IPL 2020, RR vs MIIPL 2020, RR vs MI Highlights: Rajasthan Royals (RR) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by 8 wickets as Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson made light of the target of 196.
Hardik Pandya scored an unbeaten 60 from 21 balls as Mumbai Indians posted a gigantic 195/5 on the board. After electing to bat first, Mumbai lost Quinton de Kock in the first over. But steady knock from Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary laid the perfect platform for Hardik Pandya to explode in the final phase. Ben Stokes (107*), opening the RR innings in the chase, gave momentum to RR from the first over itself. He added a 100+ partnership with Sanju Samson (54*) to take the chase within eminently manageable proportions in the middle overs. RR finally win by 8 wickets with 10 balls to spare.
Boult bowls the 18th. Just 4 runs come off it. Pattinson bowls the 19th. Stokes gets to his century. A six over midwicket. 103 off 59 balls. Ben Stokes has arrived on the IPL stage. And with that, RR have struck back in IPL 2020. Stokes ends the match with a boundary. Those are the winning runs. RR win by 8 wickets with 10 balls left.
Boult back to bowl the 16th. All the luck goes RR's way. An edge goes away past the keeper for four. Another fine flick from Stokes adds four more. 15 off the over. Brings the required run rate down to just 6. 65 have comes off the last 4 overs. Bumrah bowls the 17th. A Stokes top edge goes for four. He moves to 95. RR 182/2 after 17
Rahul Chahar's third over turns out to be a big one. Stokes hits him over his head for a six. Samson ends the over with a four and another straight six down the ground. 100 partnership comes up between these two. 19 runs off Chahar's over. Samson inches ahead of Pooran for number of sixes hit in IPL 2020. Bumrah back to bowl the 15th. Samson smashes another four to fine leg. RR 157/2 after 15
Chahar's 12th over brings just 3. MI bring the run rate down just a bit just as RR were looking to take control of the chase. Pattinson bowls the 13th, both batsmen get a big shot each in the over. Samson ends the over with another four to third man. 18 runs off the over. RR 125/2 after 13
Pollard varies his lines and lengths in the 9th. Samson slams him for a six over long off. Krunal Pandya bowls the 10th. Stokes carries on the charge, slams back to back fours to end the over. Gets to his 50 in the process. Bumrah back to bowl the 11th. RR 104/2 after 11
Pollard bowls a relatively quiet 7th over but Stokes again takes charge as Rahul Chahar bowls the 8th. A six over midwicket - the first six for Stokes this season - followed by a four. RR 75/2 after 8
Pattinson gets Smith. Bowls him as Smith punches but misses the line of the ball. He is gone for 11. Sanju Samson joins Stokes. Stokes carries on the attacking mode. Bangs consecutive fours to end the Powerplay. RR 55/2 after 6
Smith is in at 3. Boult bowls the 3rd over. And Stokes goes the full distance against him! A pull for four and then a hat-trick of fours. Bumrah into the attack in the 4th. Smith punches for a four through the covers to get going as well. Smith smashes another six in the over. RR 41/0 after 4
Pattinson bowls the second over. Uthappa still retains strike. A pull to midwicket for four. Another four drilled throught the covers. But he is out off the next ball. Pattinson has the last laugh. RR 13/1 after 1.5
The highest target chased down at this ground this season is only 163. Much more to get for RR. Uthappa and Stokes begin their chase. Trent Boult bowls the first over. Uthappa gets 5 of the first over. RR 5/0 after 1
Hardik Pandya scores an unbeaten 60 from 21 balls. Meanwhile, Kartik Tyagi concedes 27 in the final over as Mumbai Indians post a gigantic 195/5 in 20 overs.
Another expensive over and this time Hardik Pandya smashes Ankit Rajpoot for four SIXES. The bowler concedes 27 runs in his over and gives away a total of 60 runs in his four overs quota. MI: 165/4 (18 overs)
An expensive over by Jofra Archer as 17 runs come from hit. Two FOURS and a SIX as Mumbai Indians reach 138/4 from 17 overs. The pair of Hardik and Saurabh have added 37 from 24 balls.
Mumbai Indians are batting on 116/4 with both Hardik Pandya and Saurabh Tiwary present at the crease. What will be an ideal first inning score?
Another one bites the dust, this time it is Keiron Pollard who has to walkback to the dugout. The ball passes through the gap between Pollard's bat and the pads and hits the stumps. MI: 102/4 (13 overs)
Jofra Archer grabs a sensational catch and that will be the end of Ishan Kishan. The ball was pitched bit short, angling away from the batsman and Kishan slashes it towards the third-man region. However, Archer had some other plans as he leaps and collects a superb one-handed beauty. MI: 90/2 (10.4 overs)