Rajasthan Royals (RR) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 23 runs in the 9th match of IPL 2022. MI had a target of 194 runs, in response to which the team could only score 170/8 and lost the match. Kieron Pollard was largely responsible for Mumbai's defeat.
Pollard made only 22 runs in 24 balls. He came to bat in the 13th over, at that time the team's score was 121/3 and Mumbai were in good condition. When MI had to score 39 runs in 12 balls, then Pollard could only score 10 runs. In the last two overs, Pollard hit only two fours.
Completely failing Pollard
Completely failing Pollard
The special thing is that during this time he did not even change the strike to take a single. Murugan Ashwin was at the non-striker end. Earlier in the bowling too, Pollard had conceded 46 runs in 4 overs.
Mumbai's second consecutive defeat
This is the second consecutive defeat for Mumbai Indians in the current tournament. Earlier, Delhi Capitals defeated Rohit & Co by 4 wickets. Chasing the target in this match, apart from Pollard, captain Rohit Sharma also did not appear in any special color. Hitman returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. However, Ishan Kishan (54) and young Tilak Verma (61) played amazing innings. Both added 81 runs in 53 balls for the third wicket.
Rajasthan showed power
This was the second consecutive win for RR, captained by Samson. Jos Buttler (100) played the best century for the team. This was his second century in IPL and the first century by any player in this season. Apart from them, Shimron Hetmyer also got out after playing a stormy innings of 35 runs in 14 balls. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. His strike rate was 250.
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