IPL 2020, RR vs MI: Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson star as Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by Eight wickets; Chennai Tremendous Kings knocked out | Cricket Information –

ABU DHABI: Ben Stokes‘ spectacular hundred overshadowed Hardik Pandya‘s six-hitting spree as Rajasthan Royals spiced up the IPL play-offs race with an emphatic eight-wicket win over Mumbai Indians on Sunday.
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Stokes, who plundered 14 fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 60-ball 107, discovered an ready ally in Sanju Samson (54 not out off 31) as their unbroken 152-run partnership allowed Royals to make brief work of the 196-run goal. They cantered to victory in 18.2 overs.
Mumbai had put up an imposing 195 for 5 courtesy a 21-ball 60 Hardik Pandya, who smashed seven sixes and two fours. It was the fourth loss for Mumbai , who stay in comfy place on the prime of the standings.

 

The excellent win over defending champions not solely stored Royals alive within the match, it additionally eradicated Chennai Tremendous Kings from the competitors.
The evening belonged to Stokes, who tore into the Mumbai assault after RR misplaced opener Robin Uthappa (13) and Steve Smith (11) early. The southpaw was again to his highest, having struggled together with his timing within the earlier video games.
Samson joined Stokes, who had collected 4 boundaries off Trent Boult within the third over.

The Englishman then went on offensive towards Krunal Pandya, amassing two fours earlier than a boundary and 6 towards Rahul Chahar with Royals racing to 75 for 2 after eight overs.
Stokes and Samson performed photographs at will with RR amassing 18 and 19 runs off the 13th and 14th over bowled by James Pattinson and Chahar.
Stokes accomplished his 100 in 59 balls, with a thumping six over deep mid-wicket and fittingly completed the match with a boundary.
Earlier, Mumbai suffered a mini-collapse within the middle-overs and however late hitting from Hardik and Saurabh Tiwary (34 of 25) enabled the defending champions to amass 74 runs within the final 4 overs.
Tiwary and Hardik shared a 64-run stand for the fifth wicket.

Tiwary was brutal towards Archer (2-31) within the 17th over, smashing two fours and a most whereas Hardik hammered 4 sixes off Ankit Rajpoot (0-60) within the 18th over, which went for 27 runs.
Hardik launched into Kartik Tyagi (1-45) within the last over, hitting him for 3 sixes and two fours. His blitzkrieg can show to be the distinction within the sport. After Mumbai misplaced opener Quinton De Kock (6) early, Ishan Kishan (37 off 36 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (40 off 26) rallied the innings with their 83-run second-wicket stand.
Kishan and Surya once more tore into pacer Rajpoot, smashing a six every as Mumbai raced to 59 for one after six overs.
Surya went on the offensive towards Shreyas Gopal, amassing two boundaries within the ninth over.

However Rajasthan pulled issues again by dismissing Kishan, Surya and Kieron Pollard (6) in fast succession as Mumbai slipped to 101 for 4.
Kishan perished courtesy a one-handed blinder from Archer at third-man, off Tyagi, after which Gopal eliminated Surya and Pollard within the 13th over.
Whereas Surya gave a sitter to Ben Stokes, Pollard was undone by a googly, which uprooted his stumps

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