IPL 2024: Sandeep's fifer, Jaiswal's century help RR beat MI by 9 wickets

Sandeep Sharma announced his comeback from an injury with brilliant figures of 518 the best by any bowler in this seasonrsquos IPL before Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to form with a 59ball century as host Rajasthan Royals ended their home leg with a ninewicket victory over Mumbai Indians at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday nightThe Royals concluded their campaign in Jaipur with a seventh decisive victory in eight games solidifying their position atop the tableJaiswal sealed the Rajasthans chase with a boundary after Mumbai Indians set a middling target of 180 that hinged on a 99run fifthwicket stand between Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera Prior to a 30minute rain delay Jaiswal had 31 from 18 balls and then converted his first fifty of a challenging season into a towering 104 not out from 60 ballsWith the inform Jos Buttler 35 from 25 Jaiswal added 74 runs in eight overs and 109 in 65 deliveries with skipper Sanju Samson Tim Davids horrendous reprieve at midwicket on 19 was the turning point for Mumbai At 50 Jaiswal had also suffered a significant setback when from deep cover Wadhera missed a leadingedge swipe that went over the rope for sixMumbais two standout bowlers encapsulated their performance on Monday night Gerald Coetzee bowled like the wind in his one Powerplay over clearly troubling Jaiswal with his pace of over 150 kph especially with a topedged draw that sailed over the keeper for four after being worked up by a firstball slap for sixHowever Hardik Pandya did not give him another over until late by which time the match was already gone and he again got a wellset batter to falterAlso ReadGukesh has arrived and howJasprit Bumrah was also kept back too late in the chase and even though he bowled with unmatched vigour upfrontmdashincluding a tworun opening over to curb Buttlers early intentions his comeback over was not successful After a first ball noball and a second ball wide on height Jaiswal blasted the rolledover free hit for six to complete a 16run over which was Bumrahs most costly of an outstanding seasonEarlier Sandeep Sharma caused maximum damage in the Mumbai Indians innings and returned with stunning figures of 518the best by an Indian bowler for the Royals and on his return from injury too as Rajasthan restricted Mumbai to 1799 after just nine runs came in the final two oversAfter early setbacks resulted in them being restricted to 453 in Powerplay Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera rebuilt the innings with a steady stand partnership as Ravichandran Ashwin completed his four overs for 31 runs and went wicketless once more having claimed just one in the tournament to date Varma completed his fifty in 38 balls and at 21 years and 166 days he is the third youngest to reach 1000 runs in IPLBefore that Yuzvendra Chahal reached the milestone of 200 wicketsfirst bowler in the history of IPL Chahals third ball gripped on a good length as Mohammad Nabi closed the face on the front foot and it was a simple lob catch back into his waiting hands that brought up his 200th IPL wicketOnly two other men have previously reached 200 wickets in a T20 competition Danny Briggs 219 and Samit Patel 208 both in Englands T20 Blast Mumbai Indians were 72 for 4 after 10 oversChahal came back with his third over of his spell and was taken into remand as Wadhera and Tilak hammered him for 20 runs the most expensive of the inning After Tilakrsquos first ball six Wadhera took it upon himself to lead the celebrations with two more sixes in a very significant over Mumbai were 151 for 4 after 16 oversBoult came back into attack for his last over of the spell and broke the big partnership of 99 runs between Wadhera and Verma It was an attempted uppercut from Wadhera looking to reach his own fifty but the returning Trent Boult outfoxed him with the slower short ballNehal Wadhera got out scoring 49 in 24 deliveries It was a very timely strike from Avesh Khan who aimed full and straight with Hardik Pandya shuffling to the offside and nailed him plumb in front with the fast fulltoss Mumbai Indians captain got out for a runaball 10It was a superb over from Avesh as just six runs came from it Avesh nailed his length perfectly and one ball later Varma holed out to deep midon on the first ball of Sandeeps final over Varma got out after scoring 65 in 45 deliveriesBrief scoresMumbai Indians 1799 in 20 overs Tilak Varma 65 Nehal Wadhera 49 Sandeep Sharma 518 Trent Boult 232 lost to Rajasthan Royals 1831 in 184 overs Yashasvi Jaiswal 104 not out Sanju Samson 38 not out Piyush Chawla 331 by nine wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever