22 September,2013 01:20 AM IST | | Agencies
Riding on Sanju Samson's 47-ball 54, Rajasthan Royals notched up a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in their Champions League T20 opening match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Saturday.
Rajasthan Royals' Sanju Samson in full flow against Mumbai Indians at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday
The hosts chased the target with two balls to spare.u00a0Nathan Coulter-Nileu00a0(1-22), Rishi Dhawan (1-17) and Kieron Pollard (1-20) took one wicket each for Mumbai.
Earlier, skipper Rohit Sharma scored a 37-ball 44 to help Mumbai post a fighting 142-7 after Rajasthan skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss.
Rohit, who cracked three fours and two sixes, shared a 52-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Pollard (42 off 36 balls) after Mumbai were struggling at 43-4 in 8.1 overs.
Mumbai scored 55 runs in the last five overs, thanks to some lusty blows towards the end from big hitting Pollard.u00a0Rajasthan's Vikramjeet Malik picked up three wickets.
Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 142-7 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 44, Kieron Pollard 42; Vikramjit Malik 3-24) lost to Rajasthan Royals 148-3 in 19.4 overs (Sanju Samson 54, Ajinkya Rahane 33; Rishi Dhawan 1-17) by 7 wicketsu00a0
