Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel got Mumbai Indians off to a flier, but Dhawal Kulkarni took a good return catch to dismiss Parthiv for a 14-ball 23 in the fifth over BCCI
Simmons was next to fall after being trapped lbw by Ankit Sharma, leaving Mumbai on 73 for 2 in 10 overs BCCI
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Unmukt Chand was late on a pull and holed out to midwicket, where Stuart Binny took a good catch falling backwards BCCI
Rohit Sharma looked fluent for his 21-ball 27 but got out trying a cheeky shot off Kulkarni's bowling, and Mumbai were 120 for 4 in the 15th over PTI
Kieron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu put up 61 in 29 balls. Rayudu hit three sixes and four fours for his 27-ball 53, helping Mumbai to 187 for 5 BCCI
Rajasthan Royals lost Ajinkya Rahane for 16 in the fourth over after starting the chase positively, but Shane Watson continued to hit boundaries regularly BCCI
Watson misjudged a delivery from left-arm spinner J Suchith and was bowled after making 28, pegging Royals back to 71 for 2 BCCI
That, however, didn't deter Sanju Samson who played some outrageous shots for his 46-ball 76, but he got out with Royals needing 27 from 14 BCCI
Mitchell McClenaghan dismissed Karun Nair of the next ball, tipping the scales in favour of Mumbai BCCI
With 20 runs required off the final over, Vinay Kumar had more than enough to defend with, as Mumbai hung on for an eight-run win BCCI
