI vs RR: Mumbai’s innings
The Mumbai Indians got off to a strong start thanks to Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma. Over 100 runs were scored in a partnership between the two. It was Mahish Tikshanah who bowled Ryan. After making 61 runs in 38 balls, he was dismissed. Rohit Sharma then went on to score 53 runs in 36 balls. This season, both scored their third half-centuries. Following this, the team’s score surpassed 200 thanks to a ferocious 48-48 run innings by Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. Ryan Parag and Mahish Tikshana both claimed one wicket for Rajasthan.
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