At Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday night, the host Rajasthan Royals defeated the Mumbai Indians by nine wickets to end their home leg. Yashasvi Jaiswal then made a spectacular comeback from injury with figures of 5-18, the best by any bowler in this season’s IPL.
The Royals concluded their campaign in Jaipur with a seventh decisive victory in eight games, solidifying their position atop the table.
Following the Mumbai Indians’ moderate 180-run goal, which depended on a 99-run fifth-wicket stand between Tilak Varma and Nehal Wadhera, Jaiswal completed Rajasthan’s chase with a boundary. Before the rain caused a 30-minute delay, Jaiswal was on 31 from 18 balls. He went on to turn his difficult season’s first fifty into a massive 104 not out from 60 balls.
With the in-form Jos Buttler (35 from 25) Jaiswal added 74 runs in eight overs and 109 in 65 deliveries with skipper Sanju Samson. Tim David’s horrendous reprieve at midwicket on 19 was the turning point for Mumbai. At 50, Jaiswal had also suffered a significant setback when, from deep cover, Wadhera missed a leading-edge swipe that went over the rope for six.
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