IPL 2018: RR beat Mumbai Indians in yet another nail-biter; Gowtham shines
IPL 2018: RR beat Mumbai Indians in yet another nail-biter; Gowtham shines on Business Standard. Mumbai Indias bowlers could not stop the flow of the runs in the death overs despite taking wickets, eventually losing to Rajasthan Royals by 3 wickets
Latest News A continuing saga of misfortunes in the latest season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) continued to dog Mumbai Indians, as the Rohit-Sharma led team, defending its title, was beaten narrowly in yet another stunner on Sunday. Batting first, they managed to score a modest 167, despite some great starts up the order, thanks to some irresponsible cricket by the middle-order batsmen.RRvsMI Chasing 168, Ajinkya Rahane-led Rajasthan Royals lost openers Rahul Tripathi and Rahane early and they seemed to be struggling at 28 for 2 at one stage, but Sanju Samson and Ben Stokes built a crucial 72run partnership for the third wicket to move things their way. While Samson scored a classy 52 off 39 balls, Stokes’ departure at 40 off 20 balls was followed by some quick dismissals in the latter half of the game – three wickets fell in the space of 5 balls, all when the team score was 125. It seemed, Rajasthan were also going the Mumbai way in losing the plot after building a firm foundation, but Krishnappa Gowtham, batting at number 7 turned things around by stepping up his game and seeing the team through with a six off the fourth ball of the final over,bowled by Hardik Pandya. He smashed 33 runs off 11 balls to make sure Rajasthan Royals (RR) did not lose at
their fortress of Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur: They defeated Mumbai by 3 wickets to move up in the Vivo IPL points table. Earlier in the match, Mumbai Indians had looked primed to score over 200, but they lost the plot, with wickets falling very quickly. In the last 6 overs, they managed to add only 37 runs and lose 6 wickets. Mumbai opener Evin Lewis scored a golden duck, but Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav stabilised the innings for Mumbai Indians, hammering Rajasthan Royals bowlers. Dhawal Kulkarni was the man who dismissed Lewis. Mumbai was 43-1 after the powerplay. The star of Rajasthan Royals' bowling was Jofra Archer, who picked up 3 wickets and gave away only 22 runs.
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