Highlights, IPL 2021, RR vs MI Full Cricket Score: Kishan fifty helps MI cruise past RR

After 8 overs,Mumbai Indians 84/2 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 40 , Hardik Pandya 5)

Hardik goes for the big hit, the ball is high in the air but falls safely in the deep mid-wicket region. Glenn Phillips sprints and comes up with a superb effort to push the ball back before it makes contact with the rope. Very ordinary over by Sakariya. he oversteps twice and concedes two sixes. 24 off this over. Mumbai need just seven now.

After 6 overs,Mumbai Indians 60/2 

Kuldip continues. Ishan cuts and the ball is in the air but also in the gap. One run for the batsman. Hardik is off the mark with a push to deep point, one run taken. Better over by the left-arm pacer. Just four runs. Mumbai need another 31 runs in 78 balls.

After 6 overs,Mumbai Indians 56/2 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 20 , Hardik Pandya 0)

Suryakumar probably got carried away. It’s good bowling by Mustafizur who changed his length and was rewarded with a wicket. Change of pace is not enough on this pitch. You need to hit the right length and that’s what Mumbai bowlers did in the previous innings. Eight off the over plus a wicket. Hardik Pandya is the new batsman.

GONE! 

The Fizz bowls a slower one but on a good length, Suryakumar tries to lift the ball over mid-off but fails. Suryakumar Yadav c (sub) Lomror b Mustafizur 13(8)

After 5 overs,Mumbai Indians 48/1 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 17 , Suryakumar Yadav 9)

So 13 runs from the Kuldip Yadav’s first over and it’s a matter of time now for Mumbai. A big win today will boost their net run rate and good news is both Surykumar and Ishan, who struggled for runs, are showing good form today.

After 4 overs,Mumbai Indians 35/1 ( Ishan Kishan (W) 8 , Suryakumar Yadav 5)

Sakariya starts the over with a dot and a wicket but he ends up conceding 11 runs. Suryakumar hits a boundary and then Ishan Kishan plays two lovely shots through off-side. The first one goes for the boundary, The second one is also in the gap but the fielder chases and cuts it off as batsmen run three.

After 3 overs,Mumbai Indians 23/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 22 , Ishan Kishan (W) 1)

Sanju Samson, what have you done? Gopal bowls a beauty, the ball turns just enough to beat Rohit who’s out of his crease but Samson doesn’t collect it cleanly. Three singles to end the over. Nine from this one.

After 2 overs,Mumbai Indians 14/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 14 , Ishan Kishan (W) 0)

Chetan Sakariya into the attack. Ishan Kishan definitely needs some runs under his name but he keeps quiet in this over. He’s middling the ball but can’t find runs. It’s a maiden.

After 1 overs,Mumbai Indians 14/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 14 , Ishan Kishan (W) 0)

Rohit times his drive well but it is straight to the fielder at mid-on. The next ball goes for a boundary and then Rohit flicks it to the vacant mid-wicket area for two runs. A superb six straight down the ground and a drive through cover for two more runs to finish the over.

After 20 overs,Rajasthan Royals 90/9 ( Kuldip Yadav 0 , Mustafizur Rahman 8)

MI restrict RR to 90/9! A brilliant bowling performance from MI. Coulter-Nile bowled four dots to start the final over, Mustafizur didn’t take a single that was available then smashed one for a six before finishing with a single off the last one. Just 7 off the over. MI bowlers were disciplined, they choked the scoring, created chances and pounced on them.

After 19 overs,Rajasthan Royals 83/9 ( Kuldip Yadav 0 , Mustafizur Rahman 1)

Coulter-Nile finishes with brilliant figures of 4-0-14-4. After a dot, Sakariya edges one wide of the keeper for a streaky four. But a delivery later, Coulter-Nile castles him with another accurate delivery. Just one run off the last two balls make it 5 runs off the over and a wicket off it.

After 18 overs,Rajasthan Royals 78/8 ( Chetan Sakariya 2 , Kuldip Yadav 0)

Bumrah bowls another fantastic over. Yes, he overstepped off one delivery but bounced back well with a yorker off a free hit. There is just one single and that No ball run in that over. Just two off it.

After 17 overs,Rajasthan Royals 76/8 ( Chetan Sakariya 1 , Kuldip Yadav 0)

Another brilliant over from Coulter-Nile. Those cutters and seamers are difficult to pick for the RR batsmen. After just two singles off the first three balls, Coulter-Nile traps Miller LBW. It’s a big wicket considering the fact that Miller can do some damage. Coulter-Nile beats Kuldip Yadav’s outside edge off the next ball with an off cutter. The last ball is pushed to backward point. 2 runs and a wicket off the over.

After 16 overs,Rajasthan Royals 74/7 ( David Miller 14 , )

Another over where a wicket falls. RR are going nowhere. The batsmen are finding it tough to get it off the middle. The first one keeps low and Miller just about gets his bat in time to defend it. He then clips one to mid-wicket for a couple but then gets a leading edge on the bounce to backward point. The next one is somehow fended into the ground by Miller. Another flick to the leg side yields another single. The next one straightens from length area on off, Gopal feels for it and gets an outside edge to the keeper. Three runs and a wicket off the over.