Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – IPL2021
Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, The 51st IPL match will be played on 5th October 2021 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE
Eager to get the show started ?⚔️#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPL2021 #RRvMI #KhelTakaTak @MXTakaTak MI TV pic.twitter.com/uMdrT26Q1f
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 5, 2021
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Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals- Pre-match Updates
Head to Head comparison of matches played and won between the two teams shows that out of 24 matches played between them, MI won 12 and RR won 11, and 1 match remained with no result.
Both the teams are in the bottom half of the points table, DC, CSK, and RCB have already qualified for the playoffs. KKR has 12 points whereas PBKS, RR, and MI all have 10 points.
KKR and PBKS are left with 1 match each whereas RR and MI are left with 2 matches each.
? Toss Update from Sharjah ?@mipaltan have won the toss & elected to bowl against @rajasthanroyals. #VIVOIPL #RRvMI
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
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MI vs RR Match Details
Rohit Sharma, the captain of Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss and decided to bowl first. Mumbai has brought back Ishan Kishan and included Jimmy Neesham in place of Quinton de Kock and Krunal Pandya.
The RR has made 2 changes, Shreyas Gopal and Kuldip Yadav have made in the playing XI in place of A Singh and M Markande.
Below are the MI and DC teams that were declared.
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Kuldip Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya |
POV: 12-year-old me and my friend looking at Sunday cricket from the terrace ?#RRvMI | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | @IamSanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/GbxRQEDOip
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 5, 2021
After losing the toss RR was put on to bat first by MI, It was a really disappointing performance by RR, they fell like a deck of cards. The final score of RR innings was 90-9 after 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians bowlers did all the hard work and the batsmen just now had to close it down as early as possible to get 2 points and improve on NRR.
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Rohit and Ishan Kishan wrapped up things too quickly, MI won the match by 8 wickets scoring 94-2 in 8.2 overs.
Nathan Coulter Nile was awarded the Man of the Match award for his envious stats, 4 overs, 14 runs, and 4 wickets.
Nathan Coulter-Nile starred with the ball for @mipaltan and won the Man of the Match award. ? ? #VIVOIPL #RRvMI pic.twitter.com/ngWPsn4l6m
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
RR Innings
After losing the toss RR was put on to bat first by MI, Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the innings for RR.
Both played aggressive cricket, Jayant Yadav who was given the 2nd over was taken for a ride and conceded 15 runs, RR was 26-0 after 3 overs.
Nathan Coulter-Nile dismissed Jaiswal at 12, RR was 32-1 after 4 overs.
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Sanju Samson and Lewis played together for a brief period, in the last over of the powerplay Jasprit Bumrah departed Lewis LBW at 24, RR was 41-1 after 6 overs.
In the next over Neesham gave a big blow to RR by dismissing Sanju Samson at 3, RR was 43-3 after 7 overs.
Neesham again struck and this time bowled out Shivam Dube at 3, RR was 49-4 after 9 overs.
In the next over it was Nathan Coulter-Nile’s turn, he dismissed Glenn Phillips at 4, RR was 50-5 after 10 overs.
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David Miller and Rahul Tewatia were in the middle and built a partnership of 20 odd runs, Neesham took his 3rd wicket by dismissing Tewatia at 12, RR was 71-6 after 15 overs.
WATCH: @JimmyNeesh's impressive outing with the ball ? ?
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
The @mipaltan all-rounder made his presence felt & picked 3⃣ wickets against #RR. ? ? #VIVOIPL #RRvMI
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It was a total mess for RR, all the established batsmen were out of the crease and its bowlers turn to face the fierce Mumbai Indians bowling attack. Shreyas Gopal replaced Tewatia but to return back with a golden duck, he was dismissed by Bumrah, RR was 74-7 after 16 overs.
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Miller too did not do anything special and was departed by Nathan Coulter-Nile at 15, Coulter-Nile got his 3rd wicket, RR was 76-8 after 17 overs.
Coulter-Nile got his 4th wicket in the 19th over and RR was 83-9 after 19 overs.
4⃣ Overs
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
1⃣4⃣ Runs
4⃣ Wickets
ICYMI: Sit back & relive this excellent bowling display from @mipaltan speedster Nathan Coulter-Nile. ? ? #VIVOIPL #RRvMI
Watch ? ?https://t.co/HS951OdCZX
It was a really disappointing performance by RR, they fell like a deck of cards. The final score of RR innings was 90-9 after 20 overs.
RR Scorecard
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Evin Lewis lbw b Bumrah | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal c Ishan b Coulter-Nile | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Sanju Samson c Jayant b Neesham | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube b Neesham | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Phillips b Coulter-Nile | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| David Miller lbw b Coulter-Nile | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Rahul Tewatia c Ishan b Neesham | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Shreyas Gopal c Ishan b Bumrah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chetan Sakariya b Coulter-Nile | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Kuldip Yadav Not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mustafizur Rahman Not out | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Total: 90-9 in 20 Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jayant Yadav | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jaspreet Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| James Neesham | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Kieron Pollard | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
MI Innings
Mumbai Indians bowlers did all the hard work and the batsmen just now had to close it down as early as possible to get 2 points and improve on NRR.
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan opened the innings for MI. In the very first over of Mustafizur, Rohit hit 14 runs and MI was 14-0 after 1 over.
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Ishan Kishan played too cautiously the 2nd over that was bowled by Chetan Sakariya, It was a maiden.
In the 3rd over MI hit 9 runs and they were 23-0.
Sakariya gave a breakthrough to RR and dismissed Rohit at 22, MI was 35-1 after 4 overs
Surya Kumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan scored 13 runs off Kuldip Yadav’s over, MI was 48-1 after 5 overs
Mustafizur Rahman dismissed Surya in the 6th over at 13, MI was 56-2 after 6 overs.
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Hardik Pandya replace Surya and the next over went a little silently, MI was 60-2 after 7 overs.
In the next over of Sakariya Ishan Kishan hit 19 runs, MI was 84-2 after 8 overs.
Ishan was in too hurry to wrap up the things, he hit 10 runs in the next over bowled by Mustafizur, Ishan completed his 50 runs off 25 deliveries and Mumbai won by 8 wickets.
5⃣0⃣* Runs
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
2⃣5⃣ Balls
5⃣ Fours
3⃣ Sixes@ishankishan51 set the stage on fire ? ? & hammered a sensational match-winning half-century. ? ? #VIVOIPL #RRvMI @mipaltan
Watch that stroke-filled display ? ?https://t.co/nrcD87jm1g
MI won the match by scoring 94-2 in 8.2 overs.
Dominant display from @mipaltan! ? ?
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
The @ImRo45-led unit seal a comprehensive 8⃣-wicket win and registered their 6⃣th win of the #VIVOIPL. ? ? #VIVOIPL #RRvMI
Scorecard ? https://t.co/0oo7ML9bp2 pic.twitter.com/psjBCAI90R
MI Scorecard
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Rohit Sharma c Jaiswal b Sakariya | 22 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| Ishan Kishan Not out | 50 | 25 | 5 | 3 |
| Suryakumar Yadav c Lomror b Mustafizur | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Hardik Pandya Not out | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 94-2 in 8.2 Overs | ||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Mustafizur Rahman | 2.2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Chetan Sakariya | 3 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| Shreyas Gopal | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Kuldip Yadav | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
