IPL 2021, MI vs RR: de Knock roars back in form, MI defeats RR by 7 wickets

Mumbai cruising towards victory as Kieron Pollard started smashing the ball. He bagged 16 runs off Morris including 1 boundary through the bye. 

MI 168/3 (18.2)

Pollard seals the win in style! No fine leg in place. 

MI 172/3 (18.3)

Looking to score big runs, Krunal Pandya was dismissed by Mustafizur on 39. 

MI 147/3 (17)

MI 146/2 (16.2)

MI 140/2 (16)

MI 137/2 (15.3)

MI 119/2 (14)

MI 106/2 (12)

MI 99/2 (11.3)

MI 95/2 (10.5)

MI 84/2 (9.3)

MI 83/1 (9)

Suryakumar Yadav has joined MI opener, Quinton de Kock, in the middle as the Blues finish 7 overs for 63/1. de Kock is batting at 34 off 21 balls, while Yadav is batting at 9 off 4 balls. 

MI has finished the powerplay with 49 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket as compared to 47/0 for Rajasthan in the first innings. Quinton de Kock is leading the chase with 29 runs off 19 balls, while Rohit Sharma, who was on the back seat, was dismissed by Chris Morris for 14 off 17 deliveries.  

Chasing 171 runs, Mumbai Indians batsman Quinton de Kock has scored 23 off 16 balls in the first five overs of the powerplay in the second innings. Rohit Sharma on the other hand is struggling to hit the ball as he has just 12 runs off 14 balls. 

Mumbai Indians batsman Quinton de Kock has scored 21 off 13 balls in the first four overs of the powerplay in the second innings. Rohit Sharma on the other hand is struggling to hit the ball as he has just 5 runs off 11 balls. 

Mumbai Indians finished 3 overs with 14 runs on the board for zero wickets. Openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are currently batting in the middle, Sharma has scored 9-ball 4 runs, while de Kock is batting at 9 off 9 balls. 

Chasing 171 runs, Mumbai Indians (MI) openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock have scored 4 runs in the first over of the second innings off Chetan Sakariya's bowling. Rohit has 3 off 3 to his name, while de Kock has 1 run off 3 balls. 

Mumbai Indians (MI) openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock scored 7 runs in the first over of the second innings off Chetan Sakariya's bowling. Rohit has 4 off 7 to his name, while de Kock has 3 runs off 5 balls. 

RR batsmen have scored 171 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 4 wickets in the first inning against Mumbai Indians. Opener Jos Buttler scored 41 off 32, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 32 off 20, Sanju Samson scored 42 off 27, and Shivam Dube scored 35 off 31 before they were dismissed. Parag and David Miller finished the inning for Rajasthan with 8 and 7 runs respectively.    

RR batsmen Riyan Parag and David Miller are currently batting in the middle. The Men in Pink have finished the penultimate over with 159 runs on the board at the expense of 4 wickets. Parag is batting at 1 off 1, while Miller is batting at 3 off 3 balls. 
 

RR batsmen Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube are looking good in the middle with a 50-run partnership between the two. Rajasthan is currently batting at 145/2 in 17 overs. Samson has scored 41 off 25 balls, while Dube is batting at 26 off 25. 

Samson has brought RR back into the game by hitting two back-to-back boundaries off Boult, batting at 39 off 23 balls. Dube is batting at 24 off 21 balls. The Men in Pink have scored 140/2 off 16 overs. 

Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube are batting in the middle at the moment. The Men in Pink have scored 126/2 off 15 overs. RR was cruising comfortably in the powerplay with 47 runs on the board for zero wickets before losing both its openers in the form of Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal for 41 and 32 runs respectively. Samson is currently batting at 26 off 18 balls and Dube at 23 off 20 balls. 

Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube are batting in the middle at the moment. The Men in Pink have scored 113/2 off 14 overs. RR was cruising comfortably in the powerplay with 47 runs on the board for zero wickets before losing both its openers in the form of Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal for 41 and 32 runs respectively. Samson is currently batting at 23 off 15 balls and Dube at 15 off 17 balls. 

It happened in the 13th over of the game as Shivam Dube hit Coulter-Nile in the deep and Boult missed the catch. Boult almost got there but misjudged the ball and missed it by inches.  

Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube are batting in the middle at the moment. The Men in Pink have scored 100/2 off 12 overs. RR was cruising comfortably in the powerplay with 47 runs on the board for zero wickets. Samson is batting at 19 off 11 balls and Dube at 6 off 9 balls. 

Rajasthan lost its opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal for 32 off 20. Rahul Chahar caught and bowled Jaiswal in the 10th over of the game. Earlier, Jos Buttler got out for 41 off 32 balls, again dismissed by Chahar. Skipper Sanju Samson is looking good so far, hitting 3 boundaries off 7 balls, batting at 16. 

RR opener Jos Buttler goes back for 41 off 32 balls, including 3 maximums and 3 boundaries. Buttler was stumped by Quinton de Kock off Rahul Chahar's bowling. 

Rajasthan Royals (RR) openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal have batted well so far inside the powerplay as they posted 47/0 in 6 overs. Buttler is batting at 26 off 25 balls, while Jaiswal has unleashed himself to score 20 off just 11 balls. 

Rajasthan Royals (RR) finish the first over with 5-0 on board thanks to a boundary and a single by Jos Buttler off MI pacer Trent Boult. 

Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener Jos Buttler helps his team post 33 runs in 5 overs. Buttler is batting at 25 off 23, while Jaiswal is at 8 off 7.

Rohit Sharma has won his first toss of the Delhi leg and has decided to field first in the match looking to restrict Rajasthan below-par score. Sharma has made one change to the playing XI for the game as Nathan Coulter-Nile comes in place of Ishan Kishan, while Sanju Samson-led side is playing with the same team.  

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Shivam Dube.

West Indies legend Brian Lara has said that Mumbai Indians batsmen need to forge big partnerships in order to finish games in their favour. Lara, while presenting on Star Sports, Mumbai batsmen need some big partnerships, which they have failed to do so far in the tournament. said Mumbai's middle-order batsmen have failed to score big runs in Chennai and will be looking to start fresh in Delhi today against Rajasthan Royals as the pitch looks good for batters.  

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Jos Buttler, David Miller, Chris Morris, Riyan Parag, Chetan Sakariya, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Mustafizur Rahman. 

Last night's game between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) showed that the Delhi pitch is favourable to batters, more so than to bowlers. The previous matches that have been played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium shows that the sides batting second have an edge over the teams batting first on the pitch. 

Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals have clashed 24 times over the last 13 years of the Indian Premier League. Looking at the head-to-head record, both teams are on equal footing with 12 wins each. In the last five encounters between the two sides, Rajasthan has emerged victorious four times, enjoying dominance against the defending champions on the basis of last five head-to-head record. 

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) are all set to clash in the first of the two games scheduled to be played today in Delhi. MI and RR will look to find a glimmer of hope in today's match before marching forward in the tournament. Both teams have 4 points each with two wins in five matches, however, the Sanju Samson-led side sits two spots beneath Mumbai Indians on the points table because of their poor net run-rate. While Rajasthan will come into the match with some confidence from their last win, Mumbai still needs to bounce back from two back-to-back losses in Chennai.  

Mumbai has failed to capitalise in the middle-overs so far in the tournament, which has remained their primary concern this season. Mumbai's middle-order batsmen, including Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard, have also failed to fire so far in the league. However, they are expected to explode today as Delhi's surface looked batting-friendly last night during the match between Chennai and Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Rajasthan's concern will be their top-order batsmen, who are yet to show their mojo in the tournament. RR's Jos Buttler will be looking to hit some runs today as he has failed to do so in the last five matches.