Mumbai XI vs Rajasthan XI 51st Match at Sharjah, 05 Oct, 2021

Toss: Mumbai, who chose to bowl
Rajasthan XI 90/9 (20)
Mumbai XI 94/2 (8.2)
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Nathan Coulter-Nile
  • Hardik Pandya 5 * (6)
  • Ishan Kishan 50 * (25)

Over 1.1 Chetan Sakariya bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets  his bat down and keeps it out on the leg-side

Over 1.2 Chetan Sakariya bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets forward and defended towards point

Over 1.3 Chetan Sakariya bowls a back of length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets back in the crease and pushes at this as he opens his bat-face, goes straight to short third man

Over 1.4 Chetan Sakariya bowls it short of length to Ishan Kishan, no run, makes room and pats it to cover.

Over 1.5 Chetan Sakariya bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, presses forward and drives sweetly but straight to cover

Over 1.6 Chetan Sakariya bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets forward and pushes with hard hands,

Over 2.5 Shreyas Gopal tossed up delivery to Ishan Kishan,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and eased to long-on

Over 3.2 Chetan Sakariya bowls a pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, out Caught by Jaiswal!! Rohit is through with his shot early. He was on the walk attempting to go over the in-field on the off-side. Spoons it straight to cover

Over 3.5 Chetan Sakariya bowls a back of length delivery to Ishan Kishan, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 3.6 Chetan Sakariya bowls a back of length delivery to Ishan Kishan, 3 runs, punches it through backward point off the back foot. Point runs back and hunts it down to save a run for his team

Over 4.1 Kuldip Yadav tossed up delivery to Ishan Kishan, Boundary! Gets forward and closes his bat-face and tucks it square of the man at short fine leg No chance for long leg to cut it off

Over 4.2 Kuldip Yadav tossed up delivery to Ishan Kishan, Boundary! Gets inside the line and plays a superb one-legged swivel-pull. One bounce and into the fine leg fence

Over 4.3 Kuldip Yadav bowls a quicker arm ball to Ishan Kishan,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and tucked to backward square leg

Over 5.1 Mustafizur Rahman bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, 3 runs,  opens his bat-face and superbly places this length ball through the gap between short third man and backward point. 

Over 5.4 Mustafizur Rahman bowls a good length delivery to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by (sub)Lomror!! Suryakumar Yadav is through with his loft early. The bat turns at the point of impact and Yadav has totally miscued it. Goes a long way up in the air and Lomror barely had to move at mid-off to gobble it up. 

Over 6.1 Kuldip Yadav bowls it short of length to Ishan Kishan, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 6.2 Kuldip Yadav bowls it short of length to Ishan Kishan,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and cuts it down to deep third man.

Over 6.4 Kuldip Yadav tossed up delivery to Ishan Kishan,1 leg bye, gets forward and misses the clip but gets a single as a bargain as the ball dribbled away towards fine leg off the pads

Over 7.2 Chetan Sakariya bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, no run, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 7.3 Chetan Sakariya bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan, Boundary! Goes well across the stumps and heaved away off the pads for a four. 

Over 7.4 Chetan Sakariya bowls it short of length to Ishan Kishan, Six! Rock back in the crease and pulls it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket and the ball sails over the ropes for six.

Over 7.5 Chetan Sakariya bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan, Six!  Gets under the ball and slammed it over wide long-on for another maximum.

Over 7.6 Chetan Sakariya bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan,1 run, gets forward and punches down the ground to long-on for a single

Over 8.1 Mustafizur Rahman bowls a good length delivery to Ishan Kishan, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slaps that past deep cover to his left for a four.

Over 8.2 Mustafizur Rahman bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishan Kishan, Six!  Stays deep inside the crease and biffed it over deep mid-wicket for a flat-six. 

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets

Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals): It was a bit challenging wicket to bat on, it was tougher in the first innings. Coming from Abu Dhabi, playing in Sharjah was a massive difference. Can't blame the batsmen a lot, but it was tough to bat in the first innings. Abu Dhabi had one of the best batting wickets, switching to Sharjah was tough. Mindset - it's a bit cloudy right now, we need to take some time off and then think about the next game. We'd definitely like to play a better game of cricket in the next game. We knew that they'll be coming strong, in the powerplay they wanted to increase the run rate. The wicket was a bit better than the first innings but they batted really well.

Ishan Kishan: It's nice to be back opening and getting runs for the team and helping win by a big margin. Feeling really good was much needed for our team to get momentum. It was good to field first, got a good idea of the surface. Our plan was to play as straight as possible. Just play in the V was the plan and the batsmen executed really well. I feel ups and downs are a big part of any sportsman. I was also not in good shape. Most of the batters were not getting runs like in previous seasons. We had great support staff. Our captain... In fact, I had a chat with Virat Bhai, Hardik Bhai.. everyone was there to support me. I had a chat with KP (Pollard) who said you just need to keep things simple, bat the way you used to do, just watch the videos of what you did in the last season. I watched a few videos of my batting and that gave me a bit of confidence. There is talk of us wanting KKR to lose the next game and us winning our next game (smiles), but that is way ahead now. We just have to prepare for our next game. Need to play with the same energy today. Looking forward to doing this again in the next game.

Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians): We had to come here and do what we had to do. The two points were very crucial for us. Once we had them bowled out for 90, we had a chance to finish it early. It is important to seize the game. We had to come out and bat freely. We had a chance to get the run rate in order. Was a perfect game for us. He is playing after a couple of games. I was there to take the risks. We know his ability. We wanted him to spend some time and that is exactly what he did. If Jimmy wants to do another one, I will be happy. He is a solid guy and keeps the atmosphere buzzing. You need talks like these and got all the guys going after that. When you are under the radar, you need to get the job done. All the bowlers came together and did it for us. I feel in this tournament, any team is capable of beating anyone. KKR is playing before us and we will know exactly what to do.

Nathan Coulter-Nile is the Man of the Match

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