13 Apr 2019

As it happened | IPL 2019: Rajasthan beat Mumbai by 4 wickets

As it happened | IPL 2019: Rajasthan beat Mumbai by 4 wickets

Jos Buttler in action. Photograph: (AFP)

<p>Both teams have played six matches so far, and while the Mumbai are placed in the top half with four wins, the Rajasthan are closer to the floor of the eight-team table with a solitary win.</p>

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13 Apr 2019, 7:42 PM (IST)

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13 Apr 2019, 7:38 PM (IST)

And Rajasthan have defeated Mumbai by four wickets to register their second win of the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Shreyas gopal scored the wining runs as he hit a boundary after managing to drive it through the gap at extra cover.

 

13 Apr 2019, 7:31 PM (IST)

Alzarri Joseph is injured. he saved two runs for his team by making a brilliant effort to stop a boundary but seems to have suffered some injury. 

13 Apr 2019, 7:25 PM (IST)

Rajasthan needs 14 runs in 12 balls to win the game. The side has lost six wickets with even Steve Smith being dismissed for 12 runs.

 

13 Apr 2019, 7:20 PM (IST)

Jasprit Bumrah struck on the last ball to dismiss Sanju Samson. In the next over, Rahul Tripathi gave away his wicket while trying to hit a six. 

Rajasthan lost two wickets in quick succession. The side needs run-a-ball to win this game. 

13 Apr 2019, 6:59 PM (IST)

6,4,4,4,4,6 were the figures Buttler registered in one over of Alzarri Joseph. The batsmen has hit 28 runs and Mumbai thought they have lost the game.

But it was Rahul Chahar who brought Mumbai back in the game by dismissing the run machine.

Buttler departed after making 89 runs in just 43 balls. 

13 Apr 2019, 6:55 PM (IST)

Boundaries are raining for Rajasthan and the credit of it goes to Jos Buttler. Mumbai are stunned and don't know how to stop him. 

 

13 Apr 2019, 6:46 PM (IST)

Jos Buttler once again rose to the occasion and smashed a brilliant half century to keep Rajasthan in the chase. 

After 11 overs the team's score stands at 103 for the loss of one wicket 

13 Apr 2019, 6:31 PM (IST)

Jos Buttler and Ajinkya Rahane added 60 runs for the opening wicket. The skipper, who looked in terrific form, was dismissed for 37 runs by Krunal Pandya.

His inning included six boundaries and one six.  

13 Apr 2019, 6:25 PM (IST)

50 comes up for Rajasthan with Rahane being in terrific form. Buttler is also supporting the captain but is going slow in comparison.

After 6 overs, the team's score stands at 59 for no loss. 

13 Apr 2019, 6:18 PM (IST)

Rajasthan are 32/0 after 4 overs.

Ajinkya Rahane is playing at 15 and Buttler is at 16. 

13 Apr 2019, 6:06 PM (IST)

Rajasthan began their chase of 188 runs with skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler on the crease. 

 

13 Apr 2019, 5:45 PM (IST)

Hardik Pandya once again came to Mumbai's rescue and smashed 28 runs in just 11 balls to power his side to 187 for 5 after 20 overs.

Pandya played at a strike rate of over 250 and smashed three sixes and one boundary. 

13 Apr 2019, 5:36 PM (IST)

Quinton de Kock was dismissed for 81 as Mumbai lost a set batsman in the last overs.

He was dismissed in the same way as of Rohit Sharma. He too lost his wicket to Archer and caught by Buttler. 

Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock had added a quickfire 96-run stand for the opening wicket

13 Apr 2019, 5:29 PM (IST)

After 18 overs Mumbai's score stand at 158 for the loss of three wickets. 

13 Apr 2019, 5:27 PM (IST)

Kieron Pollard departed for six runs as the experiment to send him up the order failed for Mumbai.

De Kock is still on crease and is going strong. He is playing at 73 as of now.

Hardik Pandya has come to crease to help De Kock set a decent target for Rajasthan.

 

13 Apr 2019, 5:03 PM (IST)

Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed as Mumbai lost second wicket. Kieron Pollard has been promoted up the order to maintain the dominance. 

Pollard had struck 83 runs in 31 balls to give Mumbai a win over Punjab.  

13 Apr 2019, 4:51 PM (IST)

Quinton de Kock hits fifty. The batmen who had build a 96 runs stand wit Rohit Sharma reached the mark soon after Mumbai skipper's dismissal.  

100 runs have come up for Mumbai for the loss of one wicket.

After 12 overs the score stands at 104 runs. 

 

13 Apr 2019, 4:45 PM (IST)

Rohit dismissed for 47

Mumbai's opening partnership ends as Rohit Sharma departs for 47 runs. The batman tried to hit a big shot off Jofra Archer but fell short of length and the ball landed safely in the hands of Joss Buttler.

De kock, on the other hand, is playing at 49. He now needs to stay on crease and play  a patient innings to give time to other batman to settle.

 

13 Apr 2019, 4:41 PM (IST)

Boundaries are raining for Mumbai. The opening pair is unstoppable with both the batsmen inching closer to their half centuries.

 

13 Apr 2019, 4:40 PM (IST)

After 9 overs, De Kock is playing at 47 runs while Rohit is at 30. 

13 Apr 2019, 4:18 PM (IST)

Mumbai on a roll!! 

50 comes up for Mumbai and that too very soon. After 5 overs, Mumbai's score stand at 53 runs for no loss.  

Rohit Sharma and De Kock are hitting almost every ball out of the boundary line.  

13 Apr 2019, 4:11 PM (IST)

Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are playing its fast. The two are hitting boundaries to give Mumbai a perfect start.

After three overs, Mumbai's score stands at 27 runs for no loss. 

13 Apr 2019, 4:01 PM (IST)

The clash begins!

Skipper Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock have opened the innings for Mumbai.

While Sharma has been in and out of form, De Kock is yet to play a game of his quality. 

13 Apr 2019, 3:49 PM (IST)

Captains say!

Speaking after the toss, Ajinkya Rahane said, "We will bowl first. Not sure how this pitch will play, but it will get better under lights. We have been playing some good cricket, but in T20s, we need to play well in the crunch situations. We have a few changes. Stokesy is injury and replaced by Liam Livingstone, Gowtham is back as well."

Talking about their strategy for today, Rohit Sharma said, "It's a 4 PM game, should help the spinners. The pitch shouldn't be much of a factor. We need to play some good cricket, we are in a roll as a team and need to continue doing it. One change for us, I am back in place of Siddhesh, who is unlucky to miss out. He looked good the other day, but this is a long tournament and he should get more chances in the future." 

13 Apr 2019, 3:48 PM (IST)

Teams:

Rajasthan (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Liam Livingstone, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni

Mumbai (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Alzarri Joseph, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah

13 Apr 2019, 3:42 PM (IST)

Rajasthan have won the toss and have elected to bowl. Mumbai will bat first with skipper Rohit Sharma returning to the team.

Rohit was not part of the last nail-biting encounter against Punjab. 

13 Apr 2019, 3:29 PM (IST)

Facts and Stats

Pace bowlers account for 32 of the 37 wickets taken by bowlers in the three matches played at the Wankhede Stadium this season.

Mumbai have realised only five wickets from their spinners in – the lowest among all teams this season.

Rajasthan have the poorest economy rate in the middle nine overs and the five death overs; their economy rate in the middle nine overs is 8.89, and their economy rate in the final five overs is 11.50.

13 Apr 2019, 3:27 PM (IST)

Mumbai vs Rajasthan: Head-to-Head

Overall: Matches – 18, Mumbai – 10, Rajasthan –8

In IPL 2018: Matches 2, Mumbai Indians – 0, Rajasthan Royals – 2

13 Apr 2019, 3:24 PM (IST)

Here's the preview of the big clash 

The two teams will lock horns of the first time in this year's IPL.  

13 Apr 2019, 3:23 PM (IST)

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