Mumbai Indians comfortably defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in the 24th match of the IPL 2021. Even though captain Rohit Sharma (14) departed in the 6th over, Quinton de Kock(70*) found his form and scored a quality half century to get his team to the target of 172 with 9 balls remaining. Krunal Pandya who was promoted at #4, also scored 39 runs. For RR, Chris Morris picked up two wickets.
In the first innings, RR, courtesy it’s good batting performance, were able to post 171/4 against MI. Rajasthan openers – Buttler (41) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (32) provided an opening partnership of 66 runs to get Royals off to a good start. Samson (42) and Dube (35) also played some good shots to get to the score of 171. For MI, Rahul Chahar picked up two wickets.
Earlier, MI captain won the toss and elected to field first against RR. This match is being played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi.
Brief Score -
Mumbai Indians: 172/3 in 18.3 Overs (Quinton de Kock – 70*(50), Krunal Pandya – 39(26), Chris Morris – 2/33)
