| 0.0 : Just moments away before all the action descends in Abu Dhabi for Match 20. Hello and welcome to our coverage of the same. Mumbai steamrolled Hyderabad in their last game at Sharjah and are coming in with 2 wins on the trot while the case is the other way around for Rajasthan. Both are giants in their right and nothing can be said rightaway as to who might hold sway. It will be interesting to see what changes Smith might have pondered over, if any, to stem any further losses. Sit tight as we bri |
| Pitch Report - Deep Dasgupta is in the middle for the Pitch Report. He says that the central pitch is being used for this game. Dasgupta feels there is a fair amount of grass on the pitch and Danny Morrison concurs. Morrison feels that the grass will allow the ball to slide on better. He feels that it is a good surface and has good carry. Dasgupta sees some cracks and feels it could be two-paced a bit. He further closes by saying that it is a good pitch to bat on. |
| TOSS - The spin of the coin lands in Rohit's favour. MUMBAI WILL BAT! |
| Rohit Sharma, Mumbai's skipper, says that it looks a good pitch, played the first game here. Wants to follow the basics and play good cricket. He believes that the team can be more consistent and says there are learnings from each game. Informs that they are unchanged. |
| Steven Smith, Rajasthan's captain, says that Jaiswal, Rajpoot and Tyagi are the changes while not elaborating on who makes their way out. Feels that it is certainly cooler this evening than the day game they played earlier. Finishes by saying they are bowling first and wants to do well. |
| Mumbai (Unchanged Playing XI) - Quinton de Kock (WK), Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah. |
| Rajasthan (Playing XI) - Jos Buttler (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal (IN PLACE OF ROBIN UTHAPPA), Steven Smith (C), Sanju Samson, Mahipal Lomror, Rahul Tewatia, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot (IN PLACE OF RIYAN PARAG), Kartik Tyagi (IN PLACE OF JAYDEV UNADKAT). |
| Quinton de Kock is up for a chat. He says that the team feels pretty good and are fresh. States that he was happy to spend some time in the middle, in the last game. Feels that they stuck to the basics and did not try to complicate things too much. Adds that it is always important for a team like Mumbai to get a good start and make the most of the opportunities. Reckons that they have done that. Feels it is important to win the small battles. |
| We are all set for the action to begin! The umpires make their way out to the middle. Steven Smith has a chat with his lads and ushers them onto the field. Following them to the centre are Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock. Rajasthan have gone in with an extra bowler and will be hoping that it pays off. Ankit Rajpoot, who is back in the side today, to start proceedings with the ball. The countdown is over and here we go... |
| 0.6 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Landed outside off, Rohit opens the face of his bat and steers it between short third man and backward point! |
| Who will it be from the other end? Smith gets the spinner on. Shreyas Gopal. |
| 1.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Quinton de Kock, On middle and leg, this is flicked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, Dropped short, outside off, cut straight to point. |
| 1.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, punched down to long off for a run. |
| 1.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Quinton de Kock, Full and around off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 1.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Quinton de Kock, Tight single pinched. De Kock just taps it towards the off side and admires his shot. But Rohit sees that Buttler has not moved and calls his partner through for a quick run. |
| 1.6 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, Around middle, worked to the leg side for a run. Not a bad over at all from Gopal. |
| 2.1 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, Full and around off, solidly defended. |
| Ankit Rajpoot to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Straightway down the ground! No movement. Only movement of the ball is going towards the boundary. Full and around off, de Kock drives it past the non-striker and beats mid off. |
| 0.2 : Ankit Rajpoot to Quinton de Kock, WIDE. Down the leg side, Quinton misses his flick. |
| Ankit Rajpoot to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, played straight to point, on the walk. |
| 0.3 : Ankit Rajpoot to Quinton de Kock, Down the leg side, flicked towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.4 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, Oooh... got squared up there. Full and around off, Rohit looks to defend but the ball shapes away and takes the outside edge towards cover. |
| 0.5 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, Short and wide outside off, Rohit slashes hard but misses. |
| 2.2 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Easy to the eye! Full and outside off, Rohit leans and lofts it cleanly over mid off. It goes over the ropes, in fact. Straightaway, slip goes out now. |
| 2.3 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! This is classy batting. Rajpoot goes short and gives room outside off. Rohit cuts it behind point. The ball races away and deep backward point does get to his left and dives but in vain. |
| 2.4 : Ankit Rajpoot to Rohit Sharma, Around middle, tucked to the leg side for a single. |
| 2.5 : Ankit Rajpoot to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! 'CATCH IT!' is the shout from someone but there is no one to catch it! Full and around middle, De Kock gets across, goes down and laps it over short fine leg. |
| 2.6 : Ankit Rajpoot to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, punched straight to cover. 15 from the over, Rajpoot has gone for more than 85 percent of the team runs conceded so far. |
| 3.1 : Jofra Archer to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, punched towards cover. Tom Curran fumbles and a single is taken. |
| 0.0 : Jofra Archer into the attack now. |
| 3.2 : Jofra Archer to Quinton de Kock, That has hit him. A length ball, outside leg, de Kock looks to flick but misses and is hit on the box. |
| 3.3 : Jofra Archer to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Just wide! A length ball, around middle, de Kock swivels and pull-flicks it over square leg. The fielder rushes to his right and dives but the ball beats him. |
| 3.5 : Jofra Archer to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, pretty full, steered straight to cover. |
| 3.6 : Jofra Archer to Quinton de Kock, Goes back and works it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 4.1 : Kartik Tyagi to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, pushed towards cover for a single. |
| 4.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, Oops... off the inside edge! Outside off, Rohit looks to steer it towards third man but the ball nips back in and takes the inside edge. Goes past the stumps towards short fine leg. |
| 4.3 : Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Up, up and away! A high full toss and Rohit says thank you. Smokes it with a pull over square leg. |
| 4.4 : Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, Brilliant effort at short third man. Outside off, Rohit steers this towards third man but Ankit Rajpoot at short third dives to his left and makes a half-stop. Just a single conceded. |
| 4.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT! First wicket in the Indian T20 League for the Under-19 sensation. A short ball, around middle and leg, de Kock looks to pull but the ball climbs onto him. He goes through with the shot and gets a top edge. The ball goes high in the air but only as far as say, where leg slip would have been. Jos Buttler, the keeper, calls for it and takes it calmly. The opening stand is cut one short of 50. |
| Suryakumar Yadav walks in at number 3, replacing de Kock. |
| 4.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Outside off, steered towards third man for a run. End of a wonderful over. Went for a six, did Tyagi but came back and got a wicket as well. 50 UP FOR MUMBAI, with an over still left in the Powerplay. |
| Here's Tom Curran. |
| 5.1 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Outside off, dabbed towards third man for a single. |
| 5.2 : Tom Curran to Rohit Sharma, Full and around off, Rohit looks to work it to the leg side but gets a leading edge towards cover. |
| 5.3 : Tom Curran to Rohit Sharma, Down the leg side, Sharma misses his flick. The ball goes off his pads towards short fine leg and a leg bye is taken. |
| 5.4 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and around off, flicked sweetly but straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 5.5 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Lovely shot. Full and around middle, Suryakumar works it uppishly, but it is in the gap between mid-wicket and mid on. The ball races to the fence. |
| 5.6 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE. Down the leg side, SKY misses his flick. |
| Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, A length ball, around off, tucked through mid-wicket but straight to the fielder. 57/1 for Mumbai in the Powerplay. Perfect start. Well, near-perfect. |
| 6.1 : Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, Short ball outside off, Rohit goes for the pull. Gets it uppishly to mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 6.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, Rohit steers this to third man for a single. |
| 6.3 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Outside off, fullish, worked to point for a dot. |
| 6.4 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Tyagi is not happy with that! Bangs a shortish one outside off. It kept low and Surya looked to pull but it goes under his flashing blade. Buttler misses that as well and the batters sneak in a bye. Tyagi is not happy on the run being conceded. |
| 6.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, Wide! A bouncer down the leg side, Rohit lets it be. Good, challenging delivery from Tyagi but the umpire calls it a wide. |
| Kartik Tyagi to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, Sharma works this to third man for one. |
| 6.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Wide! Slips a length delivery down the leg side, Surya misses his flick. |
| Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Outside off, cut away to deep point for a single. |
| 7.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Just a high-quality shot this one. Full and outside off, Surya comes down and lofts this over covers for a boundary. Tom Curran tried to get to it in the deep but cannot. |
| 3.4 : Shreyas Gopal into the attack again. 1-0-4-0 so far. |
| 7.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, This is worked back to the bowler for a dot. |
| 7.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, Shorter on off, bunted down to long on for a single. |
| 7.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Cracking shot! Gopal goes for the googly but drops it short. Sharma pulls, over deep mid-wicket and bags a maximum. |
| 7.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, Outside off, Rohit punches off the back foot but finds cover. |
| 7.6 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, Floated on the off pole, worked back to Gopal for a dot. |
| 8.1 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Four! The batsman lofts this over the infield and bags himself a boundary. |
| 8.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Soft hands there. A good length ball outside off, Yadav guides it defly to the third man fence for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Yorker on off, jammed out for a dot. |
| 8.4 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, On a good length outside off, Surya moved to the leg side like earlier. Stretches out and plays it to cover. |
| 8.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Suryakumar has had to stretch a lot this over. Length and outside off, he stretches out and chops it back to the keeper. |
| 8.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! 12 runs off the over and Tyagi is very unlucky on this occasion though. Lands a length delivery outside off, Suryakumar looks to drive but a thick outside edge is induced. It goes wide of Buttler to the third man fence. |
| 3.4 : Jofra Archer to Quinton de Kock, SIX! No one is going to catch that! Fractionally short, around off, de Kock pulls it over mid-wicket! |
| 9.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! SG gets RG! Big, big, wicket. The plan to persist with Gopal in spite of an expensive previous over works for Smith. Floated, around middle, this is the wrong 'un, Rohit looks to go downtown but does not quite hit it from the middle of the bat. Finds long on where Rahul Tewatia completes the formalities. A rare start not converted by the skipper. |
| 9.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Ishan Kishan, OUT! CAUGHT! Kishan goes too! 2 in 2 for Shreyas Gopal. Poor choice of a shot first up. Floated outside off, another googly, for some reason, goes for a big hoick across the line. Gets a leading edge which goes high in the air. Sanju Samson runs across to his right from cover and takes a dolly. |
| 9.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, No hat-trick. Full and around off, watchfully defended. |
| 9.2 : Krunal Pandya walks in at number 5, replacing Kishan. Surya will face the hat-trick ball though. |
| 9.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, Outside off, punched through the covers for a run. |
| 9.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Krunal Pandya, NEARLY ANOTHER WICKET! Full and around off, Krunal comes forward and looks to play straight but almost chips it back to the bowler. Lands short. |
| 9.6 : Shreyas Gopal to Krunal Pandya, Down the leg side, KP misses his tuck and takes a leg ybe as the ball rolls across. Just 2 runs and 2 wickets from the over! |
| 10.1 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, Floated outside off, worked to the man at point. |
| 10.2 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, On the shorter side outside off, Krunal taps it towards short third man and looks for a single but is rightly sent back. |
| 10.3 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, Flighted on off, this is bunted down to long on for one. |
| 0.0 : Ishan Kishan walks in at number 4, replacing his skipper. |
| 10.4 : Rahul Tewatia to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle and leg, Surya works this on the leg side for a single. |
| 10.5 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, An appeal for LBW but not given. Missing leg probably. Tosses this around middle and leg, Krunal prods forward and looks to block. Misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal follows but to no avail. |
| 10.6 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, Flatter and around off, blocked to the off side. Just 2 from the over. |
| 0.0 : Rahul Tewatia has been brought upon. Interesting. Krunal Pandya has been promoted to play the leg spinner Gopal and Steven Smith gets another leggie on! |
| 11.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Plays it beautifully, Suryakumar. Floated on off and middle, he goes down and sweeps this to the fine leg fence. He had to reach down a good deal though to play the shot. |
| 11.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for SKY. The 100 is up for Mumbai as well. On the shorter side outside off, Surya goes for the aerial route over covers and gets a boundary. |
| 11.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, Good running, a couple. Flighted outside off, Surya works this uppishly to Tom Curran at extra cover and comes back for the second. |
| 11.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Suryakumar Yadav, Around off, Surya taps this to mid on and takes one. |
| 11.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Krunal Pandya, Flatter and outside off, spins away after pitching. Krunal looks to cut but misses. |
| 11.6 : Shreyas Gopal to Krunal Pandya, 12 off the over. Krunal nudges this to mid on and gets to the other end. Will keep strike for the next over. |
| 12.1 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, SIX! He needed to do this, Krunal. He was on 2 off 9 deliveries. Flighted delivery around off, Krunal comes on the front foot and sends that soaring over long on. |
| 12.2 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, Pulls the length back, Tewatia. Bowls a shorter one angling outside off, Krunal looked to work that on the leg side but gets it uppishly off the leading edge towards long off. A single. |
| 12.3 : Rahul Tewatia to Suryakumar Yadav, Surya comes down the track and works this floated delivery uppishly to long on and crosses over for a single. |
| 12.4 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, Outside off, flatter, punched to deep point for a single. |
| 12.5 : Rahul Tewatia to Suryakumar Yadav, Flights this around the off pole, Surya flicks it to deep mid-wicket and collects a single. |
| 12.6 : Rahul Tewatia to Krunal Pandya, Shorter delivery outside off, Krunal goes back and looks to cut. Chops it back on the track. It deflects further to point and they take a run. |
| 13.1 : Jofra Archer to Krunal Pandya, Quick single. Shortish and around off, Krunal taps it to the on side and runs quickly to the other end. |
| 0.0 : Shreyas Gopal is done, so we shall have a bowling change. Will Smith turn to Archer? Or save him for Pollard and Hardik? Jofra is here. 1-0-12-0 so far. |
| 13.2 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Shortish and on top of the stumps, Suryakumar moves to the leg side and looked to guide that down to third man. However he ends up playing it to point for a dot. |
| 13.3 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Outside off, this time he gets it down towards third man and crosses. |
| 13.4 : Jofra Archer to Krunal Pandya, Excellent short ball from Archer. Good pace on it. Krunal Pandya looks to pull but the bounce does him in. He misses. |
| 13.5 : Jofra Archer to Krunal Pandya, Swing and a miss! Knuckle ball outside off, on a good length, Krunal swings through the line but fails to get any connection. |
| 13.6 : Jofra Archer to Krunal Pandya, OUT! CAUGHT! Krunal goes for 12 and this time the promotion does not work well for him and Mumbai. Archer continuing his good form with the ball. It was shortish and on top of the stumps, Krunal shuffled across and looked to pull at that. Does not time it that well though. Ends up getting a top edge to mid-wicket where Gopal takes it safely. |
| Here comes one of the destructors-in-chief. Hardik Pandya is in to replace his brother. Kartik Tyagi to bowl out. 3-0-28-1 so far. |
| 14.1 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, On a length well outside off, Suryakumar again stretches out, like he has earlier. Gets it to deep point and crosses for a single. |
| 14.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Hardik Pandya, WIDE! Good strategy but the execution goes a little wayward. Looks to bowl a short ball but ends up getting it way above the height of the batsman. Wide called. |
| Kartik Tyagi to Hardik Pandya, Pandya works it back to the bowler for a dot. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS. Time for some refreshments. Well, Smith did get a wicket but was it worth getting in Jofra so early? Even though Krunal played a blinder against Hyderabad, one would always feel that Pollard and Hardik are bigger dangers. 6 overs left, Mumbai are 117/4. Rajasthan have 2 overs of Archer and 3 overs of Curran, when it comes to dependability. Will Smith risk giving Tyagi his 4? Perhaps it is better than giving Tewatia or Rajpoot an over. Mumbai should get to 180 from here but with HP and |
| 14.3 : Kartik Tyagi to Hardik Pandya, Outside off, punched to deep extra cover for a single. |
| 14.4 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Misfield and a couple! That should have been stopped. On a good length outside off, Suryakumar rocks back and drives it on the off side. The man at cover fumbles and the ball goes through for a couple. |
| 14.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and outside off, this time the drive is well to the left of cover-point and an easy couple again. |
| 14.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Suryakumar Yadav, Finishes the over well, Tyagi. Bowls a yorker well outside off, SKY digs it out towards third man and takes a run. Tyagi finishes with 4-0-36-1. |
| 5 overs left. Here's Tom Curran to bowl one of those. 1-0-6-0 so far. Big spell for him. |
| 15.1 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Such good touch. Such wonderful touch from Suryakumar Yadav. It brings up his first 50 this season. Curran takes the pace off and bowls a slow length delivery outside off. Surya waits and then works that with deft hands past the diving Buttler and Archer at short third man for a boundary. |
| 15.2 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Shortish on middle, pulled to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 15.3 : Tom Curran to Hardik Pandya, Full and around the off pole line, Pandya flicks it uppishly towards wide long on and gets to the other end. |
| 15.4 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik is safe! He was a long way back at the non-striker's end. On a length outside off, Surya drives but Smith does well to stop it at cover. He then turns and the throw comes in at the bowler's end. It was well wide though and Curran fails to collect it. Allows Pandya to get back in safely. Good fielding from Smith but Rajasthan could have converted that to effect a run-out had they been a little more alert. |
| 15.5 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, A single this time as Surya works this uppishly towards long on and takes one. |
| 15.6 : Tom Curran to Hardik Pandya, Slower short delivery, Surya pulls this to deep mid-wicket and the batters take a single. |
| Right. 2 overs of Jofra left. 2-0-14-1 so far. How much can he limit the damage to? |
| 16.1 : Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Oh... what a welcome? How good is that shot? Very! A length ball, outside off, Hardik gets on top of the bounce and punches it past the bowler. Mid off is up and that is a boundary! |
| 16.2 : Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Quicker delivery, 146 kph, around off, punched back to the bowler. |
| 16.3 : Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Similar ball, back of a length, punched down to long on for a single. |
| 16.4 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Excellent from Jofra Archer. Yorker, outside off, Surya is caught backing away and has to reach out. Places it straight to point. |
| 16.5 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Oopssy.... SKY gets down and looks to play the ramp and then a swat. He misses. You are talking to a bowler who bowls 150 kph. |
| 17.1 : Tom Curran to Hardik Pandya, Perfect yorker, around off, but still concedes two as Hardik whips this through mid-wicket. Moves to 10 from 8 balls. |
| 16.6 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! 150, did you say? Does not matter for a person who feels sky is the limit. Missed out on the last ball but again, he tries. Gets across and ramps this over short fine leg to end the over well. 4 off the first ball, 4 off the last, just a single in between. Overall, good from Archer. |
| 17.2 : Tom Curran to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Up and over! A full toss, outside off, Pandya flays it over cover, beating the sweeper to his right. The stand is now worth 31 from 20 balls. |
| 17.3 : Tom Curran to Hardik Pandya, There comes the yorker and once again it is dug out for a brace towards mid-wicket. Good cricket. Excellent bowling, watchful batting and terrific running. 150 UP FOR MUMBAI. 15 balls to go. |
| 17.4 : Tom Curran to Hardik Pandya, DROPPED! Give yourself a glare, Tom Curran, if you can. Because you have just cost yourself a big wicket and who knows - your side, the game. A short ball, outside off, Hardik looks to pull but gets a bit of extra bounce. Mistimes it and gets a top edge. Curran himself calls for it as he rushes to his right, gets to the ball but then, plonks it. A single taken. |
| 17.5 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! No respect, no respect whatsoever! Great execution. Full and outside off, Yadav gets down and laps it over square leg for half a dozen! |
| Change in field now. Fine leg goes squarer while a short fine leg is in place. |
| 17.6 : Tom Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Playing to the field! With fine leg up, Surya knows what he has to do. Gets a short ball but gets across and paddle-pulls it over short fine leg! 19 from the over. 12 balls to go. |
| 18.1 : Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, FIVE NO BALLS! Oh dear. That was nasty. Phew. Hardik. Thank goodness, you are safe. Mumbai get an extra ball and a few bonus runs but that was scary. Archer fires in a beamer and poor Hardik is caught unawares. He tries to duck and just about evades it. Buttler behind is surprised as well and lets it go through as well. Hardik is still on the ground and Yadav gets across and helps him up. Shocker. |
| Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, A full toss, bunted down the ground to long on. Yadav always wanted the second and a fumble helps him get there easily. |
| 18.2 : Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, A slower ball, Pandya swings for the heavens but misses. 'OOOOOh!' he cries, in disgust. |
| 18.3 : Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Low full toss, outside off, sliced to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 18.4 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, BANG! ON THE HELMET! Archer is a really skiddy customer and his current skipper knows that, doesn't he? A sharp short ball, outside off, Yadav looks to pull but misses and gets hit right on the helmet. Hardik wants a run but Surya straightaway gets across and removes his helmet. Rubs his hair, so there is pain. |
| The physio is coming out to the middle. There will be a mandatory concussion test. We hope that the batter is fine. Well, he is ready to continue. |
| 18.5 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! What a response! Everytime you feel you have seen everything in this game, you still get something different. Low full toss, outside off, Surya backs away and scoops it over the keeper towards third man! That is not a reverse. Just look at the bravery of that man! |
| 18.6 : Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Short and around off, SKY gets across and whips it towards deep backward square leg for a single. 15 from the over, 34 in the last 2! |
| 19.1 : Ankit Rajpoot to Suryakumar Yadav, Yorker, outside off, Surya looks to drive and gets it towards mid-wicket off the inner half. A single taken. |
| 18.6 : Last over then. 200 still a possibility? Mumbai don't take no for an answer, do they? And... oh dear. It is not Tom Curran. It is Ankit Rajpoot. Big gamble from Steven Smith. Big ask for Rajpoot as well. |
| 19.2 : Ankit Rajpoot to Hardik Pandya, NO BALL! That is a massive, massive crime. The ball is excellent, a yorker, but it is not legal! Pandya gets it towards long off and Surya charges back for the second. Smith is not happy with that no ball. Free Hit loading, 200 is coming... |
| Ankit Rajpoot to Hardik Pandya, Good ball again and this time it is legal. Low full toss, pushed down to long on for a run. |
| Fine leg is in, square leg is out. Third man is dropping back, so long off comes in. There is a deep point in place as well. |
| 19.3 : Ankit Rajpoot to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! What a shot! Everyone knew what he was about to do and yet, he is successful. With fine leg up, the line would have been wide outside off and the length full. And Surya is ready. Runs across, picks the length and scoops it over short fine leg! |
| 19.4 : Ankit Rajpoot to Suryakumar Yadav, Similar ball, this is heaved down to long on for a run. |
| 19.5 : Ankit Rajpoot to Hardik Pandya, SIX! Doesn't time it but yet it will clear the boundary! Ohhh... these modern batsmen and their bats... A high full toss, around off, Pandya looks to swips across the line, mistimes it in the air and clears long on with ease! |
| 19.6 : Ankit Rajpoot to Hardik Pandya, A low full toss, outside off, Hardik swings it towards wide long on. The call is for two but Hardik slips at the non-striker's end. Mumbai have to settle for the single but what a score they have made - 193/4! |
| Suryakumar Yadav's highest score in the League and at 193, Mumbai will feel they have done enough. It has been an excellent batting display from them. They fell short of 200 by just 7 runs but they would more than take this still-humungous total. |
| Hardik Pandya says that the team should be happy to get a total like 193 the way they lost two wickets early. On SKY getting hit on his helmet, Hardik says he is an outstanding man and is not sure how he survived that one. On dew, Hardik says he is not sure and states he needs to check. Jokingly says that he got gloves on that beamer from Archer. |
| Rajasthan's bowlers, well, everybody except Shreyas Gopal took a hammering. And by everybody we mean even Jofra Archer, who went at close to 9 rpo. Gopal did well, conceding just 28 from his 4 overs and picked up 2 wickets as well, those of the skipper and Kishan. Tyagi was expensive despite starting well and the move to bring in Rajpoot backfired badly. He ended up conceding 42 from his 3 overs. Rajasthan need to get off to a good start if they want to stand a chance in chasing this down. The t |
| Mumbai started well, the first wicket stand was just 1 run shy of fifty, before de Kock departed towards the end of the 5th over. And just as another strong partnership seemed to be budding between Suryakumar and his skipper, the latter departed, after scoring 35 from 23 balls. It is here that Mumbai lost Kishan on his very first ball and Hardik states that they did well to recover from that. His brother Krunal struggled, despite getting a promotion in the batting order. But the Hardik-Suryakuma |
| 0.0 : We are back for the chase! Yashashvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler are the openers for Rajasthan. Trent Boult with the ball first up for Mumbai. Here we go... |
| Steven Smith walks out to bat at No. 3. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? Jasprit Bumrah it is. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! That's a huge wicket for Mumbai. Smith is strong on the leg side and plays the heave often. But this time that proves to be his undoing. He shuffles across and looks to heave over mid-wicket. Bumrah bowls it fullish outside off. It pitches and comes in a touch. Takes a faint inside edge and goes to the left of de Kock. The keeper dives to his left and takes an excellent catch. |
| Sanju Samson walks out to the crease now. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sanju Samson, Fullish and outside off, driven to wide mid off. |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sanju Samson, A huge appeal for a caught behind. Bumrah is shouting. But no says the umpire. Mumbai do not take the review as well. What an over for the defending champions this! This was a length delivery around off, nips back in after pitching. Samson looked to play at it. There is some noise as the ball passes through to the keeper, who takes it. Mumbai appeal but no says the umpire. Perhaps it clipped the top of the pad on its way. |
| 2.1 : Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, FOUR! This one is pure timing from Buttler. Full and outside off, he creams the drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, Full and outside off, driven to cover this time. |
| 2.3 : Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, Misses! Innovation does not get the desired result. Buttler looks to go across and scoop this over fine leg. It was fuller and close to the leg pole. He ends up missing it. |
| 2.4 : Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, Full and outside off, driven towards cover for a run. |
| 2.5 : Trent Boult to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent bowling from Boult. Smart bowling, smart field placement from Sharma. Boult bangs it short and on top of the stumps, Samson looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes just where the mid on fielder was stationed. Rohit Sharma, the skipper, takes an easy catch and Rajasthan in early trouble. 3-down before the end of the Powerplay. |
| Who will walk out to bat now? Mahipal Lomror it is. |
| 2.6 : Trent Boult to Mahipal Lomror, Outside off on a length, defended to the off side. Rajasthan need 182 in 102 balls still. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Fullish and outside off, Buttler works it towards cover. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, This time Bumrah bangs it short on the stumps. It keeps a hint low and Buttler manages to keep it out. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Oooh... That one did not miss the off stump by much! In fact, how did it miss is the bigger question. Bumrah bowls an excellent yorker just around off, millimeters away from the pole. Buttler looks to dig it out but misses. Agonizing for Boom and Mumbai. That one missed the timber by just! |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Again, pure timing this from Buttler. Full and on middle and leg, he turns this to the mid-wicket fence. Krunal Pandya gives chase but he fails to cut it off. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Buttler punches this off the back foot on the off side. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, A dot to finish as Buttler hops and keeps the shortish delivery out. |
| 4.1 : Trent Boult to Mahipal Lomror, Outside off, Lomror finds point on the cut. |
| 4.2 : Trent Boult to Mahipal Lomror, BEATEN! Excellent delivery from Boult. Length ball outside off, Mahipal looks to play at it but the ball sneaks past his outside edge to the keeper. |
| 4.3 : Trent Boult to Mahipal Lomror, Shortish ball, Lomror punches that back to the bowler off his back foot. Boult fails to contain it. It goes past him and the batters take a single. |
| 4.4 : Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Finds the gap for a boundary, Buttler. Fullish and outside off, he gently guides this in the gap between short third man and backward point and bags a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Trent Boult to Jos Buttler, Buttler blindly turns back for a second and is rightly sent back. On the pads, he clips this to fine leg and takes one. Blindly goes for the second and Lomror rightly sends him back. |
| 4.6 : Trent Boult to Mahipal Lomror, A single to end the fifth over. 171 needed in 90 balls for Rajasthan. Back of a length delivery, this is stabbed towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 5.1 : James Pattinson to Mahipal Lomror, Shouts of catch as Lomror works the fuller delivery uppishly through point and takes a couple. |
| 5.2 : James Pattinson to Mahipal Lomror, FOUR! That is an excellent shot from Mahipal Lomror. Fullish and outside off, he drives this through covers for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : James Pattinson to Mahipal Lomror, Outside off, on a length, blocked to the off side. |
| 5.4 : James Pattinson to Mahipal Lomror, Good running there. Mahipal taps this to the left of the keeper and wants a quick single. Buttler responds well and rushes towards the striker's end. The throw hits the stumps at the striker's end but Buttler was well in. A single. |
| 5.5 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, Full and outside off, Buttler stands still and looks to drive but the ball whizzes past his outside edge. He was standing deep inside his crease on that occasion, Buttler. |
| 0.0 : James Pattinson is in the attack now. |
| 5.6 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, End of an excellent powerplay for Mumbai. They have reduced Rajasthan to 31/3 at the end of it. Length delivery on midde and leg, this is tapped to the leg side for one. |
| Spin time as Rahul Chahar is into the attack now. |
| 6.1 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Floated full on middle and off, Buttler reverse sweeps to Kishan at point. The fielder fumbles a touch and they sneak in two. |
| 6.2 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Goes for the reverse sweep again but it is straight to Kishan at point and this time he stops it well. |
| 6.3 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Fuller and outside off, Buttler comes down the track and nudges it to cover. |
| 6.4 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, On the shorter side down the leg side, Buttler goes back and looks to play that on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the body. |
| 6.5 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Flatter outside off, Buttler punches this on the off side and takes a single. |
| 6.6 : Rahul Chahar to Mahipal Lomror, Edgy single! Chahar tosses this around off, Lomror leans in and looks to drive but it comes off the inner half and goes towards mid-wicket. A single taken. Rajasthan need 159 in 78 balls. |
| 7.1 : James Pattinson to Mahipal Lomror, Shouts of catch as Lomror pulls this shortish delivery towards deep square leg. It though lands safely and a single is taken. |
| 7.2 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, Shortish length delivery, Buttler pulls this towards Hardik Pandya at deep square leg and comes back for the second. |
| 7.3 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, Full, outside off, driven to cover. The boundaries seemed to have dried up for now. Rajasthan need to protect their wickets while also upping their scoring rate, lest the target becomes an impossible mountain to climb, later on. |
| 7.4 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, Fullish on middle and leg, whipped to backward square leg for a couple. |
| 7.5 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, On middle, Buttler closes the face of his bat to flick it towards Boult at fine leg. One run taken. |
| 7.6 : James Pattinson to Mahipal Lomror, Pattinson appeals for LBW but the umpire says no. He turns to his captain for a review and Sharma thinks but is not interested. Lomror shuffles across and looked to tickle this to fine leg. It was fullish and on middle and leg, hits the pads of Lomror as he looked to play at it. A huge appeal from the bowler but nothing from the umpire. Was that pitching outside leg? Looks so. |
| DRINKS! Rajasthan need a mssive move-on. Forget about winning, but to stay competitive in the tournament, they need to have a decent net run rate. Play out your 12 overs and try and get as close to that 193 as possible. |
| 8.1 : Rahul Chahar to Mahipal Lomror, OUT! CAUGHT! Another sensational catch. This edition of the League has not at all been short of this. Another Under-19 sensation, Anukul Roy, the substitute fielder, takes a sensational catch. Floated outside off, Lomror comes down the pitch and looks to chip this over covers. |
| 0.0 : Interesting. Tom Curran has been promoted. Probably because his countryman is batting out there. |
| 8.2 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, SIX! As long as Buttler is there, Rajasthan will feel they have a chance. It was floated around off, Buttler sends this into orbit, over deep square leg. |
| 8.3 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Flatter outside off, Buttler punches this towards wide mid off and takes a single. |
| 8.4 : Rahul Chahar to Tom Curran, Curran drives the fuller ball firmly but straight to the man at cover. |
| 8.5 : Rahul Chahar to Tom Curran, On middle and leg, this is worked towards square leg for one. |
| 8.6 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, On the shorter side, Buttler punches it on the off side for a single. 143 still needed in 66 balls. |
| 9.1 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Around middle, tucked through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 0.0 : Krunal Pandya to bowl now. |
| 9.2 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Full and wide outside off, slapped through the covers for a brace. |
| 9.3 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Slower ball, outside leg, worked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.4 : Krunal Pandya to Tom Curran, Dances down the track and gets it past a diving cover for a single. Long off mops the ball up. |
| 9.6 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Full and outside off, driven straight to cover. 12 from the over. |
| 9.5 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, SIX! STUPENDOUS! That is a magnificent shot from Mr. Joseph. Never easy to hit that shot, that long, against the spin. Landed outside off, Buttler leans and slaps it over wide long off. |
| 10.1 : Rahul Chahar to Tom Curran, Floated outside the leg pole, Curran works it back to Chahar. |
| 10.2 : Rahul Chahar to Tom Curran, WIDE! You may think this was a stumping chance, but de Kock had to move too far across to take it in the first place. Chahar sees Curran coming down and slips it down the leg side, Curran looks to play but misses. De Kock does well to get a good deal to his left, take it and then he looks to effect the stumping but misses. Excellent effort from the keeper and good thinking from the bowler to bowl a short one there. |
| Rahul Chahar to Tom Curran, Curran works this on the off side and takes a single. |
| 10.3 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Flighted well outside off, Buttler reaches out and taps that to the off side for a single. |
| 10.4 : Rahul Chahar to Tom Curran, Flighted on middle, Curran clips it on the leg side and takes one. |
| 10.5 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, SIX! It is important for Buttler to stay if Rajasthan stand any chance to win here. He gets to his fifty and it is the first for him this season as well. Shortish on middle, he pulls this over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 10.6 : Rahul Chahar to Jos Buttler, Works this uppishly towards long on for a single to keep the strike. |
| 11.1 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, SIX! And when Buttler gets going, it is tough to stop him. Shorter ball around the off stump line, Buttler rocks back and muscles the pull over wide long on. |
| 11.2 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Full on middle, bunted down to long on for a single. |
| 11.3 : Krunal Pandya to Tom Curran, Flighted outside off, dabbed to the off side for one. |
| 11.4 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Bowls a yorker well outside off, Buttler looks to jam it out but misses. |
| 11.5 : Krunal Pandya to Jos Buttler, Flatter outside off, Buttler goes back and places this on the off side for a run. |
| 11.6 : Krunal Pandya to Tom Curran, Curran works the shorter delivery to the on side and takes a single. |
| Kieron Pollard to slip an over in. Or more. |
| 12.1 : Kieron Pollard to Tom Curran, Around middle, tucked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.2 : Kieron Pollard to Jos Buttler, SIX! Just for a moment, long on thought he had a chance. A short ball, around off, Buttler backs away and drags it over long on! |
| 12.3 : Kieron Pollard to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Heaved away again. A length ball, a bit too straight, Buttler whips it over mid-wicket and beats long leg to his right. |
| 12.4 : Kieron Pollard to Jos Buttler, Slow, slow, slow ball, fuller in length, outside off, Jos looks to swing hard but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. |
| 12.5 : Kieron Pollard to Jos Buttler, This is slower than the previous one, at least to my eyes. Jos has to wait for an age before pushing it towards long off for a single. |
| 12.6 : Kieron Pollard to Tom Curran, A length ball, swung down to long on for a run. 13 from the over, but just 2 from the last 3 balls. |
| James Pattinson returns. 2-0-14-0 so far. |
| 13.1 : James Pattinson to Tom Curran, A back of a length delivery well outside off, Curran shuffles across and looked to scoop that over the keeper, towards third man. He misses and so does the keeper. But Rajasthan do not take the run as short third man gets in. |
| 13.2 : James Pattinson to Tom Curran, On off and middle, turned towards square leg for a single. |
| 13.3 : James Pattinson to Jos Buttler, OUT! CAUGHT! Another fantastic catch, stunning. This time it is Kieron Pollard. Jos Buttler goes after a fantastic 70 off 44 and takes Rajasthan's little hopes on the way as well. The delivery was fullish on the stumps, Buttler swings across and looks to go over long on. However, it was the big Pollard there. He jumps and sticks out a hand, fails to hold on on the first attempt but safely pouches onto that in the second attempt. An astonishing catch, only Ki |
| Who is next? Mr. Tewatia. That day he hit 5 sixes in an over against Punjab. Tonight, he might need 10 sixes in 10 balls and still fall short. |
| 13.4 : James Pattinson to Rahul Tewatia, Bouncer, Tewatia backs away and looks to play the upper cut. But the bounce gets the better of him. De Kock jumps and does well to collect that. |
| 13.5 : James Pattinson to Rahul Tewatia, Outside off, fullish, driven to cover. |
| 13.6 : James Pattinson to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! Just the 5 runs off it and a wicket. Rajasthan still need 92 in 36 deliveries. Full and outside off, Tewatia goes for the aerial shot. Gets it over the infield on the off side and gets a boundary. |
| 14.1 : Kieron Pollard to Tom Curran, FOUR! Good effort from the extra cover fielder but it was not enough. Full and around off, Curran lofts this over covers. The ball is hurrying away to the fence and the man at extra cover runs to his left, dives but fails to keep it in. The umpire signals a boundary. |
| 14.2 : Kieron Pollard to Tom Curran, Curran works this on the leg side for a dot. |
| 14.3 : Kieron Pollard to Tom Curran, Good running, a couple. Shortish length delivery, Curran pulls this towards Hardik at deep square leg and runs well to come back for the second. |
| 14.4 : Kieron Pollard to Tom Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! Pollard getting into the act with the ball now. An easy catch for Hardik Pandya. It was fullish on off, Curran swings across the line. It goes towards deep-midwicket and Hardik Pandya, who was at deep square leg, runs to his left and takes it safely. |
| Jofra Archer comes out now. How much can Rajasthan get from here? 32 balls left. Can they get to 150? |
| 14.5 : Kieron Pollard to Rahul Tewatia, Outside off, shortish, Tewatia punches this past cover for one. |
| 14.6 : Kieron Pollard to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Gets a boundary to finish the over, does Archer. Shortish and outside off, he slaps this to the long off fence. |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Yashasvi Jaiswal, On the pads, glanced to mid-wicket for a dot. |
| 0.2 : Trent Boult to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! CAUGHT! That's a peach of a delivery from Trent Boult. The youngster has to go back after another dismal outing. Boult lands it on a length outside off and gets it to nip away after pitching. Yashashvi goes after it but gets an outside edge. Quinton takes it safely and Mumbai draw first blood. |
| 0.3 : Trent Boult to Steven Smith, Full and outside off, Smith works it back to the bowler for a dot. |
| 0.4 : Trent Boult to Steven Smith, FOUR! The first boundary in the chase. Fullish and outside off, Smith shuffles across, picks it from there and sends it to the deep square leg fence. |
| 0.5 : Trent Boult to Steven Smith, Smith drives this on the off side but finds cover. |
| 0.6 : Trent Boult to Steven Smith, A single to finish the first over. Full and outside off, driven towards cover for a quick single. 5 runs and a wicket off the first. |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full and on middle, flicked to short mid-wicket. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Steven Smith, Full, outside off, driven by Smith towards wide mid off. He takes a quick single. |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jos Buttler, Shortish and around middle and leg, Buttler looks to clip it on the leg side but the extra bounce does him in. Gets it on the pad. It goes further off the deflection to the off side and a leg bye is taken. |
| 14.6 : Jasprit Bumrah is back on. 2-0-6-1 so far. |
| 15.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rahul Tewatia, Excellent yorker. Around middle, dug out to the leg side. |
| 15.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rahul Tewatia, OUT! BOWLED! It is not a yorker but it is a corker. Full and around leg, Tewatia looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pads and then deflects onto the stumps. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Well, nothing much to strategize for Rajasthan here. They need 81 in the last 5 overs. Yes, teams have gotten 80 and more in the last 5 overs many times in the League earlier. They have Tewatia but still, pragmatically, it is more about reducing the margin of defeat as much as possible here. |
| 15.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shreyas Gopal, Outside off, on a length, steered towards third man for a single. |
| 15.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jofra Archer, Low full toss, outside off, steered through the covers for a run. |
| 15.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shreyas Gopal, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND. Outside off, on a length, Gopal looks to run it down to third man but only gets a thick outside edge. Boy, this is ending all too quickly. |
| 15.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ankit Rajpoot, Around off, low full toss, pushed towards mid on. |
| 16.1 : Trent Boult to Jofra Archer, Outside off, very full, Archer tries to run it down to third man but misses. |
| 16.2 : Trent Boult to Jofra Archer, SIX! Just over the fielder. A length ball, Archer swings and just about gets it over a leaping fielder at deep mid-wicket. |
| 16.3 : Trent Boult to Jofra Archer, Outside off, slapped to long off for a single. |
| 16.4 : Trent Boult to Ankit Rajpoot, Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off. |
| 16.5 : Trent Boult to Ankit Rajpoot, Outside off, squeezed through cover for a single. |
| 16.6 : Trent Boult to Jofra Archer, Full and around middle, JA looks to flick but is early into the shot. Gets a leading edge which pops up in the air but into vacant space at cover. A run taken. 4-0-26-2 for Trent Boult tonight. |
| 17.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jofra Archer, Outside off, pushed towards long off for a single. |
| 17.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ankit Rajpoot, Great stop by Quinton de Kock. A high full toss, outside off, Rajpoot backs away and slashes hard. Gets a thick outside edge and the ball races away. Now, Quinton is moving to his left but has to retrace his steps to his right side. Sticks his right glove out and stops the ball, taking care of the helmet behind too. That would have been 5, had that hit. |
| 17.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Length ball, outside off, drag-slapped through mid-wicket, explaining the definition of bisection through articulation to anyone who is struggling in geometry. Long on and deep mid-wicket were bisected to perfection. |
| 17.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jofra Archer, A short ball, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 17.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jofra Archer, FOUR! Another pull shot. This is again between mid-wicket and long on. Not exactly the definition of bisection, but spoils Bumrah's figures nevertheless. |
| 17.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Jofra Archer, OUT! CAUGHT. Bumrah gets 4. A length ball, around middle, Archer backs away and swings it towards long on. Easy catch for Kieron Pollard who never feels any catch is difficult, does he? 4-0-20-4 for Boom Boom tonight. |
| Kartik Tyagi is the last man in. James Pattinson to bowl as well. |
| 18.1 : James Pattinson to Ankit Rajpoot, OUT! CAUGHT. The match ends. Well before time, in spite of all the delays. 11 balls not used by Rajasthan. Not that it would have mattered. But if it does come close in the net run rate section, towards the end, they could end up rueing. A length ball, outside off, Rajpoot backs away and looks to go inside out but simply manages to give a leaping catch to Rohit Sharma at short extra cover. MUMBAI WIN BY 57 RUNS. |
| A simple win for Mumbai in the end. 57 runs, simple but big. Rohit Sharma is a happy skipper. He salutes the support staff and the owners present in the stadium. There was never really a challenge for them, except Buttler. They braved that, got him and then it was all too easy in the end. |
| 0.0 : Shreyas Gopal comes out to face the music. |
| Ankit Rajpoot walks in. |
| 18.1 : Earlier, after winning the toss, Mumbai opted to bat first. They got off to an excellent start and Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya finished off things well in the end. The former was unbeaten at 79 and ended up registering his highest score in the League. Later, another fantastic display with the ball and the Men in Blue and Gold registered their 4th win in 6 games and have moved back to the top of the points table. Stay with us for the presentations... |
| Steven Smith, Rajasthan's skipper, says that Rajasthan were losing wickets early and that they have not been able to get off to a good start, in the last 3 games. Those are the reasons for not doing well, he says. Hopes Stokes can get well soon. Believes it is about implementing the plans properly which he honestly concedes that they have not done properly in the last three games. |
| Trent Boult is down for a chat. He says that Mumbai had a pretty good gameplan coming in. Says that in this game, at Abu Dhabi, the objective was to take all the wickets and they have done that. States that in this tournament every franchise intimidates you. Says further that in this tournament you can see good contest between bat and ball. |
| Rohit Sharma, the victorious Mumbai captain, says that they have got quality in their side. States that it is about getting out there and getting the job done. Says that his players are quality players. Adds further that the conditions are very helpful here. He says that initially when the League was decided to happen in the UAE, they were unsure of how the conditions would be. But luckily, he says that the conditions have been helpful. |
| Suryakumar Yadav is the MAN OF THE MATCH. He says that he is feeling much better. Felt that this knock was coming. In the earlier games, he was just finding ways to get out, he honestly admits. Surya says he loves the added responsibility at the top-order. States that the team has asked him to play his natural game. Surya adds that the team winning is the most important feeling. He goes on to say that from the team's point of view he batted right till the end and then the bowlers came and did th |
| That's it from Match 20 in the 2020 Indian T20 League then. Tomorrow, Wednesday, 07th October 2020, Chennai take on Kolkata at 1800 Local (1400 GMT). The action continues at Abu Dhabi tomorrow as well. We hope to have your company again. Till then, take care and good night! |
| Eventually, he fell for 70 and the chase was largely done and dusted. The last 5 wickets fell for 38 runs and while the platform looked set for Tewatia to do another Sharjah, it was not to be. A disappointing day in the end for Rajasthan, overall. |
| Mumbai were stupendous and clinical throughout. They were comprehensive across all departments and thoroughly deserved the victory. 2 catches, one by substitute Anukul Roy and the other one by Pollard to dismiss Buttler was the cream of Mumbai's fielding today. Bumrah was the highlight with the ball, taking 4/20 in his four overs. Pattinson and Boult nabbed a couple each while Chahar and Pollard got one. Krunal and Pollard took a beating in their two overs but in the end, it barely mattered. |
| Mumbai wiped out Jaiswal, Smith and Samson real quick and that largely set the tone for the victory. At 12/3, you would have felt that all was done and dusted. But Buttler was there. A faint hope? Yes. He and Lomror were looking to stabilize things, going slowly in the chase. That, in turn, started building pressure and Lomror crumbled, 42/4 were Rajasthan then. Buttler then decided enough was enough. He started getting the biggies and continued the hitting after getting to his half ton. However |
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