Mumbai Indians took their tally of wins in three Pepsi IPL 2015 after he defeated Rajasthan Royals by eight runs in a thrilling match at the Wankhede Stadium. After setting the visitors a stiff target of 188, the hosts were in a spot of bother when young Sanju Samson put ongoing RR brilliant innings of 76. However, after he was fired with 27 runs needed RR 14 balls, visitors lost their way and ended nine sprints.
RR were underway for much of its run-chase. The opening partner Ajinkya Rahane and Shane Watson they had a quick start to add 30 runs in three overs. After Rahane’s dismissal, Watson added 41 runs in five scales in the company of Samson, with both batsmen that make it almost even contributions.
It was in the nine overs of the game – after Watson was dismissed in the ninth over a brisk 28 – RR tightened his grip on the chase. The 20-year-old Sanju mixed audacity and impudence as he took the best lineup in the Mumbai Indians and brought his career-best score in cricket T20; against Harbhajan Singh used final cut with good results, apart from playing the ball rotation, and against Lasith Malinga, he played some awesome pictures – including a pull shot that sent the ball over midwicket candle and a cheeky scoop sent the ball over the head of the short fine leg fielder.
The association between Sanju and Steve Smith was worth 56 runs. After struggling to put the bat on the ball in a handful of occasions in the 15th over, Smith tried to take the aggressive and threw his bat at a wide delivery to be caught in the thirdman boundary; 23 20 balls made.
Sanju perished in the tenth eighth when he ran into the man at the time of takeoff; He made 76, and hit seven to four feet and three sixes in his 46-ball stay at the window. RR lost two more wickets shortly after the addition of a career, and that meant that the wheels had left the chase. RR pursuit ended at 179 for seven.
For me, Mitchell McClenaghan was the most successful player bowling; The left armer dismissed both batsmen good of the whole – Smith and Samson, and continued the window Karun Nair. Malinga, Vinay Kumar and Suchith picked a wicket each.
Mumbai Indians, put in to bat, got the start they wanted, courtesy Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel. The left-hander was the more aggressive of the two openers; Parthiv scored five of the first six boundaries in the innings, which included some cuts and drives fluids through the off side and taking full toll of deliveries of leg-stump. Just when it seemed that he would make his first collaboration MI opening half century of the season, Parthiv was fired against the run of play; southpaw has made a long-term delivery down the earth, but the bowler Dhawal Kulkarni put his hands and grabbed the ball. The 43 runs opening partnership chewed in 4.5 overs.
Simmons hit four boundaries and six before he was adjudged LBW, when it appeared the ball could have kissed his bat during his attempt to paddle the left arm spinner Ankit Sharma; He did 38 of 31 balls. Rohit Sharma played a couple of lovely blows to their entries were slaughtered by an intelligent one-handed catch by Ankit Sharma at short fine leg. The score reading 120 for 4 after 14.5 overs when Captain MI was fired for 27 (21 balls).
Come the last quarter of the inputs, turn the heat Ambati Rayudu; the 29-year-old, who had a lean tournament until then, dominated the proceedings despite the presence of the big hitting Kieron Pollard. Rayudu was 17 of 13 balls when four overs remained to be shot on the inputs, but from then scored 36 runs in the next fourteen balls. He hit Rusty Theron for six on the 17, picked up a limit of the first installment of the 18 (shot by Shane Watson) and got stuck in Tim Southee hit in the 19 for two fours and a six. He signed in style, collecting a limit of the last ball of the innings. Rayudu remained unbeaten on 53 from 27 balls. Pollard played second fiddle in the 61-run stand with Rayudu contributing 24 of 14 balls.
Mumbai Indians added 61 runs in the final overs, eventually completing their twenty overs 187 5. Kulkarni local boy was the most successful wicket-taker for the visitors, picking up two wickets in his three over spell, while Southee, Ankit Theron and he returned with a wicket each.
Brief Scores
Mumbai Indians 187-5 in 20.0 overs (Ambati Rayudu 53 *, Dhawal Kulkarni 2-26) beat Rajasthan Royals 179-7 in 20.0 overs (Sanju Samson 76, Mitchell McClenaghan 3-31)
Man of the Match: Ambati Rayudu for
