Chasing a target of 159, MI reached home on 81 for the third wicket in 19.2 overs courtesy of Surya (51 off 39 balls) and Tilak (35 off 30 balls).
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It was Mumbai’s first win after eight consecutive defeats and even though the result may be meager but it is certainly going to put the five-time champions in a good mind.
as it happened
Losing is also a habit like winning, even if it is bad, because along with it, confidence also goes out the window. While Rohit was cutting his birthday cake, he could not see his whereabouts and by the end of the day, a victory would have felt like a healing balm.
The teams then manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and on Saturday night, Suriya and Tilak sang the redemption song with Tim David (20 not out off 9 balls) providing the finishing touches.
It was Daniel Sams who hit the winning six to send the visitors into a frenzy.
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Rohit’s streak of poor scores continued as he tried to slog sweep Ravichandran Ashwin (4-0-21-1) and offered a simple catch to Daryl Mitchell at square leg.
15.25 crore worth looks like a noose around the neck of Ishaan Kishan (26 off 18 balls) as he started well but in desperation to complete the pull-shot at the wrong time.
Suriya was once again comfortable with his strokeplay and so was Tilak, MI’s most consistent player of the season, whose six hitting was a joyous moment.
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The pair took their time to settle first to take the team’s score to 75 in the first 10 overs and set up a perfect platform to knock off the remaining 82 in the back-10.
As there was no scoreboard pressure, Suriya and Tilak were able to keep up the pace with singles and doubles while waiting for the occasional loose ball.
On the last ball of Ashwin’s spell, Suriya completed his half-century with the help of a six at long-on.
Tilak followed with his second six, but soon both the batsmen fell for unnecessary big shots when it was not the need of the hour.
From 122 for two, MI rolled to 122 for 4 with Pollard and David at the crease.
Earlier, Buttler had threatened to hit six sixes in an over but scored four runs off his 52-ball 67 as Mumbai Indians restricted Rajasthan Royals to 158 for six The batting below was on show.
Butler was not in his element for the better part of the innings before launching rookie off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen, hitting four consecutive sixes between long-on to long-off arcs.
He was dismissed in the deep off the final ball of the 16th over as MI prevented the England robber from inflicting more damage on the death.
The buff, who had bowled flat and agile in previous games, looked like a lamb to the slaughter, conceding 47 runs in 3 overs, including half a dozen sixes, forcing him to come around the wicket, but this Very little benefit.
In nine matches so far, Buttler has already scored 566 runs at an average that is north of 70 and a strike-rate of over 155.
But on that day, MI’s attack fared better than the opening games, with newly joined left-arm spinner Kumar Karthikeya being extremely impressive in his first outing on the big stage.
The best bowler of the day for MI was Australian pacer Riley Meredith, who took 2 for 24 in the stipulated quota of four overs, cleverly mixing up variations of the slower deliveries over the course of two spells. He conceded only three runs in the 20th over.
Debutant Karthikeya (4-0-19-1) had nine dot balls, the prize wicket of rival skipper Sanju Samson, who by then had hit two sixes off Shaukeen and, more importantly, just 24 balls. A boundary was given, which spoke. about his nature.