Rajasthan Royals bowlers were bombarded by the big hitters of Mumbai Indians. Leading the rampage was Pollard with half-century at a strike rate of almost 200. Rajasthan Royals needed huge 198 runs to win at Mumbai. Rahane and then Owais Shah gave a close fight, but Malinga’s double shattered the hope, and Pollard contributed with 4-wicket haul to seal the day, alongwith another 4-wicket haul by Munaf, who earned the Orange Cap becoming the first bowler to reach 10-wickets mark.
Rajasthan Royals failed to win, but brought the game much closer. Dravid has reason to smile in this loss. Without Watson and Hodge his batsmen reached so closer against the best bowling attack of IPL, then they can do much better when Watson joins.
Match Facts
- MOM: Pollard
Purple Cap: Munaf Patel
Orange Cap: Ajinkya Rahane
MI and RR have won 4 match each against each other.
Pollard recorded his first half-century in IPL.
82-run third wicket partnership is the best by Royals for any wicket against MI.
Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum)
- Levi b Hogg 29 runs 22 balls 4 4s 1 six
Suman c Trivedi b Singh 10 runs 10 balls 1 six
Rohit Sharma b Hogg 21 runs 13 balls 2 4s 1 six
Rayudu not out 47 32 1 four 3 6s
Pollard c Rahane b Chavan 64 runs 33 balls 6 4s 4 6s
Karthik†c Trivedi b Cooper 0
Franklin c Rahane b Amit Singh 2 runs 3 balls
Harbhajan Singh* not out 18 runs 6 balls 1 four 2 6s
Extras (b 1, lb 5) 6
Total (20 overs) 197/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-28 (Suman, 3.3 ov), 2-59 (Sharma, 6.5 ov), 3-68 (Levi, 8.2 ov), 4-164 (Pollard, 16.6 ov), 5-173 (Karthik, 17.4 ov), 6-177 (Franklin, 18.4 ov)
Bowling
- Chavan 4 ov 41/1
Amit Singh 4 ov 29/2
Cooper 4 ov 43/1
Hogg 4 ov 31/2
Trivedi 3 ov 25/0
Botha 1 ov 22/0
Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 198 runs from 20 overs)
- Dravid c Suman b Patel 3 runs 5 balls
Rahane c Levi b Pollard 40 runs 31 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Goswami c Karthik b Patel 0
Owais Shah b Malinga 76 runs 42 balls 5 4s 5 6s
Menaria c Sharma b Pollard 20 runs 15 balls 2 4s 1 six
Botha c Pollard b Malinga 2 runs 3 balls
Cooper b Patel 14 runs 6 balls
Chavan c Karthik b Pollard 4 runs 2 balls 1 four
Hogg c Franklin b Patel 2 runs 5 balls
Amit Singh b Pollard 0
Trivedi not out 5 runs 6 balls
Extras (lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 4
Total (20 overs) 170
Fall of wickets
- 1-7 (Dravid, 1.3 ov), 2-7 (Goswami, 1.4 ov), 3-89 (Rahane, 11.1 ov), 4-134 (Shah, 14.1 ov), 5-136 (Botha, 14.4 ov), 6-153 (Cooper, 16.5 ov), 7-162 (Menaria, 17.2 ov), 8-162 (Chavan, 17.3 ov), 9-163 (Singh, 17.5 ov), 10-170 (Hogg, 19.4 ov)
Bowling
- Malinga 4 ov 13/2
Munaf Patel 3.4 ov 28/4
Franklin 2 ov 22/0
Ojha 2 ov 19/0
Harbhajan Singh 4 ov 43/0
Pollard 4 ov 44/4
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