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And Rajasthan edge out Mumbai here powered by a fantastic 79 from Steven Smith, who played role of skipper to hilt.
Even Ajinkya Rahane's 46 was equally good for it gave RR a solid platform and set things up for Smith to take control.
In the end Smith's knock ensured that RR clinched the match by seven-wickets.
Smith gets the Orange Cap for the tournament and also deservedly gets Man-of-the-Match
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OVER 19.1
RR - 165 for 3 (19.1ovr) win by 7 wickets.
SUPER SMITH powers RR home.
WIN! Faulkner scurries for a single and makes his crease by inches....RR have won this match!
Over 19
SUPER SMITH!
One from the last over.
FOUR! Punched by Faulkner to deep-extra cover.
5 from 8 needed.
Dot ball.
Smith is on 75..whadda knock skipper!
5 from 9 needed.
Two runs..poor fielding by MI.
7 from 10 needed.
SUPER SMITH! Down the track and hammered to long-off!
Smith's is proving to be best Captain 2015 edition #RRvMI
— The Wall (@Akshayjoshi87) April 14, 2015
11 from 11.
Malinga to Faulkner..single.
Over 18
RR - 153 for 3
End of Over.
SIX! Flies into the stands...SPECIAL SMITH!
Smith is on 63...great effort!
Full toss and two runs.
20 from 14 needed.
Suyal is the bowler.
Smith is on 61
20 from 15 needed.
Over 17
RR - 141 for 3
24 from 18 needed.
Single.
Smith is on 59.
25 from 19 needed.
FOUR! Edged behind..14 off the over...Smith on fire...Malinga is despondent!
Two runs...29 from 21 needed...RR almost on the doorstep of a win!
WHADDA SHOT! Races away to square..Smith reaches fifty..take a bow cap!
35 from 23 needed.
FOUR! Smith whips that to leg for a boundary off Malinga...great shot!
Over 16
RR - 126 for 3
Single.
NO BALL AGAIN..Suyal lost it?
FREE HIT HERE.
NO BALL!
Swing and Miss..Smith tried to connect but failed.
44 from 27.
FOUR! Edged behind for a boundary...vital one for Smith.
Faulkner and Smith can do this one for RR!
49 from 29 needed.
Suyal chugs in.
Smith is on 38.
Over 15
RR - 113 for 3
Dot ball to Faulkner.
RR - 113 for 3
He goes for 13.
WICKET! Hooda is castled by Malinga...his leg-stump is shattered.
Yorked in by Malinga but Smith plays that for a single.
Smith is on 32.
A thriller here?
55 from 34 needed.
Good ball...beats Smith hands down.
Malinga is in to bowl.
Over 14
RR - 107 for 2
SIX! Monster...Hooda hits a big one down the track..amazing hit!
SIX! Hooda smashes that over mid-wicket..fine hit!
Hooda is the new batsman.
71 from 39 needed.
RR - 92 for 2
His fine innings comes to an end.
WICKET! Rahane departs..big one for MI...caught Anderson bowled Gopal for 46.
Over 13
RR - 92 for 1
FOUR! Smith hits that down the track..good shot!
79 from 45 needed.
CLOSE! Smith survives a stumping appeal.
Suchit is back in the attack.
Over 12
RR - 85 for 1
Single off the last ball.
O dil le gayi Kudi Gujarat di...#IPL #RRvMI
— Simple banda (@SimpleWidDimple) April 14, 2015
Rahane is on 42...can he steer RR to victory?
Four off it so far.
Gopal begins this over.
Over 11
RR - 78 for 1
Two off the lsat ball...fifty partnership up
90 from 56.
Smith-Rahane look to accelerate.
Suchit is getting hit here.
Over 10
RR - 69 for 1
Dot ball.
Smith is on 19...he needs to take onus and pump in the runs from here on.
One of them should start hitting now :-) Run rate is increasing like a hell -_- :( #RRvMI
— Run Sim Run !! (@kohli_simmi) April 14, 2015
Rahane is on 32...fine knock by him.
Single by Smith.
Anderson is the bowler.
Over 9
RR - 67 for 1
Single to end the over.
101 from 67 needed.
FOUR! Rahane is flying here...whacked away to sqaure..fine shot!
Suchit is the new bowler.
Over 8
RR - 57 for 1
Single.
FOUR! Easiest of four's for Rahane...that one flies away to extra cover,
Rahane-Smith need to pile it on here.
116 from 76 needed.
Anderson to bowl this one.
Over 7
RR - 49 for 1
Seven off the over.
Smith is getting runs in trickles here.
Suchit to bowl this over.
Over 6
RR - 42 for 1
Two off the over.
Smith is aiming to set himself here.
Samson performed like Samsung .. Didn't last too long #RRvMI #MIvsRR
— Funnily Serious (@notionalview) April 14, 2015
FOUR! Smith cracks that to deep-mid wicket...great shot!
Malinga has to get the skipper out...fast before he gets set in.
Single.
Malinga to Smith.
Over 5
RR - 33 for 1
End of Over.
FOUR! Rahane flicks that to third-man..fine shot.
He starts off with a single.
Skipper Steven Smith is in to bat.
RR - 28 for 1
Samson goes for 17.
WICKET! Samson departs...Rohit takes the easist of catches.
FOUR! Samson chips that to long-on..fine shot!
Vinay back in the attack.
Over 4
RR - 24 for 0
Two off the over.
FOUR! Rahane slams that to the boundary...good shot.
Suyal to bowl this over.
Over 3
RR - 15 for 0
Dot ball.
Edged away to third-man...flies past slips...Samson escapes.
GOOD BALL! Vinay pulls out a fine out-swinger.
Over 2
RR - 12 for 0
End of Over.
Two runs.
FOUR! Another one flies away...off a half-volley...bad ball.
NO BALL!
FOUR! Samson cuts that to sqaure off Suyal...fine shot.
Over 1
RR - 1 for 0
End of Over.
Can RR pull this off?
Dot ball.
Vinay Kumar to Rahane.
Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson are in to bat.
Amazing knocks from Kieron Pollard (70) and Corey Anderson (50) which has helped Mumbai rack up 164 for 5.
Pollard was ruthless against the RR bowlers while Anderson backed him up with an equally fine knock.
The duo ensured that Aaron Finch's injury did not count and helped MI to a competitve total
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Over 20
MI - 164 for 5
Two runs.
Last ball now.
Single.
Shreyas Gopal is the new batsman.
MI - 161 for 5
WICKET! And Morris bowls him..fine knock by Anderson off 38 balls.
He reaches 50.
SIX! Blasted over long-off...Anderson is going for it here!
FOUR! Anderson whips that to square...good shot.
Suchit is the new batsman.
Over 19
MI - 149 for 4
Pollard is out post a superb 70.
WICKET! And Pollard's fine innings ends...holes out to Nair at deep-mid wicket.
20 off the over.
Pollard gives MI wings!
SIX! Whadda player...hundred partnership up...tremendous strike to the same area again.
FOUR AGAIN! Pollard on fire..Southee is clueless to one that flies down the track.
FOUR! A shot at the same region again...fine shot.
WHADDA SHOT! Pollard flicks a yorker off Southee to square..amazing shot.
Over 18
MI - 129 for 3
Pollard reaches his half-century.
42 runs off the last 15 balls..Go MI!
finally mumbai are awake #RRvMI
— Max (@max_p24) April 14, 2015
SIX! Tambe is greeted by another one of Pollard's biggies..good shot.
Over 17
MI - 115 for 3
Single.
6.77 the run-rate here.
Single.
14 off the over so far.
FOUR! Pollard hits that like a bullet down the ground...Faulkner is clueless.
SUPER POLLARD! He slams a four and a big six off Faulkner's consecutive deliveries..take a bow mate!
Over 16
MI - 99 for 3
End of Over.
MI look to go full throttle here.
15 off the over so far.
FOUR! Pollard whips that away to square-leg...fifty run partnership up.
Anderson is on 35..good knock.
FOUR! Smashed away to long-off..Southee is getting the treatment here!
AMAZING SHOT! Anderson hammers that into the deep-cover stands..great hit...for six
Can he swing things around for RR?
Southee is back in the attack.
Over 15
MI - 83 for 0
End of Over.
Single.
FREE HIT TIME!
Now would be the perfect time for pollard to get some runs under his belt and get back to form. IPL needs him more than MI#PepsiIPL #RRvMI
— Venkatesh Jothi (@venkat09ind) April 14, 2015
NO BALL! Anderson escapes..he was caught at deep-mid on off Kulkarni...GREAT ESCAPE!
Pollard is going great guns.
RR seem to have lost momentum now.
And MI will hope for more off his blade in the final overs.
FOUR! Whacked away to deep-mid wicket...Pollard is in awesome form!
Pollard is on 14 while Anderson is on 23.
Over 14
MI - 74 for 3
SUPER SHOT! Pollard hits that into the stands...Faulkner gapes on.
MI Pollard to get more of those from now on.
@IPL Just love this guy pravin tambe... SORRY SORRY Man :) #RRvMI
— kiran hole (@kiranhole) April 14, 2015
Shot of the match so far.
SIX! Whipped over mid-wicket off Faulkner..amazing hit!
Over 13
MI - 61 for 3
End of Over.
FOUR AGAIN!
MI need more of that here.
FOUR! And Pollard flicks that to long-on for a boundary...fine shot.
Good ball...Pollard had no answer to one that sharply rose.
Morris comes back to bowl.
Over 12
MI - 52 for 3
FOUR! Pollard glances that to third-man..much needed boundary.
Slow is the word for MI tonight.
Mumbai = Ponting , Kumble , Tendulkar , Jonty , etc Rjasthan = DRAVID #RRvMI
— The Wall (@Akshayjoshi87) April 14, 2015
Tambe is in to bowl.
Over 11
MI - 46 for 3
End of Over.
Good ball..beats Pollard.
Morris is banging it in here.
Finch's injury has proved costly it seems!
@mipaltan listless batting continues #PepsiIPL #RRvMI
— Rohan Das (@Finaccio) April 14, 2015
Morris the new bowler.
Over 10
MI - 45 for 3
Dot ball.
Pollard is the new batsman.
MI - 45 for 3
He goes for 12.
CLEANED UP! Chand has no clue to one that darts in like an arrow.
MI need to get their act right asap.
RR have MI stuttering here.
Tambe to bowl this over.
Over 9
MI - 39 for 2
Maiden Over.
Can he play hero tonight for RR?
Faulkner chugs in.
Over 8
MI - 38 for 2
End of Over.
MI are milking him around for singles.
Hooda is the new bowler.
Over 7
MI - 35 for 2
End of Over.
FOUR! Fine hit through covers by Anderson..good shot.
Corey Anderson is in for MI.
MI - 31 for 2
Big wicket for RR.
WICKET! Rohit goes for a duck...edges one to Steven Smith at slip.
Thanks to Kulkarni, now I can complete my assignments of school today- @parthiv9 #RRvMI
— Run Sim Run !! (@kohli_simmi) April 14, 2015
Binny is the bowler.
Over 6
MI - 31 for 1
End of Over.
Dot ball.
FOUR! Chipped away to third-man by Chand..good shot!
And he is sticking to a good line here...cramps Chand for room.
Southee is the bowler.
Rohit is in for MI..can he fire?
ROHIT DAY! #RRvMI #PowerPlayerPrayers #IPL2015
— iMallu (@NaanumEngineer) April 14, 2015
Over 5
MI - 27 for 1
End of Over.
Dot ball.
MI - 27 for 1
Patel goes for 16
WICKET! Patel chips that into Morris' hands at Mid-On..Kulkarni took apce off the ball cleverly.
RR need a wicket here.
Aaron Finch walks off retired hurt. Quite an unsavory sight see him leave the field. Hope we see him back is soon. #RRvMI #IPL #MI
— Rahul Tripathi (@Arbeaar) April 14, 2015
Kukarni is the bowler here.
Over 4
MI - 26 for 0
Dot ball.
Meanwhile Patel is looking good here.
That is a big blow for MI.
Unmukt Chand sprints in to replace Finch
RETIRED HURT! And Finch cannot continue any more...blow for MI.
Finch is Flinching...he seems to have twisted his ankle.
#Ahmedabad feels like who the heck should we support?? #RRvMI
— Ajayy Vaghela (@ajayyvaghela) April 14, 2015
Single.
Binny to Finch.
Over 3
MI - 22 for 0
Dot ball.
The Ever-young Parthiv Patel opening for #MI .. #RRvMI
— Deepak Bhawnani (@DeepakB7) April 14, 2015
Good ball...Kulkarni's out-swinger beats Finch..slowish one at that.
LUCKY! Patel almost edges that one off Kulkarni to the stumps...but it runs behind for a boundary.
Over 2
MI - 17 for 0
FOUR! Finch ends the over with a fine flick to deep-fine leg.
Massive respect for Parthiv Patel, he plays late night IPL matches and still manages to wake up on time for school. #RRvMI
— Gautam (@gautamverma23) April 14, 2015
Well left..Finch lets that one fly to the keeper.
Patel looks in good knick..has started off really well...three runs post a fine flick to cover.
Dot ball.
Morris to Patel.
FOUR! Patel glances Morris towards fine-leg..good shot.
Over 1
MI - 6 for 0
End of Over.
Dot ball.
Well left by Finch.
FOUR! And Finch drives that through covers for the first boundary..good shot.
Single.
Southee to Patel.
Single.
Well left...a typical Southee out-swinger.
Southee to Finch.
Tim Southee to begin the first over.
Surprise Surprise...Parthiv Patel to open the batting with Aaron Finch.
@harbhajan_singh will be missed today after the previous match performance Mr X of #MI will be misses ..... #RRvMI
— Manas Singh RCB fan (@manasisawsum) April 14, 2015
A sea of blue tonight..but which one will come out trumps?
Mumbai need to make use of some good batting conditions tonight
And the starting XI is out.
RR XI - Rahane, Samson (WK), Smith (C), Nair, Binny, Hooda, Faulkner, Morris, Southee, Kulkarni,Tambe
MI XI - Sharma (C), Finch, Chand, Patel (WK), Anderson, Pollard, Malinga, Gopal, Vinay Kumar, Bumrah, Ojha
Will Mumbai miss Harbhajan tonight?
Mumbai bat. Harbhajan out injured, Rayudu and Tare left out. Parthiv Patel and Unmukt Chand in. #RRvMI #IPL8
— Jatin Sharma (@jatinnsharma) April 14, 2015
Surprise Surprise...No Harbhajan Singh for MI tonight!
TOSS TIME - Rohit Sharma (MI) wins the toss and has elected to bat first.
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Welcome to LIVE coverage of Match 8 of IPL 8 which has Rajasthan Royals facing Mumbai Indians at Ahmedabad on 20:00 IST.
Here is the preview for the match.
Rajasthan who clinched a memorable last ball win over Delhi Daredevils in their last game, will be gung-ho about facing Mumbai who also lost their previous match against Kings XI Punjab.
Mumbai will expect Harbhajan Singh to conjure up another heroic show against RR, and the former India spinner will be upbeat to deliver the goods again.
RR on the other hand will bank on All-rounder James Faulkner to fire against MI, with the Australian already having got off to a superb start with both bat and ball.
Deepak Hooda who was RR's star of the match against Delhi, will also be expected to deliver another virtuoso performance with the bat.
Rajasthan's bowlers will look to expose Mumbai's batting which looked all at sea against Punjab.
Tim Southee will be key for RR and the lanky New Zealand pacer will come out all guns blazing and would aim to skittle out Mumbai cheaply.
Rohit Sharma may move down the order for Mumbai, as the team looks to alter it's batting composition to avoid another batting fiasco this time around.
With RR reeling under reports of probable match fixing, the Men-in-Purple will look to cast it all aside and gain another two points off a shaky looking Mumbai.
To follow LIVE coverage of IPL 8,click here.
