Yashasvi’s century went in vain, Mumbai won by six wickets

Mumbai (Uttam Hindu News): Proving themselves to be excellent with ball and bat, Mumbai Indians registered a thrilling six-wicket win against Rajasthan Royals in the 1000th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. Thanks to a century by Yashasvi Jaiswal (124), Rajasthan posted a score of 212 for seven in the first innings, in response to which the Mumbai batsmen, playing as a unit, chased down the winning target of 213 by four wickets with three balls to spare. acquired at a loss.

Ishan Kishan (28) and Cameron Green (44) added 62 runs for the second wicket after Mumbai lost captain Rohit Sharma (3) early, while in-form batsman Surya Kumar Yadav (55) made a blistering performance. Accelerated the team’s steps towards the goal. Tilak Verma (29) and Tim David (45 runs, 14 balls) completed the rest and came out of the shock of two consecutive defeats, Mumbai won brilliantly. Tilak and David added the required 62 runs from 26 balls to win. David hit five sixes and two fours in the stormy innings.
Ravichandran Ashwin (2/27) bowled disciplined bowling to keep the Mumbai batsmen in check but due to lack of expected support at the other end, the pace of runs kept on increasing. Jason Holder proved to be the most expensive bowler while even Trent Boult could not curb the Mumbai batsmen.

Earlier, amidst the fall of wickets at one end, Yashasvi Jaiswal (124) of Rajasthan played a memorable century innings. There is hardly any corner of the Wankhede Stadium where Yashasvi has not struck. This 21-year-old young player, who left a small village in Uttar Pradesh and made Mayanagari Mumbai his home to learn cricket, mesmerized not only Rajasthan but the whole country with his performance. During the best performance of his T20 career, Yashasvi stayed at the crease for 112 minutes and faced 62 balls and during this time hit 16 fours and eight sixes. In the last over of the innings, Arshad Khan sent him off by catching him on his own ball.

The biggest 72-run partnership with Yashasvi was with Jos Buttler (18). After Buttler’s dismissal, a fall of wickets began which continued till the end of the innings. Arshad Khan, who came in to bowl later, was particularly effective in curbing the Rajasthan batsmen, who bowled three overs and took three wickets for 39 runs. Earlier, Piyush Chawla troubled the visitors by taking two crucial wickets.