Rajasthan Royals defeated the Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in a last ball thriller – IPL match held at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals are in the top of IPL points table and have their presence in semi-finals whereas Mumbai Indians’ semi-finals chance is doubtful, depending upon Chennai Super Kings’ last match performance provided Mumbai Indians win in the next match.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Mumbai Indians started their Innings thru their openers – Jayasuriya and Tendulkar. Jayasuriya scored 38 runs off 37 balls and Tendulkar played a knock of 30 runs off 34 balls. Sohail Tanvir claimed 4 wickets in his 4 overs spell. Takawale (24 runs n.o.) was the only batsmen to score sixer in Mumbai Indians team. At the end of 20 overs, the Mumbai Indians posted a modest total of 145 runs for the fall of 7 wickets.

Chasing the target score of 146 runs the Rajasthan Royals started their Innings thru Kamran Akmal and Asnodkar who scored 18 and 17 runs respectively. Jadeja and Patel stood unbeaten and made sure their team wins this match. The last over was really crucial when the Rajasthan Royals required 15 runs to win in 6 balls. Adding more excitement to this was the last ball in which they required 3 runs to win. The last ball bowled by Fernando turned out to be a wide ball resulting in 1 extra run and an extra delivery. Niraj Patel scored two runs in the last ball and Rajasthan Royals won the match by 5 wickets. Sohail Tanvir was declared the Man of the Match.

Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Trix
Filed under: IPL Cricket

Rajasthan Royals defeated the Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets in a last ball thriller – IPL match held at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals are in the top of IPL points table and have their presence in semi-finals whereas Mumbai Indians’ semi-finals chance is doubtful, depending upon Chennai Super Kings’ last match performance provided Mumbai Indians win in the next match.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Mumbai Indians started their Innings thru their openers – Jayasuriya and Tendulkar. Jayasuriya scored 38 runs off 37 balls and Tendulkar played a knock of 30 runs off 34 balls. Sohail Tanvir claimed 4 wickets in his 4 overs spell. Takawale (24 runs n.o.) was the only batsmen to score sixer in Mumbai Indians team. At the end of 20 overs, the Mumbai Indians posted a modest total of 145 runs for the fall of 7 wickets.

Chasing the target score of 146 runs the Rajasthan Royals started their Innings thru Kamran Akmal and Asnodkar who scored 18 and 17 runs respectively. Jadeja and Patel stood unbeaten and made sure their team wins this match. The last over was really crucial when the Rajasthan Royals required 15 runs to win in 6 balls. Adding more excitement to this was the last ball in which they required 3 runs to win. The last ball bowled by Fernando turned out to be a wide ball resulting in 1 extra run and an extra delivery. Niraj Patel scored two runs in the last ball and Rajasthan Royals won the match by 5 wickets. Sohail Tanvir was declared the Man of the Match.

Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Trix
Filed under: IPL Cricket