MI bowled out RR for 136 after posting 193 on the board.
Opting to bat first, the defending champions piled up 193/4 in 20 overs on the back of Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 79 off 47 balls (11 fours and 2 sixes). Hardik Pandya (30* off 19 balls) and skipper Rohit Sharma (35 off 23 balls) also made valuable contributions with the bat.
Shreyas Gopal was the stand-out bowler for Royals, claiming 2 wickets by conceding 28 runs in his four overs.
Defending the total, MI bundled out RR for 136 in 18.1 overs, with the pace troika of Jasprit Bumrah (4-20), Trent Boult (2-26) and James Pattinson (2-19) doing the bulk of the damage.
It was a listless batting performance from Rajasthan as none of the batsmen except for Jos Buttler (70 off 44 balls) managed to cross the 30-run mark.
Cricket experts took to Twitter and lauded Mumbai Indians’ dominant showing over the Royals in all departments.
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