Match 66 Facts & Scorecard: Royals Trounce MI for Warne’s Farewell

Rajasthan Royals registered massive victory over Mumbai Indians, at Mumbai. Watson played the much awaited game as an allrounder, although it was useful only for Warne’s farewell. MI are now on the brink of being knocked off. Only DC or KKR can save them.

Match Facts

    Match 66
    Venue: Mumbai
    Captains: Warne (RR), Sachin (MI)
    Toss: MI
    Result: RR def MI by 10 wickets
    MOM: Shane Watson
    3wkts or more: 3/19 by Watson
    6s: 7 (MI 1, RR 6)
    4s: 28 (MI 13, RR 15)
    50: 89* by Watson
    100-plus Partnership: 134* 1st wkt Watson and Dravid (RR)
    50-plus partnership: 53 4th wkt Rohit Sharma and Pollard (MI)

Records

    Royal’s victory by 10 wickets is only third such instance of victory in IPL history.
    RR lead MI by 4-3 now in 8 clashes, with one match abandoned.
    Watson received his only MOM of IPL 4
    Warne signed off as the highest wicket taker of Royals in IPL 4 with 13 wickets.

Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum)

    Suman c Menaria b Watson 5 runs 6 balls 1 four
    Tendulkar c Watson b Singh 31 runs 35 balls 3 4s
    Rayudu c Taylor b Watson 2 runs 8 balls
    Rohit Sharma st Shah b Warne 58 runs 47 balls 5 4s 1 six
    Pollard b Watson 20 runs 18 balls 2 4s
    Franklin not out 11 runs 5 balls 2 4s
    Harbhajan Singh not out 1 run 1 ball
    Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5
    Total (20 overs) 133/5

Fall of wickets

    1-7 (Suman, 1.3 ov), 2-17 (Rayudu, 3.6 ov), 3-65 (Tendulkar, 11.3 ov), 4-118 (Pollard, 17.6 ov), 5-131 (Sharma, 19.4 ov)
Bowling

    Chavan 4 ov 17/0
    Watson 4 ov 19/3
    Trivedi 1 ov 9/0
    Warne 4 ov 30/1
    Botha 4 ov 24/0
    Amit Singh 2 ov 20/1
    Menaria 1 ov 12/0

Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 134 runs from 20 overs)

    Watson not out 89 runs 47 balls 9 4s 6 6s
    Dravid not out 43 runs 30 6 4s
    Extras (w 2) 2
    Total (13.1 overs) 120/0

Bowling
Munaf Patel 3 ov 23/0
Harbhajan Singh 2 ov 27/0
Malinga 4 ov 42/0
Kulkarni 2 ov 19/0
Pollard 2 ov 19/0
Franklin 0.1 ov 4/0

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