The Rajasthan Royals secured their third consecutive victory in this season’s IPL by defeating the Mumbai Indians with a six-wicket win.
Opting to bowl first, Rajasthan restricted Mumbai to 125/9 and comfortably chased down the target with 27 balls to spare. Riyan Parag shone with an unbeaten 54 off 39 balls.
Mumbai had a rough start to their innings, falling to 20/4 in just four overs. MI skipper Hardik Pandya answered with a rapid 34 off 21 balls, helped by Tilak Varma’s 32 off 29 deliveries, despite the strain.
Yuzvendra Chahal impressed with figures of 3/11, including the vital wicket of Pandya, while Trent Boult took 3/22. Mumbai have now lost three games in a row.
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Squads:
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Jos Buttler (wk), Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Singh Rathore, Nandre Burger, Navdeep Saini, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tanush Kotian.
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Tim David, Shreyas Gopal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Tilak Varma, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Luke Wood, Suryakumar Yadav.
