Live Cricket Update – RR vs MI 38th Match – Highlights – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians

Rajasthan Royals 183 for 1 (Jaiswal 104*) beat Mumbai Indians 179 for 9 (Varma 65, Sandeep 5-18) by 9 wickets

Sandeep Sharma introduced his return from damage with the magnificent figures of 5 for 18, the most effective by any bowler on this season’s IPL, earlier than Yashasvi Jaiswal blazed again to kind with a glowing 59-ball century, as Rajasthan Royals signed off from the Jaipur leg of their marketing campaign with a seventh assertion win in eight matches to cement their table-topping standing.

Set a middling 180 for victory after a Mumbai Indians’ innings that owed every part to a 99-run fifth-wicket stand between Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera, Rajasthan’s chase was signalled and sealed by Jaiswal, who had 31 from 18 balls previous to a 30-minute rain delay, earlier than changing his first fifty of a tough season right into a towering 104 not out from 60 balls.

Jaiswal added 74 in eight overs with the in-form Jos Buttler, who made 35 from 25, and an extra 109 in 65 with Sanju Samson, whose horrible reprieve on 19 by Tim David at midwicket was the second all hope evaporated for Mumbai. By then, Jaiswal had additionally had a significant let-off, on 50, when Wadhera at deep cowl dropped a leading-edged swipe off Piyush Chawla over the ropes for six.

Mumbai’s efficiency was summed up by the deployment of their two excellent bowlers of the marketing campaign. After being riled by a first-ball slap for six, Gerald Coetzee bowled just like the wind in his solitary powerplay over, visibly troubling Jaiswal together with his 150kph-plus tempo, specifically with a top-edged pull that flew over the keeper for 4. But he was not given one other over till Jaiswal was into the 80s, when he once more obtained a well-set batter flinching, however by this stage the match was already misplaced.

And although Jasprit Bumrah bowled together with his peerless verve up entrance, together with a two-run first over to restrict Buttler’s early intentions, he too was held again too late into the chase – and when he did return, his comeback over was not a hit. A primary-ball no-ball was adopted by a second-ball broad on top, whereupon Jaiswal swung the rolled-over free hit for six, en path to a 16-run over, Bumrah’s most costly of a stellar season.