RR vs MI highlights: Mumbai Indians end 8-match losing streak, get maiden win by beating Rajasthan Royals

SIX! Daniel Sams whacks the first ball out of the park. That's it! Mumbai Indians finally put an end to their eight-match losing streak. The five-time champions beat Rajasthan Royals by six wickets to register their first victory of the season.

Kuldeep Sen to Pollard: OUT! Would you believe it? Pollard is holed out. MI still need 4 runs off 5 balls. Drama more drama. MI have just forgotten how to close out a match it seems.

Tim David is one strong, powerful man. Just brute force on this occasion. Rides the bounce and smashes it through covers for a boundary. The previous one was an inside edge for boundary but MI wont mind. They are set for their first victory of IPL 2022.

Chahal to David: SIX! Whacked out of the park. Where was this David? Hiding in the dugout for all this while. Tossed up from Chahal, David uses his long reach to just smash it over long on.

MI need 27 off 21 balls

Prasidh To Tilak: OUT! Just what Rajasthan needed, quick wickets. 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.

Chahal to Suryakumar: OUT! TAKEN! Chahal gets his man in the end but this was an unnecessary shot from Suryakumar Yadav. Tilak had already hit a six and the required rate was just about 7, there was no need to take Chahal on. He tries to hit the leg-spinner over long on but doesn't clear the boundary. The Royals have a sniff now.

MI need 37 off 30 balls.

Chahal to Tilak: 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.

Ashwin to Suryakumar: SIX! Going going gone deep into stands. It made a cracking sound the moment it hit his bat. What a fantastic way to get to his fifty. Suryakumar and Tilak are making it look easy now.

MI 113/2, need 46 off 36 balls now

Kuldeep to Tilak: 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.

Chahal to Suryakumar: SIX! Wow what a shot that was. He tried that shot previously but missed it but this time he nails it. Gets underneath the ball slogs sweeps it over the deep square leg fielder for a six. 

MI 91/ 2 after 11.1 overs

How impressive has been Kuldeep Sen so far? Near 145 km/h almost every delivery and hits the right areas. Only 3 runs of the over. RR bring back control

MI 71/1 after 9 overs.

Three boundaries ffrom Suryakumar Yadav and a six from Tilak Varma. 20 runs from Daryl Mitchell's over. Suddenly the MI innings takes flight out of nowhere.

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.

Ishan Kishan is in the mood today. Smasshes Prasidh Krishna for a couple of fours. Kishan needs to stay in the middle for as long as posssible for he has the ability to take the pitch out of the equation. 

Ashwin to Rohit: OUT! Top-edge and taken! No luck for Rohit Sharma on his birthday. Ashwin gets the big wicket.

MI 23/1 after 2.3 overs

It's a different Ishan Kishan that has walked out to bat today. The one that we know, who was lost for the first half of this season. What clean hitting from the left-hander against Prasidh Krishna.

MI 22/0 after 2 overs

Boult to Kishan: SIX! What a way to get off the mark. Short and wide from Boult and Kishan flashed at it with no half measures and the ball flew over third man for a six. 

MI: 7/0 after 0.2 overs

Rohit tucks it away nicely off his hips to get off the mark with a single. The Mumbai Indians need a strong start and all eyes are on the birthday boy Rohit Sharma.

What a brilliant last over by Meredith, only 3 runs from it and the Rajasthan Royals finish with 158 for 6 in their 29 overs. Jos Buttler top scores with 67.

Meredith to Ashwin: OUT! The brilliant cameo comes to an end. He depart for 21 off 9 balls, the Australian youngster gets his second wicket of the night

Even Bumrah is going the journey. Ashwin is in some mood today. He is auditioning for the finisher's role in the Royals' side. How beautifully he has played with Bumrah's mind and hit him for those two fours in the penultimate over. 

RR 155/5 after 19 overs

3 balls a four and now a six. Who says Ravichandran Ashwin can't hit big in the slog overs? Superb stuff from the all-rounder. Brings all his experience into play, predicts the length and speed of Meredith and gets the big shots going.

RR 143/5 after 17.4 overs

Meredith to Riyan Parag: OUT! Lightning doesn't strike twice. Last-match hero Riyan Parag has been dismissed for 3 by Meredith. He went for the big shot but didn't get the desired connection and got holed out in the deep.

RR 130/5 after 17.1 overs

6, 6, 6, 6, . and OUT! What an over. Jos Buttler after hitting four consecutive sixes off Hrithik Shokeen, has been dismissed off the last ball by the young man. He walks back for 67 but has this over changed the momentum of the match in RR's favour.

RR 126/5 after 16 overs

Shokeen to Buttler: SIX, SIX! SIX! Oh what a player Jos Buttler is. Just when we were worried about his timing in this match. He sticks on the the young off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen. Slams him for a hat-trick of sixes and also gets to his fifty.

RR 120/3 after 15.3 overs