DLF IPL Season 5 - Match 12
Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals at Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai
Royals aim to maintain their position at the top of the table and Mumbai Indians try to displace them and improve their own performance especially after the last ball finish against Deccan Chargers. Royals included Brad Hogg, young at 41, in their line-up.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Levi and T.Suman provided a blazing start for Mumbai Indians. But T.Suman departed after making 10. Rohit Sharma joined Levi and scored a quick 21 off 13 balls. Rayudu made 47 off 32. But it was Pollard who played the crucial innings of 64 off 33 balls which provided necessary pace to reach a challenging target of 197/6, the highest total in the series so far. Harbhajan played his role to perfection scoring 18 off just 6 deliveries. Amit Singh and Brad Hogg captured 2 wickets apiece.
Rajasthan Royals lost their captain Dravid in the second over itself. Dravid made just 3. Goswami departed for a duck. Rahane and Owais Shah however played well to pose a threat the Mumbai Indians by hitting the ball at will. Rahane made 40 off 31 and Owais Shah had even better strike rate scoring 76 off 42. But after their departure other batsmen could not keep up the momentum. The asking rate kept mounting and wickets kept tumbling. Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for 170. Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs. Pollard impressed as a bowler too and captured 4/44. Munaf Patel took 4/24 to grab the purple cap from Kevon Cooper and Lasith Malinga was deadly as ever taking 2/13 from 4 overs.
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