All the major stats and facts from the 27th match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai.
Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and registered their second win of this season and also kept their hopes of playoffs alive.
Earlier after being asked to bat first, Mumbai Indians openers Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma gave a great start of 96 runs in just 11 overs but after Rohit Sharma's dismissal, Mumbai Indians couldn't score quick runs in next a few overs. In between Quinton de Kock also brought up his fifty but he himself couldn't hit big boundaries and in the end, Hardik Pandya's cameo helped his team to post a good total of 187/5.
In reply, Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler gave a quick start of 60 runs and set the match for a good finish. Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring 37 runs off just 21 balls and at the other end, Jos Buttler started playing his shots and kept smashing Mumbai Indians bowlers all over the park and his 89-run knock off just 43 balls made this chase an easy one. In the end, Rajasthan Royals lost a few wickets and gave a chance of coming back to Mumbai but Shreyas Gopal's little cameo of 13 runs helped his team to cross the winning line. Jos Buttler was named Man of the Match.
All the major stats and facts from the 27th match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai :
3 - This was Rajasthan Royals' third consecutive win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
8 - Number of fifty plus scores Jos Buttler has made for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL - the joint third most fifty-plus scores for this team.
Most fifty-plus scores for RR in IPL -
18 - Ajinkya Rahane
16 - Shane Watson
8 - Jos Buttler / Sanju Samson
7 - Yusuf Pathan / Rahul Dravid
28 - Alzarri Joseph conceded 28 runs in his one over - the joint third most expensive over of this IPL season.
Most expensive overs in IPL 2019 -
29 - Tim Southee vs KKR at Bangalore
29 - Dwayne Bravo vs MI at Mumbai
28 - Jaydev Unadkat vs CSK at Chennai
28 - Alzarri Joseph vs RR at Mumbai
100 - This was Rohit Sharma's 100th T20 match as captain of Mumbai Indians.
Rohit Sharma captaincy record for Mumbai Indians in T20 cricket -
Matches - 100
Won - 59
Lost - 41
188 - The run chase of 188 is the fourth highest successful run chase for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
Highest successful run chases for RR in IPL -
215 vs Deccan Chargers at Hyderabad, 2008
197 vs Deccan Chargers at Jaipur, 2012
191 vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore, 2014
188 vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2019
185 vs Delhi Capitals at Delhi, 2015
200 - Mumbai Indians became the first ever team to play 200 matches in T20 cricket.
Most T20 matches for a team -
200 - Mumbai Indians
199 - Somerset
194 - Hampshire
189 - Royal Challengers Bangalore
187 - Kolkata Knight Riders / Sussex
234 - Ajinkya Rahane has scored 234 runs at an average of 58.50 in his last 5 innings he played at Wankhede Stadium in the IPL. His scores read (most recent first) - 37, 37, 56, 38 and 66*