A clinical Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by six wickets for their third win in the Indian Premier League on Monday and Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya remains a fan The object of anger. After Yuzvendra Chahal (3/11) and Trent Boult (3/22) combined to suffocate Mumbai Indians with the bat, restricting them to After 125/9, Riyan Parag (54 not out) struck another top-notch knock to take Rajasthan Royals to the top spot in the IPL standings. The 22-year-old Parag has continued to make huge strides this season and his batting reflected his maturity and aggression, playing some brilliant knocks while being single-minded until his team crossed the finish line. Parag’s batting was replete with five fours and three sixes as Royals reached 127/4 in 15.3 overs, winning with 27 balls to spare.
Meanwhile, there was no let-up in Pandya’s performance as he was booed several times in his first home match for Mumbai Indians. Pandya was booed when he came on for warm-up drills, and when he came on to throw the ball, the fans thrashed him again.
Even as commentator and former India and Mumbai player Sanjay Manjrekar appealed to the crowd to “behave”, the boos continued until Pandya hit a few fours to get Mumbai fans smiling again as Their team struggled at 20/4 in the power play.
Pandya scored 34 for Mumbai as they tried to turn bricks into cheers but Rajasthan were on top at every moment of the match, Chahal, Boult As well as Nandre Burger’s exceptional bowling effort highlighting this (2/32), they were all backed by excellent defense.
Boult burst out with an early wicket in the powerplay and Chahal made life miserable for the other batsmen in the following overs, returning brilliant figures of 3/11 in four overs , which includes Pandya, Tilak Varma (32) and Gerald Coetzee (4).
If Chahal smothered the MI batsmen in the middle order while denying Pandya and Varma, Boult went on a rampage in the home team’s top order, dismissing Rohit Sharma, Naman Dill and Devalde Breves, giving them first-ball ducks.
Boult set the tone in his first game as he shocked the Mumbai Indians twice, including a high-priced scalp from Rohit, who wanted a golden duck.
Rohit wanted to feel the ball with his bat, which may have prompted Rohit to pick a ball which Boult deflected and Rajasthan wicketkeeper-captain Sanju Samson ) captures the outer edge brilliantly.
Dhir (0) made the mistake of crossing the wicket and failing to cover Boult’s inswing, with the ball hitting his pads. The DRS appeal ended up being burned as ball tracking showed it would have clipped the leg stump.
Things got worse for Mumbai when impact player Brewis (0) bowled another delivery off Boult’s right-hander in the third over, while Nandre Berger (2/32) A sharp reverse cup catch was used.
Pandya received boos from all over here and he walked to a similar reception, but his brief comeback turned the negative noise into cheers.
The Mumbai skipper showed concentration when he bowled Berg for three fours in the sixth over, but Chahal ended Pandya’s resistance.
Chahal threw a ball outside off stump and Pandya tried to hit it, the batsman had to swing the bat hard but the ball didn’t fly far enough.
Stand-in fielder Rovman Powell judged the height and pace well and made a beautiful diving catch a few yards to his right, denying Pandya the chance to become the team’s hero.
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