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MI vs RR, 27th Match at Mumbai, IPL, Apr 13 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
27th Match (D/N), Wankhede, April 13, 2019, Indian Premier League
(19.3/20 ov, T:188) 188/6

RR won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
89 (43) & 3 catches
jos-buttler
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7.38pm How did this even come down to the last over after Jos Buttler clattered 89 off 43 balls, including six boundaries in a row. From 147 for 1, Royals tumbled to 174 for 6, and were left needing six off the last over bowled by Hardik Pandya. Gopal nearly holed out off the first ball, missed the second, but connected well with the third to give Royals their second victory of the season. That's all we have for you from this match. Do join us for the second double-header of the day: Kings XI v RCB. This is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Alex Malcolm, Venkat Raghav, and P Ranjith

Rahane: It feels good to win, but not really happy the way we played. That one over changed the game. 30 ball 30, we should have won it easily. There was a bit of nervousness, but we backed Gopal and KG to do it for us. We have to win almost every game now. We were in a similar situation last year too. We need to play fearless cricket, and I personally enjoy playing at the Wankhede.

Jos Buttler, Player of the Match: Great place to come out and play cricket. The last couple of overs were tricky and we desperately needed it. I'm playing the best cricket I've played over a prolonged period of time. I was disappointed to get out when I did. When you give quality teams a little bit of sniff, they get back into the game. I'm nervous without any gloves on, but nice to have a runaround. We will take a lot of confidence from this win.

19.3
4
Hardik to Gopal, FOUR runs

full and outside off, Gopal backs away, manufactures swinging room and scythes it up and over mid-off. He wins it for the Royals

19.2
Hardik to Gopal, no run

banged in short on middle, backs away. Swings again and misses

19.1
2
Hardik to Gopal, 2 runs

Mid-off runs back, dives, but this skier eludes him. Fuller on off, Gopal swings for the hills, slices it in the end and gets away

Royals need six off six balls with four wickets in hand. Hardik Pandya to bowl it

end of over 198 runs • 1 wicket
RR: 182/6CRR: 9.57 RRR: 6.00
Shreyas Gopal7 (4b 1x4)
Krishnappa Gowtham0 (1b)
Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-23-2
Krunal Pandya 4-0-34-3
18.6
1
Bumrah to Gopal, 1 run

edged and dropped by Kishan to his right. Sharp chance. Gopal makes room again, this is much fuller and swerving away. Draws a healthy outside edge, but Kishan can't cling on

18.5
4
Bumrah to Gopal, FOUR runs

144.8ks short and outside off, the extra pace of Bumrah works against him. Gopal manufactures some swinging room and scythes it away fine of deep third man for a crucial four

18.4
Bumrah to Gopal, no run

short and bursts in from wide of the crease, Gopal backs away. Wafts and does not make contact. Was there a tickle on that? Nope

18.3
2
Bumrah to Gopal, 2 runs

back of a length and outside off, punched on the up straight of Joseph at mid-off. Joseph chases hard and slides at the edge of the boundary. He jams his right shoulder into the turf and writhes in pain. The Mumbai team doctor is out to tend to Joseph

18.2
1lb
Bumrah to Gowtham, 1 leg bye

141ks yorker from wide of the crease, Gowtham falls over. This yorker is just too good for him. But, this seems to be heading down the leg side. Not given, Rohit challenges the on-field not-out decision.

Gowtham

18.1
W
Bumrah to Smith, OUT

Has Smith nicked off? The finger goes up and Smith walks off. Bumrah ventures wide of the crease, angles a length ball into Smith and then gets it to straighten away. Smith has a flat-footed waft and feathers it behind to Kishan

Steven Smith c Ishan Kishan b Bumrah 12 (15b 1x4 0x6 27m) SR: 80
end of over 183 runs • 2 wickets
RR: 174/5CRR: 9.66 RRR: 7.00
Steven Smith12 (14b 1x4)
Krunal Pandya 4-0-34-3
Jasprit Bumrah 3-0-16-1
17.6
W
Krunal to Livingstone, OUT

Oh dear, the Royals continue to tumble. Drifts in on middle, full and straight. Livingstone drops down to one knee. He goes for an almighty slog-sweep like Tripathi had done earlier this over. He can't touch it. And Krunal rattles the stumps. Six runs and three wickets off the last two overs

Liam Livingstone b KH Pandya 1 (2b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 50
17.5
1
Krunal to Smith, 1 run

slower and spinning away outside off, chipped down to long-off

17.4
1
Krunal to Livingstone, 1 run

chopped from off stump to short third man

17.3
1
Krunal to Smith, 1 run

flatter and shorter outside off, hauled away to wide long-on off the back foot

17.2
Krunal to Smith, no run

dropped short and wide, cut off the back foot but can't get it past point

Livingstone on IPL debut

17.1
W
Krunal to Tripathi, OUT

tossed outside off, Tripathi holes out to deep midwicket. He drags a slog-sweep against the turn and across the line. Caught Hardik Pandya bowled Krunal Pandya. What're you doing, Rajasthan Royals?

Rahul Tripathi c HH Pandya b KH Pandya 1 (2b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 50
end of over 173 runs • 1 wicket
RR: 171/3CRR: 10.05 RRR: 5.66
Rahul Tripathi1 (1b)
Steven Smith10 (11b 1x4)
Jasprit Bumrah 3-0-16-1
Krunal Pandya 3-0-31-1

What an over from Bumrah. Just three runs and the wicket of Samson to go with it

16.6
1
Bumrah to Tripathi, 1 run

on a length and around off, dabbed to third man

Tripathi. A slip in place

16.5
W
Bumrah to Samson, OUT

full and straight at 142.1ks, Samson shuffles a fair away across off, plays across the line, and wears it on the front pad in line with middle and leg. Samson has been given out lbw, he chats to Smith and calls for a review. The tracker returns umpire's call on leg stump and Samson has to go

Sanju Samson lbw b Bumrah 31 (26b 2x4 1x6 48m) SR: 119.23
16.4
1
Bumrah to Smith, 1 run

dug in short on middle, Smith hastily pulls the ball to deep square leg

Balkrishna : "Alzarri Joseph from taking six wickets on debut to conceding six boundaries to Jos Buttler in one over... 6 4 4 4 4 6"

16.3
Bumrah to Smith, no run

short and skidding into the body of Smith. He pulls, misses, and cops a glancing blow on the mid-riff

16.2
Bumrah to Smith, no run

shortish and outside off, run away to point

Abrar: "Buttler was an equalizer for those who had picked QDK in their fantasy 11 #Nature loves symmetry"

16.1
1
Bumrah to Samson, 1 run

short on the hips, glanced away to long leg

Bumrah

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RR won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
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