What a day in the IPL!
If you woke up this morning and got told Kohli will score a 50, MI will win a match and MSD will become captain, what would you say
A unique feat for Sams today
Players hitting match winning six off the only ball faced in IPL innings:
Aditya Tare v RR, 2014
Nicholas Pooran v RCB, 2020
Daniel Sams v RR, today
2 out of 3 cases are by MI against RR.#IPL2022
Sanju Samson: “I think we could’ve scored a few more runs. Dew came in and it got a bit hard to bowl later. (Wickets getting tougher to bat on) Maybe, maybe not. It was difficult batting first here. Depends on the wicket we’re playing on.”
After 20 overs,Mumbai Indians 161/5 ( Tim David 20 , Daniel Sams 6)
Kuldeep Sen bowls is entrusted with the final over of the evening, and ends up bowling just two deliveres in the end. Pollard ends up playing a rash pull in the first delivery, getting caught by Mitchell at fine leg to raise hopes of an unlikely RR victory. Daniel Sams, though, walks out and smashes the ball out of the park first thing to bring the game to an end, with Mumbai finally having a W against their name after eight consecutive Ls.
SIX! Daniel Sams finishes things off in style with a mighty hit over the midwicket fence as Mumbai Indians snap their eight-game losing run with a tense five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals, collecting their first points of the season in the process! MI 161/5
OUT! Kuldeep removes Pollard in the first delivery of the final over, leaving Mumbai Indians needing 4 off 5 with five wickets in hand! Pollard looks to finish things off in style, going for a pull, unfortunately straight in the direction of the fielder at fine leg. MI 155/5
Pollard c Mitchell b Sen 10(14)
After 19 overs,Mumbai Indians 155/4 ( Kieron Pollard 10 , Tim David 20)
Prasidh Krishna bowls the penultimate over. David starts off with a single off the first ball before Pollard collects three consecutive doubles, bringing the required rate well below run-a-ball. A dot and a single to end the over. Mumbai Indians need just four more to collect their first win of the season!
After 18 overs,Mumbai Indians 147/4 ( Kieron Pollard 3 , Tim David 19)
Kuldeep, with two overs left in his kitty, returns in the 18th over. Leg bye added to the MI total in the first delivery followed by a streaky boundary to David in the second off an inside edge that narrowly misses the off pole. The next shot’s even better — David slapping a wide, length ball over extra cover to make it back-to-back boundaries. An under-pressure Sen then bowls a wide down the leg side. Single off each of the next three deliveries, leaving MI needing another 12 off as many deliveries.
After 17 overs,Mumbai Indians 134/4 ( Kieron Pollard 2 , Tim David 9)
SIX! Tim David announces himself at the crease in style, getting down on one knee and slog-sweeping Chahal over long on for a monster hit! It was a googly from the leggie that the Australian-born Singaporean picked perfectly. Chahal beats Pollard completely with a ripper, one that pitches along leg and turns a mile. Pollard, facing three men down the ground including one right in front of the sight screen, decides to tap the ball towards square leg for a single in the last delivery. 10 off Chahal’s final over as he signs off with 1/33. MI need 25 off 18.
After 16 overs,Mumbai Indians 124/4 ( Kieron Pollard 0 , Tim David 1)
Excellent over from Krishna, with just two runs coming off it along with the dismissal of the set N Tilak Varma. Rajasthan are back in the game with the two wickets, and with two new batters at the crease, will look to dictate terms for the remainder of the game. MI need 35 off 24.