Guwahati, April 8: Rajasthan Royals (RR) secured a 27-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 13th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which was affected by rain. This win marks RR’s third consecutive victory this season, propelling them to the top of the points table. Meanwhile, MI, currently in seventh place, faced their second defeat in this tournament.
Due to rain, the first ball was bowled at 10:10 PM, with both teams playing reduced overs of 9 each. Batting first after losing the toss, Rajasthan Royals scored 150 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in their allotted 11 overs. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal partnered with Vaibhav Suryaanshi to accumulate 80 runs in just 5 overs.
Vaibhav scored 39 runs off 14 balls, hitting 5 sixes and 1 four before being dismissed. Dhruv Jurel, who came in at number three, managed only 2 runs. RR lost 2 wickets for 84 runs, but Jaiswal then formed a crucial partnership of 37 runs with captain Riyan Parag in just 19 balls. Riyan scored 20 runs off 10 balls, including 3 boundaries. Jaiswal then added 29 runs with Shimron Hetmyer for the fourth wicket, leading the team to a total of 150/3.
Jaiswal remained unbeaten at 77 runs off 32 balls, hitting 4 sixes and 10 fours, while Hetmyer contributed 6 runs off 7 balls. For MI, Gazanfar took 2 wickets for 21 runs, and Shardul Thakur claimed 1 wicket.
In response, Mumbai Indians managed only 123 runs, losing 9 wickets in their 11 overs. They lost their first wicket, Ryan Rickelton (8), on the last ball of the first over, with the team scoring just 10 runs at that point. Rohit Sharma (5) and Suryakumar Yadav (6) added only 10 runs for the second wicket.
MI continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, finding themselves at 46 runs with 5 wickets down. Sherfane Rutherford and Naman Dheer then put together a partnership of 47 runs for the sixth wicket in just 17 balls, taking the score to 93. However, once that partnership was broken, the team faltered again. Both Naman Dheer and Rutherford scored 25 runs each but could not secure a win for their team. For RR, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, and Ravi Bishnoi each took 2 wickets, while Jofra Archer and Tushar Deshpande claimed 1 wicket each.
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