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

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.

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."

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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

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

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. 

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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

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.

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