Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals – IPL 5 – Mumbai rule supreme - Live Cricket Scores and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals 170 (19.4/20) - Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs
In the 12th match of the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Mumbai Indians subdued Rajasthan Royals after beating them by 27 runs, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
With this win, Mumbai Indians are now at the top of the points table with three wins from four games, while Royals are at fourth place with two wins from three games.
After Mumbai belted a mammoth tally of 197 runs on the board, Rajasthan required a steady start in order to successfully chase the tally.
However, they got off to the worst possible start as they lost two of their main wickets with only seven runs on the board as Rahul Dravid fell for three, followed by the wicket of number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shreevats-Goswami-c2518, on nil.
After the demise of the two batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/OA-Shah-c2134 moulded a brave resurgence as they hammered the bowlers in order to drive their team to victory.
However, this was easier said than done, as Mumbai’s bowling attack is one was the best in the tournament and against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 scoring was extremely difficult.
Apart from the two pacers, however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 had plans of his own as he broke the partnership between the two batsmen by taking the wicket of Rahane, who walked back to the pavilion after scoring a mammoth knock of 40 runs. At the time of this wicket, Royals had managed to post 89 runs on the board.
Then with 134 runs, just when Shah was in command of things, he was dismissed on a delivery bowled by Malinga.
The batsman found his way back to the pavilion after scoring a stupendous innings of 76 runs.
Pollard and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 then wrecked havoc on the batting side as they both ended with four wickets each to their names. For this performance, Pollard was named as the Player of the Match.
Earlier, after winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 invited the opposition to bat as he wanted his bowlers to restrict Mumbai’s strong batting line-up on a small total.
Meanwhile, Mumbai got off to a decent start as they belted an opening stand of 28 runs with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tirumalasetti-Suman-c2685 before the latter lost his wicket after scoring an innings of 10 runs.
While, Levi departed after bolstering an innings of 29 runs, it were the impressive knocks of 47 and 64 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 and Pollard that prevented the side from faltering on a small total.
The star of the match was without a doubt Pollard who was backed well both in the batting and bowling department by his teammates.
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