Rajasthan Royals survived a late implosion to beat Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets and three balls to spare at the IPL match at the Wankhede in Mumbai on Saturday. Jos Buttler was the star of the show with the bat. The Royals opener plundered 89 runs off 43 balls, picking out an Alzarri Joseph over for special attention. Following Buttler's dismissal, RR lost a few wickets in quick succession and the match sprang back to life in the last three overs. However, Rohit Sharma threw the ball to Hardik Pandya in the 20th over despite Jason Behrendorff and Joseph having one over each up their sleeves. Shreyas Gopal finally hit the winning runs with three balls to spare. Put into bat first, Mumbai Indians had scored 187/5 in their 20 overs. Rohit Sharma (47) and Quinton de Kock (81) were the main run-getters. Hardik Pandya (28*) also came up with a valuable cameo at the end. Openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock got the home team off to a rollicking start and it looked as if they would cross 200. However, Jofra Archer (3/39) took some important wickets to peg the scoring rate back. Shreyas Gopal (0/21) also put pressure on the home team with his tidy bowling. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2019 Highlights Between Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, straight from Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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Four! Gopal hits the winning runs
Hardik Pandya given the ball
Ishan Kishan drops a catch
Top class fielding from Alzarri Joseph
Bumrah gets Smith out!
Bumrah bowls the 19th
Liam Livingstone the new batsman
Rahul Tripathi joins Steve Smith
Samson given out lbw
Swept for four by Samson
RR 158/2 after 15 overs
Hardik Pandya bowls his first over
No doubts about today's MoM if Rajasthan win
Steve Smith the new man in
Buttler has murdered that over
Six for Buttler again!
RR cannot have enough of Buttler
RR 103/1 after 11 overs
Another four! Buttler moves on to 50
Timed for four by Samson
Buttler takes on Krunal Pandya too! Six!
Buttler takes on Chahar! Six!
Good start for Krunal Pandya
Disaster for Rajasthan Royals! Rahane out
Pulled for four by Buttler
Excellently timed for four by Rahane
Six, four for Rahane
Rohit not sure why Buttler is not out even after that review
Excellent over from Chahar
Rahul Chahar into the attack
Cheeky four from Buttler
Can Rahane rise to the occasion?
All set for the chase
Buttler's stunner today
Six! The Hardik charge is on!
Mean shot from Ishan Kishan. Four!
Hardicopter! Six for Hardik
Ishan Kishan comes in at No.6
Quinton de Kock is out
For for Quinton de Kock
Archer bowling the 19th over
Hardik Pandya comes in at No.5
Pollard out! Mumbai lose their third
MI 135/2 after 16 overs
Another extremely good over from Gopal
MI 124/2 after 14 overs
QDK slashes for four
When Rohit Sharma had to use football skills to save his wicket
Surya Kumar is bowled
MI 117/1 after 13 overs
Six for Surya Kumar Yadav
Visiting fans are finding their voice now
MI 104/1 after 12 overs
Fifty for Quinton de Kock
Surya Kumar Yadav the new man in
Disappointment for the home team! Rohit looked set
MI 92/0 after 10 overs
Six! Rohit. Follows it up with a four
Gowtham bowls the 10th over
Another excellent over from Gopal
Liam Livingstone given the ball
What an over from Gopal!
Shreyas Gopal into the attack
Excellent over from Unadkat
Jaydev Unadkat bowls the 6th over
MI 53/0 after 5 overs
Jofra Archer into the attack
4,4 for Rohit to finish the over
Maestro in the house
Beautiful shot for four
Six! Quinton de Kock
MI 9/0 after 2 overs
Sea of blue at the Wankhede
Dhawal Kulkarni bowls the second over
Gowtham bowls the first over
Teams are out in the middle
IPL debut for Liam Livingstone
How the playing XIs stack up
Landmark for Rohit as MI skipper
Rajasthan Playing XI
Big change for Rajasthan Royals
Rohit replaces Siddhesh Lad
Rahane wins the toss
Strong Mumbai connection today
Lots of runs on offer
A Mumbai bowler could be Rohit's undoing
Will Rohit fire on return?
Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals
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