Rajasthan Royals rode on Jos Buttler’s scintillating century for their second successive win in the Indian Premier League 2022 as they defeated Mumbai Indians in the 9th match of IPL 2022 at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on Saturday. Set of 211, MI could only manage 170/7 in their quota of 20 overs against the RR bowling attack.
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In reply, Mumbai suffered a major setback when the famous Krishna (1/37) dismissed Rohit Sharma for just 10 runs. However, Kishan continued his good form from the start of the season and scored 54 runs in 43 balls with the help of five fours and a six.
He added 81 runs with Tilak Verma, who scored 61 off 33. Verma hit five sixes and three fours as Mumbai chased down the target with 100 runs in 10.5 overs. Rajasthan’s downfall began after Mumbai lost four wickets for 15 runs.
Yuzvendra Chahal claimed 2-26 and Ravichandran Ashwin took 1-30 as the spin duo squeezed Mumbai’s middle overs. Ashwin bowled Verma, while Chahal dismissed Tim David (1) and Daniel Sams (0) in successive deliveries. Trent Boult got Kishan caught and the game turned in favor of Rajasthan.
butler attack
Jos Buttler clean bowled the Mumbai bowlers and smashed a 66-ball 100 as the Rajasthan star became the first century of the 15th edition of the IPL. Buttler, who hit 11 fours and five sixes in his 68-ball knock, was serious on MI’s attack to save Bumrah, whose 3 for 17 was largely able to restrict MI’s Royals to a sub-200 score. which at one point seemed imminent. ,
The explosive batsman played shots around the park to score his second IPL century after RR lost cheaply to Yashasvi Jaiswal (1) and Devdutt Padikkal (7). He went fearless in the first over off Basil Thampi, hitting the MI pacer for three sixes and two fours as Rajasthan posted 26 runs and reached 43/1.
At 87/2, after 10 overs, the stage was set for the big score. Butler was playing big shots of his own free will and his captain backed him immensely. Buttler, who hit two consecutive fours off Sams’ delivery, completed his half-century in just 32 balls and then challenged the Mumbai Indians attack.
Samson, Hetmyer Show
Captain Sanju Samson (30 off 21 balls) played a handy cameo as he and Buttler put on 82 runs for the third wicket. Samson hit three sixes and a four before being dismissed by Kieron Pollard in the 15th over. Then it was Hetimar show, as he smashed compatriot Pollard for two fours and as many sixes in the 17th over, where RR scored 26 runs. Buttler paced his innings well and reached three figures with a single.
However, Bumrah’s 19th over partially brought MI back into the game. Tymal Mills and Bumrah took a few wickets to restrict Rajasthan Royals to 193 for 8 in Mumbai.