IPL 2022: Bowlers, Suryakumar help Mumbai end eight-match losing streak with win over Rajasthan

A disciplined bowling performance followed by a fantastic fifty by Suryakumar Yadav 51 off 39 helped Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets in match No 44 and end their eightmatch losing streak in the ongoing IPL 2022 at the Dr DY Patil Stadium here on SaturdayIt was Mumbais first win in their ninth game of the ongoing IPL 2022 season On the other hand Rajasthan are at the second spot in the points table with six wins in nine matchesAfter winning the toss and opting to bowl first Mumbai Indians restricted Rajasthan Royals to 1586 in 20 overs despite a fine fifty from Jos Buttler 67 off 52Apart 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 inningsChasing a modest target Ishan Kishan showed signs of returning back to form and smashed Rajasthan pacers Prasidh Krishna and Trent Boult for boundaries and sixes to give Mumbai a flying startWith Ishan taking his chances and Rohit Sharma in the middle of a struggle Samson threw on the experienced Ashwin in the third over The offspinner didnt disappoint his skipper and dismissed Rohit 2 in his very first over Despite losing the wickets of captain Rohit early Ishan continued his aggressive batting until Trent Boult ended the lefthanders confident stay in the middle with a short ballAt 412 after 54 overs Mumbai were in a spot of bother but Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma batted sensibly and helped their team rebuild the innings The duo took their time to settle down and hit a few timely boundaries taking Mumbai 75 for 2 at the halfway markSuryakumar and Tilak navigated past the middleovers with superb efficiency as they didnt allow Chahal and Ashwin to pick wickets by mixing caution with aggression During the process Suryakumar also completed his halfcentury However soon after reaching his fifty Suryakumar got out in the 15th over bowled by Chahal as the star batter tried to clear the longoff fence In the very next over Prasidh Krishna dismissed Tilak who managed a 30ball 35Once Suryakumar and Tilak fell there was trouble for Mumbai but Tim David showed what he was truly picked for after warming the bench for so long His nineball 20 helped the team push for that win Pollards wicket on the first ball of the final over added to the drama but Daniel Sams smashed a six on the first ball he faced as Mumbai chased down the target in 192 overs with five wickets in handRavichandran Ashwin 121 Yuzvendra Chahal 133 Trent Boult 126 Prasidh Krishna 129 and Kuldeep Sen 129 picked one wicket each for RajasthanEarlier put into bat first openers Dedvdutt Padikkal and Jos Buttler gave Rajasthan a slow start despite getting lifelines by Mumbai fielders It was Daniel Sams who dropped Buttler in the 2nd over of the innings bowled by Jasprit Bumrah and then Tim David dropped a simple catch of Padikkal in the very next overYoung spinner Hirthik Shokeen finally dismissed Padikkal 15 in the 5th over to provide the first breakthrough for Mumbai Indians Skipper Sanju Samson who came to bat next scored a quickfire 16 in just 7 balls with two sixes but he once again failed to carry his innings longer and got out to debutant Kumar Kartikeya leaving Rajasthan at 542 after 72 oversDespite losing his batting partners at the other end Buttler tried to up the ante but he wasnt able to do it due to disciplined bowling by Mumbai and slowness of the pitch The constant pressure from the MI bowlers dried the boundaries during the middle phase and eventually brought the wicket of Daryl Mitchell in the very first ball of the 15th over bowled by SamsSoon Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma took a punt and handed the spinner Shoukeen the 16th over Buttler smashed the youngster for four backtoback sixes missed the fifth ball and eventually fell on the last delivery while trying to hit another six Ashwin came in and played a fine cameo which provided the boost to RRs innings before getting out However Daniel Sams bowled an incredible final over to Shimron Hetmyer conceding just 3 runs and restricted Rajasthan to 1586 in 20 oversRiley Meredith 224 Hrithik Shokeen 247 Daniel Sams 132 Kumar Kartikeya 119 were the wickettakers for MumbaiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever