The Mumbai Indians put a hold on the winning streak of the Rajasthan Royals by defeating them by 7 wickets in the IPL match held at Dr. D.Y. Patil Sports Academy (Mumbai). The Mumbai Indians bowler’s took wickets in tandem and restricted the Royals to a low total.

Mumbai Indians headed by Shaun Pollock (stand-in captain) won the toss and elected to field first. Rajasthan Royals started their Innings thru their openers Graeme Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar. Asnodkar scored 39 runs off 36 balls (3 boundaries and 1 sixer). Shane Watson scored 32 runs off 20 balls (4 boundaries and 1 sixer). All other batsmen of Rajasthan Royals failed to cross the single digit figures. In 16.2 overs, the Rajasthan Royals scored 103 runs for all out. Ashish Nehra was successful in grabbing 3 wickets for his team.

Chasing an easy target of 104 runs, the Mumbai Indians started their Innings thru their openers Takawale and Jayasuriya who scored 27 and 18 runs respectively. Robin Uthappa stood unbeaten for 34 runs off 21 balls (4 boundaries and 1 sixer). In 15.1 overs the Mumbai Indians met their target for the loss of 3 wickets and won the match by 7 wickets. Ashish Nehra was declared the Player of the Match.

Posted on May 8th, 2008 by admin
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