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

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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. 

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. 

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. 

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!

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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.

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. 

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

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