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The Rajasthan Royals (RR) completed a double over the Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2024 with a comfortable nine-wicket victory at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. Yashasvi Jaiswal's century and Sandeep Sharma's five-wicket haul helped the Royals register their seventh win of the tournament.
Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. A splendid half-century from Tilak Varma guided MI to 179/9 in 20 overs. In reply, Jaiswal's ton and thirties from Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson inspired RR to a nine-wicket victory.
Now that the reverse fixture between RR and MI has culminated, here's a glance at the scorecard, award winners and top stats from this IPL 2024 game.
List of all award winners in RR vs MI match, IPL 2024
The returning Nehal Wadhera won the Electric Striker of the Match for his phenomenal strike rate of 204.17, scoring 49 off 24. Sandeep Sharma, who made a comeback from injury, won the Player of the Match and the Ultimate Fantasy Player of the Match awards.
The awards for the most fours and most sixes in the game went to Yashasvi Jaiswal. The southpaw whacked nine fours and seven sixes in his match-winning knock. Here is the complete list of award winners:
Electric Striker of the Match: Nehal Wadhera (Strike rate of 204.17)
Ultimate Fantasy Player of the Match: Sandeep Sharma (159 fantasy points)
Super Sixes of the Match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (7 sixes)
Most Fours in the Match: Yashasvi Jaiswal (9 fours)
Man of the Match: Sandeep Sharma (5/18)
RR vs MI scorecard
The Mumbai Indians got off to a terrible start as the Rajasthan Royals reduced them to 20/3 in the fourth over. Mohammad Nabi also lost his wicket after the score crossed 50. Youngsters Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera then stitched up a 99-run partnership for MI to take the score close to 150.
It seemed like MI would reach 185-190, but Sandeep Sharma's five-wicket haul kept them down to 179/9 in 20 overs. Chasing 180, Rajasthan Royals were in a commanding position as Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal added 74 runs in eight overs. Jaiswal then built an unbeaten 109-run second-wicket partnership with Sanju Samson to seal the deal for RR.
Piyush Chawla was the only bowler who could take a wicket for MI. The rest of the MI bowlers let the fans down with their disappointing showing.
RR vs MI, IPL 2024: Top records and stats from Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians match
Rajasthan Royals notched up their seventh victory of the competition by defeating Mumbai Indians in Jaipur. It was a memorable game for the fans at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, and here's a quick look at some of the top stats emerging from this IPL 2024 game:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal, aged 22, became the youngest player in history to have 2 IPL tons to his name.
- Yuzvendra Chahal became the first bowler in IPL history to complete 200 wickets in the tournament.
- This was the 13th IPL century recorded against Mumbai Indians. Royal Challengers Bengaluru is the only other team to have conceded 13 IPL tons.
