Steve Smith, captaining Rajasthan Royals (RR) for the first time this Indian Premier League (IPL) season, scored an unbeaten 48-ball 59 to guide his team to a 5-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur in the first of two IPL matches being played on Saturday. Sanju Samson (35 off 19 balls) gave the chasing team a good start in Jos Buttler's absence. Smith, however, got the most able support from 17-year-old Riyan Parag (43 off 29 balls), as the duo put on a partnership to almost see RR home. Rahul Chahar (3/29) made some early breakthroughs to give early setbacks to the home team, but it was not enough for Mumbai Indians. MI had posted a total of 161/5 in their 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals. Winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith opted to field first. Quinton de Kock (65 off 47 balls) gave the visitors' innings impetus early on. He combined with Suryakumar Yadav for a 97-run partnership. Shreyas Gopal (2/21) and Stuart Binny (1/19) got breakthroughs for the home team, while Jofra Archer (1/22) was brilliant in the death overs. Rajasthan Royals are facing a race against time to climb out of the bottom two in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Points Table. (SCORECARD)
IPL 2019 Highlights Between Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, straight from Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
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Steve Smith with a true captain's knock for RR
Last over. Malinga to bowl
Everything's happening!
Wicket! Turner is out for a first ball duck again!
Four for Steve Smith
The partnership that has decided this match
Steve Smith reaches his fifty
Bumrah's first ball cut for four
Fearless from the 17-year-old
RR need 25 runs off the last 4 overs
Four for Riyan Parag
Malinga back into the attack
RR need 44 off 36 balls
Another four for Riyan Parag
Four for Riyan Parag
RR 108/3 after 13 overs
RR's hopes rest on their captain
RR 103/3 after 12 overs
Four for Riyan Parag again
Four runs off Chahar's third over
Four for Riyan Parag
Riyan Parag out to bat at No.5
Six! Smith hits his first six
Mayank Markande is into the attack
RR 60/1 after 6 overs
Glorious shot for four
Malinga bowls the 6th over
RR 48/1 after 5 overs
Bumrah bowls the 5th over
Captain Smith in at No.3
Rahane hits his first four of the day. Follows it up with another
RR 31/0 after 3 overs
Lasith Malinga into the attack
Another four to finish the over
Samson hits another four
Krunal Pandya bowls the second over
Another four for Samson
Samson hits the first four of the innings
RR's record while chasing at home
MI's record when fielding second
Six! Cutting dispatches Archer!
MI 152/4 after 19 overs
Six! Hardik pounces on that reprieve
Unbelievable! Archer drops his third catch
Edged for four by Hardik
MI 133/4 after 18 overs
Physio having a look at Archer's fingers
Hardik plays Archer off his pads for four
Ben Cutting the new man at No.6
Wicket! Pollard is gone
Dropped! Archer the fielder again
Rajasthan's breakthrough men
Who will bowl the 17th?
MI 114/3 after 16 overs
Archer back to bowl the 16th over
Carnage incoming? How much can they get in five overs?
Pollard joins Hardik for MI
Great work from Binny
Hardik Pandya in at No.4
Wicket! Binny has the last laugh
SKY cannot get Binny away
MI 102/1 after 13 overs
MI 97/1 after 12 overs
Six! QDK smashes Unadkat
Quinton de Kock reaches his fifty
MI 72/1 after 9 overs
Four! Pulled away by QDK
Stuart Binny bowls his second over
Good over from Riyan
7th over being bowled by Riyan Parag
Unadkat bowling the last over of the powerplay
Four for Quinton de Kock
QDK hurt and down on the ground
Archer bowling the 5th over
MI 32/1 after 4 overs
Six! QDK smashes Dhawal
Four, four, four from QDK
Suryakumar Yadav in at No.3 for MI
Wicket! Rohit Sharma out lbw
Shreyas Gopal into the attack
MI 6/0 after 2 overs
Dhawal Kulkarni bowls the second over
Binny concedes only 3 runs
Stuart Binny to bowl the first over
Teams are in the middle
High stakes for Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Playing XI
Horses for courses for MI
One change for Mumbai Indians
Three changes for Rajasthan Royals
No Jos Buttler for RR today
Five minutes to toss
Rahane removed as RR captain!
MI aiming for top spot
Can RR do the double?
Rajasthan Royals
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma
Ajinkya Rahane