Rajasthan Royals maintained their supremacy on the home ground comprehensively thrashing Mumbai Indians by 87 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. Rajasthan Royals left Mumbai Indians bruised and battered with a convincing 87-run win. After riding on Ajinkya Rahane&#39;s unbeaten 54-ball 68 to post a formidable 179 for three, Rajatshan bowled out Mumbai for 92 in 18.2 overs. The victory helped Rajsthan leapfrog to the top of the poinst table with four wins from five matches, while Mumbai slipped to the fourth position. <img alt="Sachin, Ponting, Rohit Sharma, Pollard" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/mumbai-mess.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 154px;" /> (From left) Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard were all dismissed cheaply. While Rahane led Rajasthan&#39;s batting, the bowling was more about team effort, with James Faulkner leading the way with three wickets. Ajit Chandila and Stuart Binny picked up two wickets apiece. Mumbai had a disastrous start as they lost Sachin Tendulkar in the first over, top-edging Ajit Chandila to the fine-leg fielder. It was double delight for the home side as off-spinner Chandila struck again, having the woefully out-of-form Ricky Ponting caught and bowled to leave Mumbai, chasing a daunting target, reeling at 10 for two. Siddharth Trivedi had Rohit Sharma caught at mid-wicket in a rather soft dismissal, pushing Mumbai further onto the backfoot. After failing to contribute with the bat, Stuart Binny made up with a beauty of a delivery that knocked down Kieron Pollard&#39;s middle stump, helping the hosts inch closer to a big win. At the end of 10th over, Mumbai were staring down the barrel at 42 for four, needing another 138 runs with the required rate going up with each delivery. Despite boasting one of the best batting line-ups in the tournament, Mumbai could manage just three fours in the first 10 overs. And even Dinesh Karthik, going through a purple patch of sorts in the league, could not get going in the face of some disciplined bowling by Rajasthan. There was some confusion when Ambati Rayudu and Harbhajan Singh found themselves at the same end after the former, who was on strike, crossed over for a single, which Bhajji was never interested in. The run-out decision went against Harbhajan as he stepped out of the crease and his bat was in the air when the ball hit the stumps. The rest fell in quick succession to hand Mumbai their biggest IPL loss in terms of runs. <img alt="Ajinkya Rahane" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/17rahane.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 336px;" /> Ajinkya Rahane cuts during his innings of 68 against Mumbai. All-rounder Stuart Binny then joined the party for the Royals dismissing explosive batsman Kieron Pollard and Rishi Dhawan.u00a0 Tendulkar&#39;s ordinary IPL run continued with Chandila claiming the prized scalp in the very first over of the innings.u00a0 Earlier, Rahane&#39;s unbeaten 54-ball 68 helped Rajasthan post a formidable 179 for three. Batting first after winning the toss, Royals raced to fifty in only six overs and were 88 for one at the end of 10th, before the home side picked up 19 runs in the last over of the innings to put up a challenging score. Rahane and Brad Hodge (27 off 15) added an unbroken 53-run stand for the fourth wicket in less than five overs to give Rajasthan the much-needed impetus after slowing down a bit in the third quarter. Rahane smashed eight fours and a six during his knock and was well-supported by Shane Watson (31), with whom he added 62 runs for the opening wicket, and Dishant Yagnik (34). Rajasthan were off to a flying start with both the openers, Watson and Rahane, looking in ominous form. After an economical first over by Mitchell Johnson, Rahane got into the groove with a couple of boundaries off Lasith Malinga. That was just the beginning as what followed in the next few overs at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium was nothing short of a mayhem. If Watson signalled his intention with a massive six over mid-wicket, Rahane danced down the wicket to loft Pragyan Ojha for a maximum. Watson meted out special treatment to Malinga, smashing the slinger for three boundaries in the sixth over, which saw Rajasthan score 16 runs. Ojha bowled a tight seventh over, but Mumbai reaped the reward in the next over, when Pollard, releasing the ball from way behind the popping crease, forced Watson to edge a wide delivery for wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik to do the rest.u00a0

Rajasthan Royals completely outplayed Mumbai Indians to comprehensively defeat the visitor by 87 runs at the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday.

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