Mumbai Indians lost yet another contest in the last over of the match, this time against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Mumbai Indians have now lost four out of five matches played and, on the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have now won three out of six matches in IPL 2018.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat first. Opener Evin Lewis departed in the first over of innings without scoring any run, but Suryakumar Yadav (72) and Ishan Kishan (58) added 129 runs for the second wicket and brought MI back in the game.
In the end, overs MI couldn't finish well and scored only 39 runs in the last 6 overs and ended on 167/7 in 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals also didn't start well as both the openers went cheaply, Sanju Samson (52) and Ben Stokes (40) set the platform for the middle order but RR lost 3 wickets for no run in the end and at one stage they needed 38 runs off 14 balls with 3 wickets in hand but Krishnappa Gowtham's 33* runs off 11 balls helped to get the team over the line.
All the stats and facts from the twenty first match of IPL 2018 between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians:
2 - Evin Lewis bagged his second duck of this IPL season, he got out on duck against Chennai Super Kings in the opening match.
3 - This 3 wickets win is the smallest victory in terms of wickets for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians in the IPL , the previous smallest was by 5 wickets at the same venue in 2008.
4 - Mumbai Indians lost all the four matches of this IPL season in the last over of the match. They lost to CSK, SRH, DD and RR.
4 - Fifties Sanju Samson scored against Mumbai Indians in the IPL - the most for him against a team in the Indian Premier League.
10 - Rohit Sharma bagged his 10th duck in the Indian Premier League.
Most ducks in the IPL (Min. 2000 runs) -
Gautam Gambhir / Manish Pandey / Parthiv Patel - 12
Rohit Sharma / Ajinkya Rahane - 10
Jacques Kallis / Ambati Rayudu - 9
14 - Rajasthan Royals have won 14 out of last 15 T20 matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, the only loss came against KKR in this IPL season.
72 - Highest individual score for Suryakumar Yadav in the IPL, the previous highest for him was 60 against Rising Pune Supergiant at Pune in 2016.
100 - Hardik Pandya played his 100 game of T20 career.
150 - Number of sixes Kieron Pollard hit in the IPL and he became the 9th player to hit 150 IPL sixes.
Most Sixes in IPL -
Chirs Gayle - 286
Rohit Sharma - 179
Suresh Raina - 176
AB de Villiers - 172
Virat Kohli - 167
MS Dhoni - 163
David Warner - 160
Yusuf Pathan - 151
Kieron Pollard - 150
300 - Krishhnappa Gowtham scored his 33* runs at a strike rate of 300 - the second highest strike rate by a Rajasthan Royals' player in the IPL (Min 25 runs).
Highest strike rate in an IPL innings for Rajasthan Royals -
Chirs Morris (34* off 11 balls) - 309.09 vs SRH at Mumbai, 2015
Krishhnappa Gowtham (33* off 11 balls) - 300 vs MI at Jaipur, 2018
Ravindra Jadeja (33 off 12 balls) - 275 vs KXIP at Durban, 2009
Yusuf Pathan (100 off 37 balls) - 270.27 vs MI at Mumbai, 2010
