IPl Live Score - Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Rajasthan

What a match? You can not expect more. This is the hallmark of IPL tournament. Mumbai Indians won the match but they have to run for their money as Yousuf Pathan scared the Mumbai Indians by his brilliant knock. The Mumbai Indians would have won the game but it was overshadowed by the terrific innings of Yousuf Pathan.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and Sachin Tendulkar captain of Mumbai Indians decided to bat. Sanath Jayasrya and Sachin Tendulkar opened the innings and the score was just rolling due to some aggressive shots by Jayasurya. But soon Jayasurya was out leg before wicket. Then Sachin and Tiwary were playing their shots at their will due to some bad bowling by Tait. Tait was not finding his rhythm and bowling too many wide balls. The Mumbai Indians crossed 50 by the 5th over. Shane warne introduced Mascarennas and his first victim was sachin who tried to leg glance and missed the ball. In the same over he claimed the wicket of Tare caught by Shane warne. The sudden fall of two wickets did not prevent the Mumbai Indians from aggressive batting, Rayudu and Tiwari played some breath taking shots taking advantage of the week bowling. Shane warne was not at his best and he came under severe punishment. The flow of runs could not be stopped as both the Indian youngsters were in attacking mood. Through out the innings the Mumbai Indians run rate was more than ten runs. The week bowling of Rajasthan Royals was exploited well and they finished the innings with a target of 212.

The Rajasthan Royals started off badly. In the first ball itself Ansodkar was run out. They lost quick three wickets including the opener Smith. Then came the partnership of Yousuf Pathan and Dogra. Yousuf Pathan was quite for sometime. But he suddenly started to blast and in the span of 3 overs they scored 61 runs. Yousuf Pathan sending most of the balls out of the boundary and he was ruthless and punishing the bowlers. The local fans supporting the local team were silenced by the bullets flowing from Pathan’s bat. Pathan finished his century with 37 balls. Then Mumbai Indians struck and Pathan was run out. But Dogra remained aggressive and scored sixers and fours consecutively. The subsequent run outs proved costly for Rajasthan Royals and they could not reach the target, Thanks to some tight bowling by Zaheer and Malinga in the final overs.