The Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Boult bullies and Chahal bamboozles as Rajasthan crushes Mumbai
The strike bowlers pick up three wickets each; Hardik, Tilak help the team make a partial recovery; Parag aces the chase while Madhwal claims three
MUMBAI INDIANS
Ishan Kishan c Samson b Burger 16 (14b, 2x4, 1x6), Rohit Sharma c Samson b Boult 0 (1b), Naman Dhir lbw b Boult 0 (1b), Dewald Brevis (Impact Player in place of Naman Dhir) c Burger b Boult 0 (1b), Tilak Varma c Ashwin b Chahal 32 (29b, 2x6), Hardik Pandya c sub (Powell) b Chahal 34
(21b, 6x4), Piyush Chawla c Hetmyer b Avesh 3 (6b), Tim David c Boult b Burger 17 (24b, 1x4),
Gerald Coetzee c Hetmyer b Chahal 4 (9b), Jasprit Bumrah (not out) 8 (9b, 1x4), Akash Madhwal (not out) 4 (5b); Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-4): 7; Total (for nine wkts. in 20 overs): 125.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Rohit, 0.5 overs), 2-1 (Dhir, 0.6), 3-14 (Brevis, 2.2), 4-20 (Kishan, 3.3), 5-76 (Hardik, 9.3), 6-83 (Chawla, 11.1), 7-95 (Tilak, 13.2), 8-111 (Coetzee, 16.3), 9-114 (David, 18.3).
ROYALS BOWLING
Boult 4-0-22-3, Burger 4-0-32-2, Avesh 4-0-30-1, Chahal 4-0-11-3, Ashwin 4-0-27-0.
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
Yashasvi Jaiswal c David b
Maphaka 10 (6b, 2x4), Jos Buttler c Chawla b Madhwal 13 (16b, 2x4), Sanju Samson b Madhwal 12 (10b, 3x4), Riyan Parag (not out) 54 (39b, 5x4, 3x6), R. Ashwin c Tilak b Madhwal 16 (16b, 1x4), Shubham Dubey (Impact Player in place of Chahal) (not out) 8 (6b, 1x4); Extras (b-2, lb-2, w-10): 14; Total (for four wkts. in 15.3 overs): 127.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-10 (Jaiswal, 0.6), 2-42 (Samson, 4.2), 3-48 (Buttler, 6.3), 4-88 (Ashwin, 12.2).
MUMBAI INDIANS BOWLING Maphaka 2-0-23-1, Bumrah 4-0-26-0, Madhwal 4-0-20-3, Coetzee 2.3-0-36-0, Chawla 3-0-18-0.
Toss: Royals.
PoM: Boult.
RR won by six wickets with 27 balls to spare.