Boult, Chahal and Parag make it 3-0 for Royals and 0-3 for Mumbai Indians

Rajasthan Royals 127 for 4 (Parag 54*, Madhwal 3-20) beat Mumbai Indians 125 for 9 (Hardik 34, Tilak 32, Chahal 3-11, Boult 3-22, Burger 2-32) by six wickets

Boult left Mumbai gasping within the opening spell of the match when he dismissed Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir and Dewald Brevis for first-ball geese. His 3 for 22 was solely matched by the three for 11 taken by Chahal, who managed the center overs to make sure Mumbai didn’t stage a batting comeback.

Chasing 126, Parag shepherded Royals’ chase and dragged them out of some early bother. He completed the sport with six, six and 4 to remain unbeaten on 54 to take the No. 1 spot on the orange cap leaderboard.

Boult’s jolt

Former Mumbai captain Rohit was presupposed to be the group favorite at this venue, however his time with the bat lasted just one ball when Boult obtained a ball to swing away from the right-hand batter and edge it behind. Next ball, Boult swung it the opposite means, getting a full ball to nip into Dhir.

With two wickets gone inside the sport’s first six balls, Mumbai introduced in Impact Player Brevis within the second over itself, however he too fell prey to the ball angling throughout, edging it to Nandre Burger at quick third.

With three wickets in his first eight deliveries of the sport, Boult gave Royals a bonus that they by no means let go. He completed with 3 for 22.

Scintillating Chahal

After Boult’s searing opening spell, fellow left-arm seamer Burger obtained in on the motion. Playing as a alternative for the injured Sandeep Sharma, Burger got here across the wicket to choose off Ishan Kishan with a size ball that angled away and took his edge.

With Mumbai 20 for Four in 3.Three overs, the No. 5 Tilak Verma and the No. 6 Hardik then aimed to construct a restoration for the hosts, virtually succeeding with a 56-run fifth-wicket stand, however Chahal’s dismissals of each batters snuffed out any probability of a comeback.

After hitting six boundaries early in his innings, Hardik fell on 34 when he holed out at mid-on attempting to hit Chahal. Tilak was despatched packing on 32 quickly after when Chahal’s googly was edged to R Ashwin at quick third.

Chahal would end his spell with the wicket of Gerald Coetzee too late within the first innings. In all, sixteen of Chahal’s 24 deliveries had been dots, and his four-over spell ended with an financial system of solely 2.75.

A late wicket for Avesh Khan and a second scalp for Burger ensured Mumbai completed on 125, a rating too low on a floor that’s historically batting-friendly.

Madhwal’s magic spell

Only wickets may save Mumbai within the chase, and they performed their trump card early when Jasprit Bumrah shared the brand new ball, with Kwena Maphaka, for the primary time this season.

Madhwal struck with the second ball of his spell when he obtained Sanju Samson to cut a shot onto his stumps, and added a second when Jos Buttler pulled him to high-quality leg. He would then add a 3rd when R Ashwin would fall within the 13th over and was the standout bowler in Mumbai’s loss along with his figures of three for 20.

Parag’s type continues

He walked in ranked No. 5 on the orange-cap listing and completed the day with the cap firmly on his head. With no actual scoreboard stress on this event, the No. 4 Parag performed risk-free cricket early on, however tore into Coetzee’s bowling with 4 fours and two sixes off the bowler.

It all began with back-to-back boundaries off Coetzee within the eighth over, adopted by one other lofted 4 over cowl within the 11th. He then smoked Bumrah by means of mid-off within the 14th over earlier than depositing Piyush Chawla over long-on within the 15th.

With the sport virtually determined, Parag put the ending touches by hammering Coetzee within the 16th over for six, six, and 4. He began the over by clubbing a six over cowl and subsequent ball reached his half-century with a slog by means of midwicket. The successful runs flew over wicketkeeper Kishan to the boundary to ship Royals and Mumbai to reverse ends of the points-table spectrum.