RR vs MI, IPL 2021 Today's Match Highlights: Mumbai Indians Crush Rajasthan Royals to Stay Alive in Playoffs Race

Ishan Kishan has also roared back to form with a blistering half-century - blasting an unbeaten 50 off just 25 deliveries. His innings featured five fours and three sixes. 

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: BOOM! Ishan Kishan finishes the chase in style with a four and six off consecutive deliveries from Mustafizur Rahman. The defending champions have hunted down the small target of 91 in just 8.2 overs. This is their sixth win of the season and it has taken them to 12 points now and improved their net-run rate too. Mumbai Indians win by eight wickets.

RR vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Score: 24 runs off Chetan Sakariya's third over. Mumbai Indians wants tthis to finish ASAP.  Ishan Kishan clubes him for two back to back sixes after a four in the over. MI 84/2 in 8 overs.

IPL 2021 Live Score: Kuldip Yadav is back into the attack after an expensive first over. His second results in just four singles. MI 60/2, need 31 runs in 78 deliveries.

RR vs MI Live Score: So eight runs and a wicket in the final over of Powerplay, bowled by Mustafizur Rahman. MI need 35 runs in 84 deliveries now. Time-out.

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: OUT! Mustafizur outfoxes Suryakumar Yadav with a slower one. The MI batter wanted to lift this but miscues the shot completely allowing the fielder at mid-off to take an easy catch. He scored 13 off 8. MI 56/2 in 5.4 overs, chasing 91. 

50 up for Mumbai Indians in 5.1 overs.

RR vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Score: Left-arm pacer Kuldip Yadav into the attack now. And Ishan Kishan greets him with back-to-back fours - the first to long leg and the next to fine leg. Kuldip draws an edge from Suryakumar but the ball evades a diving Samson to roll past the boundary. 13 runs from the over. MI 48/1 in 5 overs, chasing 91.

IPL 2021 Live Score: Sakariya did take the wicket of Rohit in his second over  but MI pair of Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan collected a four each in it. 11 runs and a wicket in it. MI 34/1 in 4 overs, chasing 91.

RR vs MI Live Score: OUT! Chetan Sakriya has struck early for Rajasthan Royals and it's the big wicket of Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma. the MI opener wanted to lift this over covers but ends up miscues it to hand Yashasvi Jaiswal an easy catch at covers. Rohit scored 22 off 13. MI 23/1 3.2 overs. chasing 91.

IPL 2021 Live Score: RR have introduced spin in Shreyas Gopal who was pummelled for a six by Rohit Sharma in the over before a missed stumping chance from his captain gave the MI opener a life. MI 23/0 in 3 overs. chasing 91.

RR vs MI Live Score: Stumping chances missed! Sanju Samson fails to collect the ball cleanly as it drops out off his grasp allowing a charging Rohit ample time to return back to the safety of his crease. He was on 20. That should have been the end of MI captain. Not Samson's day. 

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: Chetan Sakariya from the other end. 0.0.0.0.0.0. A maiden over to start with. A maiden over is nothing less than a gold in T20 cricket. And under present scenario when RR don't have much to defend, this is even better. MI 14/0 in 2 overs, chasing 91.

RR vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Score: Rohit Sharma means business tonight. Surely, Mumbai Indians are going after improving their NRR. Mustafizur Rahman has leaked 14 runs in his first over of the match. Rohit first punched a slower one through covers for a four to get off the mark before taking a couple of runs to retain the strike. And sent the fifth delivery of Rahman's head for a straight six. MI 14/0 in 1 over, chasing 91.

IPL 2021 Live Score: Rajasthan Royals have presented Mumbai Indians with a golden opportunity to better their net run-rate. But it's not going to be that easy to chase down the target of 91 on this surface. Rohit Sharma has a new opening partner in Ishan Kishan tonight. 

MI captain Rohit Sharma opted to bowl first and his pacers proved the decision right. However, at the start, it seemed RR will continue where they left against CSK in their previous game with Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal collecting some early boundares. However, they lost their openers inside the Powerplay overs and then James Neesham took two wickets in as many overs to leave them struggling. Nathan Coulter-Nile added to their misery and finished with 4/14 from his four overs. RR eventually managed 90/9.

RR vs MI Live Score: So seven runs from the final over added to Rajasthan Royals' final tally of 90/9, Mustafizur Rahman managed to club a six off Boult. RR know this isn't a total that they can defend on this pitch. But MI haven't been exactly doing well with the bat either. 

Nathan Coulter-Nile has recorded his best-ever IPL figures tonight: 4-0-14-4

RR vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Score: OUT! Wicket no. 4 for Nathan Coulter-Nile. Chetan Sakariya has been clean bowled on on 6. Sakariya wanted to pull this away but the ball keeps low and evades the bat to crash into the middle-stump. RR 82/9 in 18.4 overs. Mustafizur Rahman walks in now.

12 deliveries and 18 runs needed to touch 100. 

IPL 2021 Live Score: Jasprit Bumrah continues. Two runs in his fourth and final over. One off a no-ball and the second run off the resulting free-hit. Bumrah's spell tonight: 4-0-14-2. RR 78/8 in 18 overs.

RR vs MI Live Score: OUT! We are hoping someone will hold the fort with David Miller but he himself has abandoned the it. Nathan Coulter-Nile returns into the attack and traps the South African lbw. Miller wanted to review this and the decision was sent to the TV umpire but RR have burned their review early on. So, no review left. He svored 15 off 23. RR 76/8 in 16.4 overs.

BIG Question: Will Rajasthan Royals touch three figures tonight? They still have David Mille batting. He needs someone to stick through him till the end.

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Live Score: OUT! A first-ball duck for Shreyas Gopal. Jasprit Bumrah returns into the attack and induces an edge from the bat of Gopal who is playing his first match of the UAE leg and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan does the rest. RR 74/7 in 16 overs.

James Neesham has worked magic with his deliveries tonight playing in his first game of the UAE leg. His figures: 4-0-12-3

RR vs MI, IPL 2021 Live Score: James Neesham back for his fourth and final over. And OUT! Neesham finishes his wonderful spell tonight with the wicket of Rahul Tewatia on 12. This one was slower and Tewatia was eyeing a big hit but a top-edge meant Ishan Kishan accepted an easy catch. RR 71/6 in 15 overs.

IPL 2021 Live Score: Kieron Pollard back into the attack. Five singles off his second over take RR to 67/5 in 14 overs. Six overs remaining in RR innings. They will have to do something remarkable from here on to post a challenging total.

Rajasthan Royals are crawling at the moment. They scored 41 of their 62 runs in the first six overs. Since the Powerplay ended, they have lost three wickets for the addition of just 21 runs in seven overs.

Time-out.

RR vs MI Live Score: Trent Boult is back into the attack. Rohit Sharma wants more wickets. Good thinking from the skipper. Smother them when they are down. 1,1,1,1,1,1. 6 runs from the third over of Boult. RR 62/5 in 13 overs.