RR vs MI Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! Mumbai end their 8-match losing streak! On a length and just outside off. Sams shuffles across and pulls it hard over square leg for a biggie. Mumbai win by 5 wickets.

OUT! CAUGHT! This game is not done yet as there is another twist! A length ball, slower and angling around middle and leg. Pollard pulls it flat and to deep backward square leg where Daryl Mitchell dives forward and takes it. The umpires ask Pollard to wait as they check the catch. After numerous replays, the decision comes out against Mumbai's favour as the big screen shows OUT.

Length ball, outside off. Pollard drags it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Mumbai one hit away now from a victory.

Short in length, on middle, pulled to mid-wicket.

Too full and outside off. Pollard slices this over point for another couple now.

Full and on middle. Pollard flicks it hard past the mid-wicket fielder. Long on and deep mid-wicket converge and almost collide as they both try to stop the ball. A couple of runs.

On a length, outside off. Pollard chips it over extra-cover for a brace.

Length ball, outside off. David pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Around off, fuller and this is hit to long on for a single.

A length ball targeting the stumps. Kieron works it to mid-wicket for a single.

On the pads, this is flicked to deep square leg for a single.

Wide! Tries the slower one but serves it down the leg side. Left alone.

FOUR! Hit hard! A length ball, outside off. David slaps it hard and over covers for a boundary. 16 needed now off 15 balls.

FOUR! A full ball, outside off. David looks to drive but gets an inside edge, past the off stump and to the fine leg fence.

Leg bye! A length ball, slanting on leg. Pollard fails to tuck it away and gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls on the off side and a leg bye is taken.

Touch short and Pollard shuffles and tucks it to square leg for a single. 25 runs needed in 18 balls.

That turned square! Full and on leg, a leg breaker with sharp spin. Pollard prods to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Tossed up, on middle, it is pushed to mid on for a quick single.

SIX! HUGE! These both know only one way to release the pressure. Full and on off. David prods and tonks it over long on for a biggie.

Fuller ball and on middle. Pollard leans and looks to defend it but the ball goes off the inner half to square leg and the batters take a single.

Tossed up, outside off. David punches it to long off for a single.

Short of a length around off. Pollard defends it back to Krishna. Pressure building on Mumbai.

Wide! Too slow, full and down the leg side. Pollard lets it through for a wide.

Shorter and around leg. Pollard ducks under it.

A length ball, slower and this one nips back in, around middle. Pollard looks to defend but misses.

A length ball, outside off. David punches it to point where the fielder dives to his right and half-stops it. A single.

OUT! TAKEN! Just what Rajasthan needed, wickets in quick succession. A length ball, on off. Varma looks to heave but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat and to long on where Riyan Parag comes forward and completes the wicket.

A length ball, outside off. Varma steers it to short third man.

OUT! TAKEN! Chahal gets his man in the end but this was an unnecessary shot from Suryakumar Yadav. Tossed up, on middle. SKY skips down the track and looks for a big one. Although, he mistimes it towards Riyan Parag at long on who takes a sharp catch, just in front of the ropes. This is a much-needed wicket for Rajasthan!

Flatter and around off. Varma cuts it to deep cover for a single.

SIX! Tilak Varma joins the party now! This is full and around off. Varma prods and slog-sweeps it way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Bye! Nicely tossed up, on middle. SKY stays back and looks to cut but he misses. The ball goes past the outside edge and Sanju Samson fails to grab the ball. The batters steal a bye.

Floated, on a length, around middle. Suryakumar Yadav prods and keeps it out.

Tossed up, on middle. Tilak Varma comes down the track and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

SIX! BANG! That made a cracking sound off the bat! Tossed up, in the slot, around off. Suryakumar Yadav gets to the pitch of the ball and tonks it over the long on fence for a massive biggie. That also brings up Suryakumar Yadav's fifty! He has played a gem of a knock for his side here!

Flatter ball, on a length, outside off. Tilak Varma works it to long off for a single.

Floated, on a length, outside off. SKY cuts it but Kuldeep Sen at backward point does well to keep it to just one, by diving to his right.

A quicker ball, on a length, on middle. Varma eases it to long on and rotates the strike.

A carrom ball, full and on middle and leg. Suryakumar Yadav looks to flick but it goes off the leading edge towards cover. The batters cross ends.

Tossed up, on middle. Tilak Varma plays the switch-hit towards deep cover for only a single.

Play and a miss! Good-length ball, around the fifth stump channel. SKY hangs back and looks to cut hard but he fails to make any connection. 57 runs needed off 42 balls.

On a length, around leg. Varma nudges it around the corner and takes a run.

Back of a length, around off. Tilak Varma sits back to block but he misses and gets hit high on his pad.

Good-length ball, outside off. Tilak Varma cuts it behind square on the off side for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Not where Varma intended it to go but he will take that! A length ball, around leg. Varma stays back and looks to whip it through the leg side but it goes off the inner half of the bat towards fine leg for a boundary.

A full ball, around off. Tilak Varma looks to drive but it goes off the inner half of the bat towards mid-wicket.

Flatter and quicker, outside off. Varma cuts it to deep point and takes a run. 64 runs needed off 48 balls.

Full and outside off. Suryakumar Yadav drives it towards deep cover for a single.

Nicely tossed up, outside off. SKY waits for the ball to turn and then taps it towards point.

Top effort from Trent Boult in the deep! Floated, around leg. SKY sweeps it behind square on the leg side. Boult at deep square leg, moves to his right, puts in a dive and saves a couple of runs for his side.

Nicely tossed up, on middle and turning away late. SKY looks to sweep but he misses and gets hit high on his pad.

SIX! Floated, full and around middle. SKY kneels and slog-sweeps it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. That also brings up the 50-run partnership between these two batters.

Back of a length, outside off. SKY steers it to third man and takes a single. Mumbai need 74 runs off 54 balls.

Full and outside off. SKY drives but finds the mid off fielder.

Good-length delivery, around middle. Varma nudges it through mid-wicket and settles for a single.

FIVE WIDES! A bumper, around middle but well over the batter's head. Tilak Varma lets it be. Sanju Samson behind the sticks fails to grab the ball and the ball races away to the fence.

Leg bye! A length ball, around leg. Suryakumar Yadav misses his flick and gets hit on his pad. The ball rolls behind square on the leg side for a leg bye.

Good-length delivery, on middle. Tilak Varma tucks it to mid-wicket and takes a single.

Back of a length, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav cuts it to sweeper cover for a single.

Angles it on middle from wide of the crease. Yadav flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. Mumbai need 84 runs off 60 balls.

Tossed up, on middle. Tilak lunges and turns it to mid-wicket for a run.

On the pads, tucked straight to square leg.

Flatter and outside off. Yadav dabs it on the off side for a single.

Floated and on middle. Varma tries to heave first but ends up pushing it to long off for a single.

Around off, it is pushed to deep mid-wicket for a single.

On a length and on middle. Varma defends off the inner half of the bat back to Sen.

Overpitched, outside off. Yadav pushes it to mid off and takes off for a quick single. There is a shy at the bowler's end but the fielder misses and Yadav gets hit on his stretched hand.

On middle, it is hit to long leg for one more.

Full and outside off, driven to sweeper cover for a single.

A length ball, angling on the pads. Varma flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

Full and on off. Varma blocks it out.

A huge appeal for LBW and Chahal straightaway asks Samson to take it upstairs. UltraEdge shows no bat there. Ball Tracking shows umpire's call on wickets hitting and Yadav survives. This was full and around off, spinning a bit away as well. Yadav steps across and down to sweep but misses and gets rapped on the pads. Still a good review from Chahal and Samson, although it didn't favor them.

Flatter, slower and outside off. Yadav knocks it to deep point for a couple of runs.

Fuller ball and down the leg side. Yadav sweeps it but finds short fine leg.

Flatter and on off. Varma punches it to covers for a sharp single.

Tossed up, on off, spinning back in. Varma prods and defends it out.

Tossed up, full and on off. Varma sweeps it to deep squre leg where Shimron Hetmyer is cozy with his throw. An easy couple and Chahal is not happy.

FOUR! This time an easy one! A full toss, on the pads. Yadav tickles it to fine leg for an easy boundary. 20 runs coming off the over.

FOUR! Mumbai are pacing things up! Another excellent shot, this time from Suryakumar Yadav! A length ball, around off. Yadav shuffles across, clears his front leg and pulls it very late to the vacant deep square leg region.

Length and on middle, slower one. Varma pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! How beautiful is this shot! This is full and outside off. Varma lofts it superbly over long off for a biggie. Holds the pose for the cameras to capture as well.

On the pads, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Placement! A full ball, dipping on the batter. Yadav whips it and bisects long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Full and on off. Blocked back to the bowler. Mumbai are 41 for 2, at the end of the Powerplay.

Short in length and outside off, it is hit to cover.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Kishan goes now! On a length and angling around off, there is some extra bounce. Kishan looks to pull but gets a top edge. The ball balloons to the keeper, Sanju Samson who doesn't have to move much. A simple catch is taken and both the openers are fallen now.

Length and on off. Yadav drops it in front of point for a quick single.

FOUR! On the up! A length ball, outside off. Yadav punches it aerially and over covers for a boundary.

A length ball, on middle. Yadav misses his flick and gets high on the pads.

Tossed up, around off. Ishan Kishan drives it a bit uppishly past the cover fielder. Two runs taken!

A loopy ball, full and just outside off. Ishan looks for a big one but decides to block it in the end. Lovely bowling from the veteran!

This is a quicker ball, on a length, on off. Ishan pushes it back to the bowler.

Floated, full and on middle. Suryakumar Yadav flicks it with ease through mid-wicket and takes a single.

Nicely tossed up, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav drives but finds the cover fielder.

Full and around off. SKY looks to flick but he closes the bat face a bit early. It goes off the outer half of the bat towards cover-point.

Short of a length, jagging back in from outside off. Ishan has a poke at it but there is some extra bounce and the ball whizzes past his blade.

FOUR! WHACKED! A full ball, outside off. Ishan Kishan whacks it over the mid on fielder. A one-handed shot from him but it had enough legs to make it to the fence.

Back of a length, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav taps it towards point and rotates the strike.

FOUR! UP AND OVER! Fuller in length, on middle. Suryakumar Yadav chips it over the mid on fielder and bags a boundary.

Good-length ball, around off. Suryakumar Yadav dabs it onto the deck.

A full ball, on middle. Suryakumar Yadav drives it to the mid on fielder.

Tossed up, outside off. Ishan drives but finds the extra cover fielder.

Nicely tossed up, on middle. Ishan Kishan drives it back to the bowler.

Tossed up, on middle. Suryakumar Yadav flicks it through mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a run.

OUT! CAUGHT! Ravichandran Ashwin gets the big fish and it is the birthday boy who walks back for a timid score. Floated, full and outside off. Rohit kneels and looks to sweep it behind square on the leg side. The ball takes the top edge and lobs up in the air towards square leg. Daryl Mitchell there, settles under it and takes a dolly.

Floated, on a length, outside off. Rohit Sharma looks to cut it but he misses.

Tossed up, outside off. Ishan Kishan drives it to long off for a single.

DROPPED! That was hit hard! A full ball, outside off. Ishan reaches out and smacks it hard towards the extra cover fielder. Yuzvendra Chahal there, drops it and the batters take a single. Mumbai are off to a great start!

FOUR! AND AGAIN! On a length, around middle. Ishan Kishan whacks it over leaping Ravichandran Ashwin at mid on for a boundary.

FOUR! SMASHED! A half-volley, outside off. Ishan sits back and launches it over the mid off fielder. One bounce and over the ropes.

A full ball, outside off. Ishan squeezes it out towards Devdutt Padikkal at first slip who moves low to his left and stops it.

A length ball, jagging back in from middle. Rohit Sharma gets cramped for room. He manages to tuck it to the leg side for a run.

BEATEN! Short of a length, just outside off and shaping away late. Rohit Sharma stays back to defend but the ball zips past his outside edge.

FOUR! Easy pickings! A length ball, darted on the pads. Ishan just helps it on its way through fine leg and bags a boundary.

Back of a length, outside off. Ishan goes hard at it. The ball takes the toe-end of the bat and goes towards the mid off fielder, on the bounce.

Short of a length, just outside off. Ishan Kishan taps it to point.

Wide! A wayward ball, down leg. Ishan Kishan misses his whip through the leg side and the umpire signals wide.

On a length, angling in from middle. Ishan Kishan misses his flick and gets rapped on his pad.

SIX! BANG! Slashes and slashes hard! A short ball, well outside off. Ishan throws his bat at it and the ball goes off the outer half of the bat, over the third man fence for a biggie.

Boult starts with a short ball, around middle. Rohit stays back and pulls it along the ground towards deep square. A fielder is stationed there so he gets only a single. Mumbai are up and running!