IPL 2022 Highlights Between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians: Kieron Pollard, Tim David Keep played brilliantly in the end. Daniel Sams hit a huge six to help MI register their first win of the season by five wickets. Kieron Pollard, Tim David Keep played brilliantly in the end to help MI reach close to the target of 159 runs. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma steadied MI after fall of early wickets. Suryakumar completed a brilliant fifty off 36 balls with a six off R Ashwin before getting dismissed for 51 runs. After a solid start, MI lost openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan in quick succession. While Ravichandran Ashwin removed skipper Rohit for 2 runs, Ishan also departed soon as RR jolted MI in their chase of 159 runs vs RR. Jos Buttler took on Hrithik Shokeen and hit the spinner for 4 successive sixes as he completed yet another fifty in IPL 2022 before being dismissed for 67 runs. RR finished 158/6 at in 20 overs.
After a slow start, Buttler remained key to RR's chances of putting up a big score after MI picked up two wickets of Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Sanju Samson in quick succession. Daryl Mitchell joined Jos in the middle but soon departed while trying to take on Daniel Sams for 17 runs. Padikkal fell to Hrithik Shokeen while Samson was removed by Kartikeya as Rajasthan Royals were jolted early by Mumbai Indians. Batting first, openers Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal got off to a cautious start vs MI. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl vs Rajasthan Royals at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai on Saturday. MI are consistent at the bottom of the points table while RR are breathing down the neck of table topper Gujarat Titans (GT) with six wins from 8 matches.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Daryl Mitchell, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Hrithik Shokeen, Daniel Sams, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Riley Meredith
Sanju Samson at the toss: "We are happy to set a target, we have done that 7-8 times already. We have been playing some good cricket, it's easy be to be complacent, but we are taking this game as really important. We are playing with the same team."
Rohit Sharma at the toss: "We would like to bowl first. What we have seen over the course of the tournament, it suits us. We like to chase. We have a couple of changes. Tim David and Kumar Kartikeya come in for Brevis and Unadkat. Preparation has been good, most of it has been done before the tournament. Hopefully we have some fun in the middle, that's what we have been missing. We want to try and see how we enjoy ourselves. It's important to stick together as a group."