Mumbai v Rajasthan - Mumbai Indians collapse at 94, Rajasthan Royals in command - IPL 4
The Mumbai Indians barely managed to score 94 runs against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League being played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 29 April, 2011.
Shane warne won the toss and invited Mumbai to bat first. The Mumbai Indians opened with their usual pair, Sachin Tendulkar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davy-Jacobs-c1343.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-c46345 Menaria and the seamer Amit Singh took charge of the Rajasthani bowling attack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amit-c44003 on the first ball of the fourth over with the Mumbai total at 22 runs.
Tendulkar was the next one to leave, adding only six runs to the total. Dishant Yagnik stumped Sachin out off the bowling of Ashok.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ambati-Rayudu-c1007 and Rohit Sharma were to lead Mumbai next, the duo could only manage to add 18 runs in the total before Rayudu was caught and bowled by Menaria. The third wicket fell at the total of 46 runs in 8.4 overs and Andrew Symonds was next on the crease.
Sharma tried to accelerate the innings but was caught at long off by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johan-Botha-c67173 on the last ball of the 10th over. Mumbai Indians lost their fourth wicket when their score reached the 50-run milestone.
Pollard was the next man in but he was dismissed early as well, contributing just 18 runs for the fifth wicket. The Rajasthan bowlers were pressing down hard on the struggling Mumbai batsmen.
Symonds was the sixth batsman to return to the pavilion after accumulating 17 runs off 26 balls.
Mumbai Indians could manage only 94 runs in the allocated 20 overs, losing eight wickets in the process.
Botha was the highest wicket taker for Rajasthan Royals with three wickets, Menaria and Amit took two wickets each while Warne scalped one.
Mumbai’s performance was dismal and unexpected, however, fortunately for Rajasthan, this may just be their day.
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