The 38th match of Indian Premier League 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 179 runs in 20 overs at the Sawai Mansingh Cricket Stadium in Jaipur. In reply, Rajasthan won the match by scoring 183 runs in 18.4 overs.

This is Rajasthan team's 7th win in 8 matches of this season. With this, this team has 14 points and has stepped on the threshold of the playoffs. Now, if Rajasthan team wins the next match, their place in the playoffs will be almost assured. On the other hand, this is Mumbai's 5th loss in 8 matches.

Earlier, Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai set a target of 180 runs against Rajasthan in this match, in reply to which Rajasthan won the match in 18.4 overs for the loss of 1 wicket. Fast bowlers Sandeep Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal were the heroes of Rajasthan's victory. First, Sandeep took 5 wickets for 18 runs. After this, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal from Rajasthan scored an unbeaten century of 104 runs off 60 balls.

During this he hit 7 sixes and 9 fours. Apart from him, captain Sanju Samson scored 38 not out and Jos Buttler scored 35 runs. Piyush Chawla took the only wicket from Mumbai.

Mumbai innings

Earlier, Mumbai, who won the toss and batted first, got off to a poor start. In the 8th over, 4 batsmen were back in the pavilion for just 52 runs.

After this, Nehal Vadra and Tilak Verma shared a partnership of 99 runs. Vadhera scored 49 and Tilak scored 65. However, Rajasthan staged a brilliant comeback in the final overs and restricted Mumbai to 179 runs. Sandeep Sharma took 5 wickets for 18 runs from Rajasthan. Trent Boult took two wickets.