Yashasvi Jaiswal’s Century Leads Rajasthan Royals to Victory Over Mumbai Indians in IPL Match

2024-04-22 18:41:00

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets in the 38th league match of the current IPL season. Rajasthan player Yashashvi Jaiswal helped his team win this match with a century.

The match was played at the Sawai Mansingh Cricket Ground in Jaipur. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat. The team scored 179 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Mumbai stumbled by losing 4 wickets for 52 runs. Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammad Nabi were dismissed for meager runs. Nehal Vadera and Thilak Verma put on a partnership of 99 runs.

Vadera was dismissed after scoring 49 runs off 24 balls. Pandya is out for 10 runs. Tilak Verma scored 65 runs. Tim David was dismissed for 3 runs. Coetzee is out for no runs.

Rajasthan chased down the target of 180 runs. Jaiswal and Buttler combined to open the innings. Buttler was dismissed for 35 runs. Then captain Sanju Samson came in to bat. Jaiswal set up a partnership of 109 runs for the 2nd wicket with him. He reached his century in 59 balls. This is his second century in IPL cricket. He remained unbeaten till the end.

Sanju Samson, who batted at the other end, scored 38 runs. Rajasthan Royals won the match by scoring 183 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 18.4 overs. The team is at the top of the points table with 7 wins from 8 matches played in the current season. Rajasthan bowler Sandeep Sharma won the man of the match award after bowling 4 overs and taking 5 wickets for just 18 runs.