IPL Factors Desk 2024: Not solely did Rajasthan Royals consolidate its place on the prime of the IPL Factors Desk 2024, however has additionally inched nearer to sealing the playoff ticket. RR of their latest hunt defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 9 wickets to convey up their seventh win of the season on the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur.
Mumbai had an actual off-day in enterprise towards the Royals. They had been fully rusty with the bat, barring Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera, and their bowling as properly remained abnormal.
RR saved MI at their toes proper from the beginning with their tight bowling. Trent Boult as soon as once more drew the primary blood within the type of Rohit Sharma and Sandeep Sharma, too, joined the bandwagon to dismiss Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav within the powerplay.
Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera batted fantastically to bail Mumbai out of the crunch state of affairs, however, the 2 couldn’t keep until the top, the place their facet once more struggled to get going.
The 2 younger batters stitched a 99-run partnership to take their facet to an honest complete on the SMS Stadium in Jaipur. Whereas Tilak Varma scored 65 runs, Wadhera was dismissed only one shy of his well-deserved half-century.
The remainder of the batters, too, couldn’t add something substantial to the overall owing to some good bowling show by the Royals within the dying overs. In 20 overs, MI amassed 179 runs, which gave the impression to be an honest complete, given MI’s state of affairs firstly of the innings.
For RR, Sandeep Sharma registered a five-for whereas Trent Boult picked two wickets within the sport. Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan acquired one wicket apiece as properly.
It was a reasonably simple chase for Rajasthan, with their openers doing many of the job. Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal added 74 runs for the primary wicket earlier than Piyush Chawla removed the Englishman.
Nevertheless, Jaiswal saved batting and was aided by skipper Sanju Samson from the opposite finish. The job was efficiently performed by the 2 batters, with no wickets falling by any means.
Within the meantime, Jaiswal additionally accomplished his century (104*), his second within the IPL, whereas Samson remained unbeaten at 38 runs.
Owing to the excellent show of teamwork, Rajasthan Royals handed a nine-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at their house floor in Jaipur.
Mumbai Indians (MI) misplaced its likelihood to raise itself from the underside half of the IPL Factors Desk 2024. The Hardik Pandya-led facet is positioned seventh within the rating with 3 wins and 5 losses thus far.
On the opposite facet, RR cements its place atop the IPL Factors Desk 2024 with seven wins and only a solitary loss.
Beneath is the total particulars of IPL Factors Desk 2024, Most Runs and Most Wickets:
IPL Factors Desk 2024
IPL 2024: Most Runs by a batter
IPL 2024: Most Wickets by a Bowler
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