Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians
90/9 (20) 94/2 (8.2)
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets
(with 70 balls remaining)
- Match Details (RR vs MI):
| Ground | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| Toss | Mumbai Indians, elected to field first |
| Series | Indian Premier League |
| Season | 2021 |
| Player Of The Match | Nathan Coulter-Nile (MI) |
| Hours of play (local time) |
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| Match days | 5 October 2021 – Night (20-over match) |
| Umpires |
Anil Chaudhary (IND)
Michael Gough (ENG) |
| TV Umpire | Jayaraman Madanagopal (IND) |
| Reserve Umpire | Krishnamachari Srinivasan (IND) |
| Match Referee | Prakash Bhatt (IND) |
| Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Rajasthan Royals 0 |
- Match Summary (RR vs MI):
IPL 2021 Sharjah: Rajasthan vs Mumbai: Ishant Kishan’s unbeaten half-century off 25 balls helped Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 70 balls and eight wickets. The win by a big margin has also improved the net run rate required by the Mumbai Indians. Chasing a modest score, skipper Rohit Sharma and Ishaan Kishan started the Mumbai Indian innings. Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 22 off 13 balls. He was dismissed by Chetan Sakaria. Suryakumar Yadav returned with 13 off 8 balls. Ishant Kishan hit 50 off 25 balls with five fours and three sixes.
Nathan Coulter Neil’s four wickets and Neesham-Bumrah’s excellent support helped Mumbai Indians to restrict Rajasthan for just 90 runs. Rajasthan Royals scored 90 for 9 in the allotted 20 overs. Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal started Rajasthan’s innings aggressively. But Nathan Coulter Neil gave Mumbai their first success in the form Jaiswal’s wicket. Jaiswal scored 12 off 9 balls. He was followed by Bumrah with 41 on the scoreboard. He top-scored for Rajasthan with 24 off 19 balls. Since then, no other batsman has been able to stand on the field. Nathan Coulter Neil took 4 wickets, Neesham took 3 wickets and Bumrah took 2 wickets for Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals were in Sharjah to retain the play-off challenge. Mumbai Indians have kept their hopes alive by winning the match. For MI to reach play-offs, they have to win against Sunrisers and hope that Rajasthan beats Kolkata.
Nathan Coulter Neil of Mumbai Indians is declared Man of the Match for his 4 wickets.
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- Scorecard (RR vs MI):
- Mumbai Indians inning:
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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| Rohit Sharma (c) | c Jaiswal b Sakariya | 22 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 169.23 | ||
| Ishan Kishan † | not out | 50 | 25 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 200.00 | ||
| Suryakumar Yadav | c sub (MK Lomror) b Mustafizur Rahman | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 162.50 | ||
| Hardik Pandya | not out | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 2, w 1) | 4 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (8.2 Ov, RR: 11.28) | 94/2 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
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Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Rohit Sharma, 3.2 ov), 2-56 (Suryakumar Yadav, 5.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Mustafizur Rahman | 2.2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 13.71 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chetan Sakariya | 3 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 12.00 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shreyas Gopal | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuldip Yadav | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- Rajasthan Royals inning:
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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| Evin Lewis | lbw b Bumrah | 24 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 126.31 | ||
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c †Ishan Kishan b Coulter-Nile | 12 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 133.33 | ||
| Sanju Samson (c)† | c J Yadav b Neesham | 3 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Shivam Dube | b Neesham | 3 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | ||
| Glenn Phillips | b Coulter-Nile | 4 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | ||
| David Miller | lbw b Coulter-Nile | 15 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 65.21 | ||
| Rahul Tewatia | c †Ishan Kishan b Neesham | 12 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
| Shreyas Gopal | c †Ishan Kishan b Bumrah | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Chetan Sakariya | b Coulter-Nile | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | ||
| Kuldip Yadav | not out | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Mustafizur Rahman | not out | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 114.28 | ||
| Extras | (nb 1, w 2) | 3 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 4.50) | 90/9 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3.4 ov), 2-41 (Evin Lewis, 5.3 ov), 3-41 (Sanju Samson, 6.1 ov), 4-48 (Shivam Dube, 8.3 ov), 5-50 (Glenn Phillips, 9.4 ov), 6-71 (Rahul Tewatia, 14.6 ov), 7-74 (Shreyas Gopal, 15.6 ov), 8-76 (David Miller, 16.4 ov), 9-82 (Chetan Sakariya, 18.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jayant Yadav | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Neesham | 4 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3.00 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieron Pollard | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |