IPL: In IPL 2024, the doors of playoffs seem to be closed for Mumbai Indians captained by Hardik Pandya. Mumbai, which came to compete with Rajasthan team in Jaipur, proved to be the laggards. Rajasthan Royals team has scored a hat-trick of victory by defeating Mumbai by 9 wickets. Rajasthan seemed to dominate Mumbai in every way, be it batting or bowling. Sandeep Sharma, who was returning from injury, laid bare Mumbai like a pack of cards.

Sandeep Sharma broke the back of MI

Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya had won the toss and decided to bat first, which did not go in his favour. Both openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan lost their wickets on the score of just 6 runs. After this, Surya’s bat also appeared to flop in front of Sandeep Sharma. Sandeep Sharma made Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David and Gerald Koitze his victims by spending just 18 runs in 4 overs. After March 28, Sandeep Sharma made a strong comeback and registered his name at third position in the history of IPL in terms of best bowling figures for Rajasthan.

Tilak-Nehal saved MI’s shame

From Rohit to Hardik Pandya, Mumbai’s top batsmen looked flop. But Tilak Verma and Nehal Wadhera saved the team’s honour. Tilak Verma scored 65 runs in 45 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours. After this, Nehal Vadhera scored a quick 49 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours in 24 balls. Thanks to these innings, Mumbai managed to reach the score of 179. Talking about Mumbai’s batting, Rohit Sharma got 6 runs, Ishan Kishan 0, Suryakumar Yadav got 10 runs and Hardik Pandya also gave his wicket for 10 runs only.

Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fierce form

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was flopping in IPL 2024, created havoc with the bat against Mumbai. He played a match-winning inning of 104 runs in 60 balls, which included 9 fours and 7 sixes. Jos Buttler also scored 35 runs and played an important role in giving a good start to the team. After this, Captain Sanju Samson supported Jaiswal. Samson played an innings of 38 runs in 28 balls. Rajasthan team has registered its third consecutive win.