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Rajasthan Royals’ Dominant Win Over Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals secured a commanding victory over Mumbai, making their final group stage game at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium a memorable one. The team has now secured seven wins out of eight and is just a win away from 16 points, ensuring qualification for the playoff in every single season so far. They still have six more group games to play. Sandeep Sharma was named Player of the Match for his five-wicket haul, 5 for 18, the best figures of the season so far. He believes that bowling at death requires bravery and the execution of plans. Sanju Samson, the captain of Rajasthan, praises the left-handers of Mumbai, who went after quality spinners in the middle overs.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Brilliant Innings
He also mentions that under lights, batting gets easier at this venue. Yashasvi Jaiswal, the first player to score two centuries in the IPL before turning 23, is happy for his performance. He enjoyed the game from the start and ensured that he watched the ball well and played his shots. He also mentioned that the seniors on the team have been great and have backed him, which has allowed him to be happy and enjoy his innings. Mumbai continued their erratic season with another erratic performance, failing to take wickets in the powerplay and keeping the scoring rate down. Piyush Chawla was the pick of the bowlers and the only wicket-taker as well.
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Mumbai Indian’s Poor Fielding
Mumbai dropped multiple chances in the field, which was uncharacteristic of them. Jasprit Bumrah, as usual, bowled well but got hit in his final two overs. Nuwan Thushara couldn’t impress on debut either, and the likes of Gerald Coetzee, Mohammad Nabi, and Hardik Pandya couldn’t make much of an impact. Rajasthan managed to get momentum back in their favor with the two final overs from Avesh Khan and especially Sandeep Sharma. The opening duo, which only Jos Buttler had really fired so far, scored 61 runs in the first six overs before rain interrupted play, and soon enough after the break, Buttler fell, with the score being 74.
Jaiswal continued to find the fence and was supported brilliantly by skipper Sanju Samson. Rajasthan solidified their position at the top of the points table with a commanding victory over Mumbai, making their final group stage game at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium a memorable one. They have also done the double over Mumbai this season, preserving their home win record against Mumbai that stretches back to 2012, and they still have just one loss from eight matches now.
Hardik Pandya’s Extremely Bad Performance
Mumbai’s performance was summed up by the deployment of their two outstanding bowlers of the campaign. Gerald Coetzee bowled like the wind in his solitary powerplay over, visibly troubling Jaiswal with his 150 kph-plus pace, particularly with a top-edged pull that flew over the keeper for four. However, he was not given another over until Jaiswal was into the 80s, when he again got a well-set batter flinching, but by this stage, the match was already lost. Hardik Pandya, captain of the Mumbai Indians, must’ve given him another over following it. Hardik’s captaincy was ordinary, while Sanju Samson did his best as a batter as well as a skipper, which became the difference between the two teams.
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Hardik Pandya’s Statement After Match
Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai, says that after putting themselves in trouble early on, Nehal Wadhera and Tilak Varma‘s 99-run partnership took them to that total, which seemed like a good one, but he felt they were 15-20 runs short eventually. It adds that they gave away a bit too much in the powerplay, and it was a bad day in the field as well. Talks about how professional everybody is and how individually they will have to rectify and get better at their flaws and come back stronger. Concludes that he likes to back players, stick to the plans, and will look to keep it all simple.