IPL 2022, MI vs RR Highlights: Rajasthan Royals win by 23 runs, Mumbai Indians sink to 2nd consecutive defeat

IPL 2022, MI vs RR Highlights: Ishan Kishan and 19-year-old Tilak Varma made it look like Mumbai Indians may be cruising to victory in their chase of a target of 194 but Yuzvendra Chahal led the way in turning things around for RR after Jos Buttler became the first player to score a century this season.

IPL 2022 Live Score, Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals (BCCI)

IPL 2022, Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Jos Buttler was the protagonist early on for the Rajasthan Royals with his second IPL century after which Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal took over in stopping Mumbai Indians' march to the 194-run target. It was a match that ebbed and flowed and both teams had their low points but in the end, it was RR that prevailed. MI, however, seem to have chanced upon a dependable talent in the form of 19-year-old Tilak Varma, who blazed 61 off just 33 balls. Varma and Ishan Kishan, who himself scored 54 off 43, put up a partnership of 81 runs off just 54 balls, at which point it looked like MI might win the game. However, Chahal and Ashwin put the breaks on the chase and MI ended up falling 23 runs short. 

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• 2 Apr 2022, 07:28:59 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: RR beat MI by 23 runs

  Back-to-back defeats for the Mumbai Indians to start off this season. The third ball of the over was a dot ball, leaving MI needing 24 off 3 and Pollard knew the game is up. The next two were dot balls after which Pollard tried to go for a big shot off the last ball. He only sends it straight down the throat of Jos Buttler, who simply couldn't be kept out of the game today at any point. 

  MI end their innings on 170/8. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:26:35 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: FOUR!

  The first ball is a wide to reduce the deficit to 28 off six. Saini then sends one ful and outside off Pollard drives it in front of square for four. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:23:09 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: 29 runs needed off the last over 

  Short from Prasidh Krishna and Pollard loses his bat while trying to pull. He takes the single anyhow, Ashwin was not ready for it and he is run out by Samson. That leaves Pollard on strike for the last over but he needs to smash a whopping 29 runs in it. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:21:16 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: DROPPED!

  That is an extraordinary drop. Pollard throws his bat at the fourth delivery of the over and it's flying straight into the hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal at deep point. Looks like the most straightforward of catches but Jaiswal drops it. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:18:57 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: 3 wides so far

  Prasidh Krishna has bowled six times but three of these have been called wide. It still has been a good over so far from him, just five off it so far. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:13:57 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: Prasidh Krishna bowls the 19th

  MI need 39 from the last two overs. Pollard is on strike, he has made just 12 off 12. The match can be won or lost in this over. Thus far, RR have done a great job of pulling things back after MI were seemingly cruising when Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma were going big guns. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:11:49 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: SIX! Pollard power!

  What a hit that is. Pollard absolutely clobbers Boult over wide long on for a six and this game is turning out to be a bit of a thriller now. MI 154/6 off 17.3, need 39 to win off 14 balls

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:07:42 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: 17 overs gone

  Mumbai Indians 144/6, need 50 to win off 18 balls. Murugan Ashwin takes some pressure off Kieron Pollard by hitting a four over extra cover off Prasidh Krishna. But MI will be looking to the West Indies captain to provide the goods here. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 07:00:34 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: Karun Nair spills Cahal's hat-trick!

  Googly from Chahal and it does Murugan Ashwin completely. It takes the outside edge and Karun Nair at first slip spills it. Chahal puts the collar of shirt in between his teeth but what an over this has turned out to be. RR well on top now. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:59:27 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live score: Back to back wickets for Chahal!

  Well this has silenced the MI fans. Chahal first gets Tim David LBW. He takes a review and the umpire's call was upheld. And then a sensational catch from superman Buttler to dismiss Daniel Sams. It leaves Chahal on a hat-trick. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:49:34 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: OUT! That's it for Varma

  He reverse sweeps Ashwin for a six over third man off the first ball of the 15th over. Ashwin then takes significant pace off the ball and deceives Varma. The ball goes past him and takes the stumps. A blinder of an innings ends. 

  Varma b Ashwin 61 (33), MI 135/4 in 14.2 overs

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:42:46 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: Half century for Tilak Varma

  It has come in just 28 balls. He is just 19 years old so this is the first of many half centuries he will score for sure. What an innings this has been and despite having Pollard at the other end, RR will now want to get this man out as quickly as possible. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:38:47 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: OUT! Kishan has to go

  Navdeep Saini with a belter of a catch to end Ishan Kishan's innings. Kishan tries to pull Boult and that ball is barrelling to the boundary. Saini takes the catch at deep backward square leg but falls while doing so. He seems to have hurt the back of his head in the process and he ends up going off the field with James Neesham coming in his place. We are yet to see if there will be a concussion replacement. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:34:40 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: Half century for Ishan Kishan

  Second consecutive half century for Ishan Kishan and he brings that up by driving Boult straight down the ground for his fifth four. Kishan has reached the mark in 40 balls. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:33:33 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: SIX! Tilak Varma is bossing this chase

  The 19-year-old was a gun in the field today and has now taken this chase by the scruff of its neck. Beautiful front foot loft from Varma and it ends up hitting the cameraperson behind the boundary line. Boult, who was the closest fielder, checks up on him, seems he is ok. Varma has raced tom 47 off 25 balls, a strike rate of nearly 185!

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:28:11 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: Jaiswal almost pulls off a screamer

  Slog sweep from Kishan off Ashwin in the 11th over, Jaiswal runs to his left and puts in a full stretch dive. The ball just bounces out of his hand after he hit the ground. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:22:56 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: SIX! 50 partnership up

  Tilak Varma is setting this place on fire. Chahal bowls the 10th over, sends one too full and Varma skips down the track, lofts him over long on. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:18:31 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: SIX!

  What a shot that is from Varma. Full outside off from Sainia, Varma stands still and lofts it over long off. He then takes a single to move to 26 in 15 balls. Mumbai Indians are 82/2 in 9 overs as the first strategic timeout is taken. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:13:01 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: Varma getting some treatment

  Seems to have some issue with the hamstring and the physios are on the field now. He seems to be fine after getting some massage with Navdeep Saini returning to the attack. MI are 67/2 in 8 overs. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 06:07:58 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: SIX! 

  As flat a six as it gets from Tilak Varma. He pulls Ashwin to backward square leg and the ball could not be travelling more than 12 feet up in the air at any point of its journey to the boundary.  MI have scored runs for two wickets at the end of the seventh over. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:56:10 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: OUT! A wicket to end an expensive over

  Anmolpreet mistimes a loft over cover and holes out. The extra ball has got Saini a wicket and he shouts in delight. 

  Anmolpreet Singh c Padikkal b Saini 5 (4), MI 40/2 in 4 overs

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:54:07 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: FOUR!

  He smashes Saini down the ground again and the free hit has gone for four runs. A single of he next makes it as many as 16 runs off the first three balls of this over.

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:53:02 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: SIX and FOUR!

  Ishan Kishan is going after Navdeep Saini in the fourth over. Kishan first hooks Saini over fine leg and then smacks one straight down the ground for four. That second ball turns out to be a no ball as well. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:43:15 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: GONE! Rohit falls

  Short and wide from Prasidh Krishna, asking to be hit and that's exactly what Rohit does. Only that he hits it straight into the hands of the fielder at point. 

  Rohit Sharma c Riyan Parag b Prasidh Krishna 10 (5), MI 15/1 after 1.5 overs

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:40:39 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: SIX! Rohit pulls out the pull shot

  A low pull from Rohit and he sends Prasidh Krishna over fine leg. Nice way to get off the mark for the captain. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:35:15 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: The players are back

  Trent Boult has the ball in his hand, Ishan Kishan is facing up with Rohit Sharma at the other end. This will be an entertaining run chase.

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:33:37 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: Buttler takes the Orange Cap

  This is what he had to say to the broadcasters in the mid-innings break: "It's a great feeling and nice to contribute it. Good score or not? Hard to tell it with one side being a short boundary. Mumbai always attack me with Bumrah - he is one of the best in the world. I thought I did know (reaching a ton with an inside edge), but I got frustrated at the end as I slowed down. At the start of the day, a target of 194, we would've taken it. Shimron Hetmyer played a fantastic hand, we were about to lift-off, but never got away from them."

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:27:46 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: Rohit vs Boult

  This is going to be a match up for the fans to savour. Rohit has got out four times in 11 innings to Boult in the IPL and so, he will have to see off his former team mate.

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:19:52 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: RR 193/8 after 20 overs

  FIVE wickets in the last 2 overs. Frantic end to the innings, finished off with Mills dismissing Riyan Parag right after the latter hig a four off the second last ball of the innngs. Parag drags the ball straight to long-in which means that RR finish with a score of 193/8 after their 20 overs. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:18:39 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: GONE! Now Mills gets a wicket

  This is some finish from MI. Slow ball from the back of the hand from Mills, Saini goes for an almighty slog and the ball goes up in the air. Kishan settles under it and completes the catch.

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:17:22 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: OUT! Ashwin is run out

  Ashwin tries to take a second run that simply isn't there. Varma throws it to Kishan who breaks the stumps with Ashwin not even in the frame. What a last over from Bumrah. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:14:50 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: GONE! Buttler falls

  The Bumrah Yorker does it for Buttler. Inswinger right into the blockhole and Buttler could do absolutely nothing about it. A great innings from Buttler but this over will hurt RR. 

  Buttler b Bumrah 100 (68), RR 184/5 in 18.5 overs

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:09:06 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: OUT! Hetmyer's whirlwind ends

  Slow full toss from Bumrah, Hetmyer hits it straight to midwicket. Turning out to be quite a 19th over from Bumrah. 

  Hetmyer c Varma b Bumrah 35 (14), RR 183/4

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:05:37 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: 2nd IPL century for Jos Buttler

  Well that is cheeky from Buttler. MI goes for an LBW appeal which is not given, the batsmen run a single. MI rake the review and as it turned out, Buttler had got some bat on it. He didn't celebrate the century after taking the single though, keeping everyone guessing and possibly cosing MI a review. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 05:02:08 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: SIX! Hetmyer keeps going

  The very first ball of the next over, bowled by Mills, is mowed over midwicket for six. Big shout for LBW off the next ball and the umpire raises his finger. Hetmyer, however, takes the review and replays show that the impact had come outside the line. The umpire reverses his decision and the next ball is cut away by Hetmyer for another four.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:59:21 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: 26 runs off the 17th

  That is the second 26-run over of this innings. While the first one was Buttler, a bona fide international cricketer, going after the lesser known Basil Thampi, the second one starred Hetmyer smashing his West Indies captain Kieron Pollard all over the park. The two back to back sixes are followed by two consecutive fours after which Pollard sent a ball wide. The next ball goes for four leg byes and then Hetmyer ends the over with a single to keep strike. Longer wait then for Buttler's century. RR 170/3 in 17 overs

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:54:35 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: Back to back sixes for Hetmyer

  Hetmyer goes after his West Indies captain Kieron Pollard. The first is pulled over backward square leg and the second is mowed midwicket.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:52:59 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: Buttler made to wait for ton

  A good over from Sams for the 16th. Just six runs coming off it, with two coming from wides and the rest from singles. In fact, there was a slight scare for Buttler after the second last of those singles as he found himself about a quarter of the way down the pitch when Hetmyer screamed at him to get back. He does so, and stays on 98.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:42:01 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: OUT! Pollard gets Samson

  Breakthrough at last for MI but Samson has done his job. Samson tries to pull a slow delivery, doesn't quite get it right and holes out at deep midwicket. 

  Samson c Tilak Varma b Pollard 30 (21), RR 130/3 in 14.2 overs

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:39:43 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: FOUR! Buttler punishes Bumrah

  Rohit brings back Bumrah to bowl the 14th but there seems to be no respite for MI. Buttler slices him past backward point for a four as Bumrah misses a yorker. A single to end the over which takes RR to 129/2 off 14 overs. Bumrah throws the ball away in disgust after that over.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:34:26 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: FOUR! Buttler moves into the 80s

  Are we going to see the first century of the season here? Slow and short from Pollard outside off and Buttler waits for it before ramping it behind for four. Two singles come off the last two balls of the over and that takes RR to 123/2 in 13 overs.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:30:15 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: SIX! Samson hits his 3rd

  Smacks Daniel Sams over extra-cover for six. A slower deliver that is overpitched from Sams, Samson sets himself up and deposits into the stands.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:26:22 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: RR 108/2 in 11 overs

  The 11th over bowled by Murugan Ashwin goes for 21 runs. Buttler hits a four after that six and then takes a single to finish another good over for RR. MI desperately need wickets and it won't be a surprise if Rohit brings on Bumrah before the death overs. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:25:42 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: SIX! 50 partnership up

  And it has come in just 28 balls. Buttler has raced to 71 off 44. Ashwin with the leg break and Buttler sends him over extra cover.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:24:23 PM IST

  MI vs RR Live Score: SIX! Samson again

  Samson smashes Murugan Ashwin over long on, then takes a single and he has now raced to 21 off just 11 balls. It is just too easy at the moment for RR and they are bossing these middle overs.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:20:42 PM IST

  MI vs RR IPL 2022 Live Updates: SIX! Samson's first big hit of the match

  A slow delivery from Mill that sits up nicely, asking to be hit. Samson obliges, pulling it over deep midwicket for his first six of the match. RR have raced to 87/2 in 10 overs. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:10:32 PM IST

  IPL 2022, MI vs RR Live score: Half century for Jos Buttler

  It has come off 32 balls. Buttler races past 50 with back to back fours off Daniel Sams and that gets his tally to five fours and four sixes. The two fours take his total to 51. 

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:06:35 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Match Today: FOUR! Samson of the mark

  Pollard gives a bit of width to Samson and he takes the gift. Cuts it away through backward point for four.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:04:53 PM IST

  IPL 2022 MI vs RR Live Updates: Strategic Timeout

  The timeout is taken right after the end of the powerplay. A see-saw match so far. Bumrah put MI ahead with the wicket of Jaiswal early on but then Buttler and Padikkal then got things going for RR. However, Rajasthan will be hurt by the dismissal of Padikkal off the last ball of the powerplay. Kieron Pollard bowls the first over after powerplay.

• 2 Apr 2022, 04:00:16 PM IST

  IPL 2022 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: OUT! Padikkal falls

  After that bumper over from Thampi, RR were kept quier by Murugan Ashwin and then Tymal Mills. Padikkal decides to take on Mills off what was the last ball of the powerplay. He only gets a top edge on it, the ball goes high up in the air and Rohit Sharma makes no mistake with the catch. 

  Padikkal c Rohit b Mills 7 (7), RR 48/2 after 6 overs