Mumbai Indians register first win

Mumbai: Five-time champion Mumbai Indians registered first win in IPL 2022 in their ninth match on Saturday night as they beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets at the Dr DY Patil Stadium.

Needing 159 runs to win, Rohit Sharma-led team reached the target in 19.2 overs losing 5 wickets. After losing their captain in the third over Ishan Kishan (26 off 18 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (51 off 39 ball) took the score to 41 and then Suryakumar added 81 runs with Tilak Varma (35 off 30 balls).

Earlier, a disciplined bowling performance helped Mumbai Indians restrict Rajasthan Royals to 158/6 despite a hard-fought fifty from Jos Buttler (67 off 52).

Apart from Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin (21 off 9) was the main contributor with the bat for Rajasthan. The likes of Devdutt Padikkal (15), Sanju Samson (16) and Daryl Mitchell (17) got good starts but failed to convert them to big innings.

Ashwin came in and played a fine cameo which provided the boost to RR's innings before getting out. However, Daniel Sams bowled an incredible final over to Shimron Hetmyer, conceding just 3 runs and restricted Rajasthan to 158/6 in 20 overs.

Riley Meredith (2/24), Hrithik Shokeen (2/47), Daniel Sams (1/32), Kumar Kartikeya (1/19) were the wicket-takers for Mumbai.

Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals 158/6 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 67, Ravichandran Ashwin 21; Riley Meredith 2/24) lost to Mumbai Indians 159/5 in 19.2 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 51, Tilak Varma 35, Ishan Kishan 26, R Ashwin 1/26).

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