Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Mumbai Indians defeat Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs

Mumbai Indians made a massive total of 197 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets by the help of disasterous innings by Pollard(64) and Rayudu(47)which lead Mumbai to the highest total of DLF IPL 2012  .

Now the target for Rajasthan Royals was 198 runs in 20 overs which was a very hard job against Lasith Malinga.
However with the help of Owais Shah(76) and Rahane(40) helped Rajasthan to reach 170, but they did"nt manage to turn a defeat by 27 runs.

Munaf Patel and Kieron Pollard both took 4 wickets each whereas Lasith Malinga took 2 wickets to collapse  Rajasthan Royals on 170 in 19.4 overs.

Kieron Pollard was given man of the match for his fantastic all-round performance with bat(64 of 33) and ball(4 wickets for 44 runs in 4 overs).


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