Riding on Sanju Samson&rsquo;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. <img alt="Sanju Samson" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/sep/Sanju-Samson.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 333px;" /> Rajasthan Royals&rsquo; 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&rsquo;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

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