Yashasvi Jaiswal in action for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024© AFP
With the help of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century, table topper Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League match on Monday. Sandeep Sharma took five wickets on debut to help Rajasthan Royals restrict Mumbai Indians to 179/9. After a rain interruption, RR completed the chase of 180 with eight balls to spare. Regaining his form, opening batsman Jaiswal finished as RR’s top scorer with 104 runs in 60 balls. Earlier, Trent Boult (2/32) dismissed Rohit Sharma (6) in the first over, while Sandeep (5/18) took the wickets of Ishan Kishan (0) and Suryakumar Yadav (10) in consecutive overs to help MI. Brought it to 20. After /3 he decided to bat.
But Tilak Verma weathered the storm and hit three sixes and five fours during his 65-run innings. He got good support from Nehal Wadhera (49 from 24 balls) as the duo added 99 runs from 52 balls for the fifth wicket.
After this, Sharma returned and took three more wickets and completed his five wickets.
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