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05/01 13:33 CDT Mumbai's big win ends Rajasthan IPL playoffs bid, 14-year-old
Suryavanshi dismissed for 0 runs
Mumbai's big win ends Rajasthan IPL playoffs bid, 14-year-old Suryavanshi
dismissed for 0 runs
JAIPUR, India (AP) --- Cricket's 14-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav
Suryavanshi was out for a two-ball duck as the Mumbai Indians won their first
Indian Premier League game in Jaipur since 2012 and ended the Rajasthan Royals'
hopes of qualifying for the playoffs on Thursday.
Mumbai top-order batters, led by half-centuries from opening pair of Ryan
Rickelton (61) and Rohit Sharma (53), carried the five-time champion to 217-2
after Rajasthan captain Riyan Parag won the toss and elected to field.
Suryavanshi, who made headlines with his scintillating 35-ball century against
Gujarat Titans last Monday, was caught off the second ball he faced from fast
bowler Deepak Chahar and Rajasthan folded for 117 to lose by 100 runs.
With its sixth straight victory, Mumbai displaced Royal Challengers atop the
table on a better net run-rate with both teams having 14 points.
Rajasthan's eight defeats in 11 games has put them out of contention for the
playoffs.
Mumbai rattles Rajasthan batters
Rajasthan couldn't recover from 47-5 inside the batting powerplay when Trent
Boult (3-28) and Jasprit Bumrah (2-15) picked up two wickets each before Impact
Player Karn Sharma spun the lower order to finish with 3-23.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) smacked two sixes against Boult's first three deliveries
before the left-arm New Zealand fast bowler hit the right length and shattered
the stumps.
Boult then had Nitish Rana caught at deep square leg before Bumrah struck twice
in his first over when Prag and Shimron Hetmyer both got undone by fast
bowler's short pitch deliveries as Rajasthan lost half of its side in space of
first 29 balls.
Sharma then took three wickets in space of his seven balls and Rajasthan was in
danger to fold for less than 100 before Archer made top-scored with 30 off 27
balls. Boult then finished off the game when he beat Archer with a slower
bouncer and was had him caught at fine leg.
Mumbai posts big total
Left-hander Rickelton and Sharma laid a solid platform of a big total as they
stitched Mumbai's first century opening wicket partnership in IPL outside home
since 2020 by combining in a 116-run stand.
Sharma successfully overturned onfield lbw decision against him of left-arm
fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi early in the powerplay with Rajasthan bowlers
getting some early swing. After a cautious start in the first three overs both
batters smashed 42 runs in the next three overs to get Mumbai going.
Rickelton hit seven fours and three sixes before he played across the line and
was clean bowled by Maheesh Theekshana (1-47) and Sharma, who made his rare
half-century in T20s without a six, holed out in the outfield of Parag (1-12)
while searching for his first six.
Yadav attacked from the onset and created a new IPL record of 11 consecutive
scores of 25 or more as he showed plenty of intent against spinners and fast
bowlers. Yadav hit four boundaries and three sixes as Rajasthan bowlers,
including Jofra Archer tried to bowl yorkers but missed their lengths
frequently.
Pandya too manipulated the field well by staying deep in his crease and hit six
fours and a six as both batters scored at more than 12 an over in the last
seven overs.
Farooqi and Archer were smashed for 96 runs of their combined eight overs while
fast bowler Akash Madhwal, who made his IPL debut after Sandeep Sharma was
ruled out due to broken finger, returned with figures of 0-39.
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