The 1,000th match of the IPL at Wankhede was full of excitement. 17 runs were needed in the last over to win. But this run was taken for granted by Australia’s Singapore-born batsman Tim David. He hit three sixes off the first three balls of Jason Holder to secure the win. Mumbai won by 6 wickets.
At the beginning of the match, Rajasthan won the toss and batted first, scoring 212 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Jaiswal took the third century of this season. He hit 16 fours and 8 sixes in just 62 ball innings. Mumbai pacer Arshad Khan took 3 wickets.
In reply, Mumbai tasted a great victory by touching a huge target of 213 runs with 3 balls to spare. For the team, Suryakumar Yadav scored 55 off 29 balls, Australia’s two batsmen Tim David scored an unbeaten 45 off 14 balls and Cameron Green scored 44 off 26 balls.
With this win, Mumbai is seventh with 8 points from 8 matches and Rajasthan is third with 10 points from 9 matches.
(01 May/MM)