MI VS RR Live: MI vs RR LIVE Score Updates – Tata IPL 2022: Buttler nears century; Rajasthan on course for a for big finish – The Economic Times

What an innings!

Jos Butler hits 1st century of IPL 2022

Butler on strike

All eyes on Butler

Quick-fire 30

Shimron Hetmyer survives a close call

It’s show time

Shimron Hetmyer joins the party

Vintage Butler

Buttler punishes Bumrah

Wicket! MI get the much-needed breakthrough

Pollard gets the wicket of RR’s captain here and breaks the dangerous looking parternship 82(50). Pollard to Samson, out Caught by Tilak Varma. RR 130/3 (14.2) CRR: 9.07

Buttler moves into the 80s

RR 124/2 in 13.3 overs , Jos Buttler looking ominous on 87

Four! Buttler hits his 9th

Buttler makes the most of this short ball by Pollard without pace, as he waits and elevates it over the ring near short third man to get another four.

RR 115/2 in 12 overs

The 11th over bowled by Murugan Ashwin goes for 21 runs with 2 sixes and 1 four

Another huge six by Samson

This time Samson goes after Murugan Ashwin, picks the googly easily and heaves it over long-off. RR 95/2 (10.2)

Massive six over deep mid-wicket

Sanju Samson does Buttler here, smacks a huge six off Tymal Mills’s slower ball to take Royals’ score to 87/2 in 10 overs; CRR: 8.7

RR 73/2 after 9 overs

Jos Buttler races to his fifty with back-to-back fours

Buttler last five innings vs MI: 94*(53) 89(43) 70(44) 41(32) 52*(33) — today

That’s four. RR captain makes his intention clear – RR 55/2 after 7 overs

Sanju Samson waits for the ball to arrive and then hits it through the backward point region.

Second wicket for MI. RR 48/2 after 6 overs

Tymal Mills gets the wicket of Padikkal, caught by Rohit. An excellent over from Mills, as he builds pressure by keeping Buttler quiet and as Padikkal tries to make the most of the last ball of the powerplay, he rushes into the shot and gives an easy catch to MI captain. Padikkal c Rohit b Tymal Mills 7(7) [4s-1]

RR 45/1 in 4.2 overs with CRR: 10.38

RR gets a nice start here in powerplay, thanks to Buttler’s stunning onslaught.

Buttler blasts! Back-to-back sixes

Buttler goes after Basil Thampi. It’s 4,6,6,4 6. Thampi looks out of sorts here after conceding 26 runs in his first over. That’s some tremendous hitting by the Englishman

Out! Bumrah draws the first blood for MI

A soft dismissal. Bumrah brings that one in and forces Jaiswal to play, who heaves it and gives an easy catch to Tim David. RR 17/1 after 3 overs.

RR 12/0 after 2 overs

Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal looking in fine touch there. Buttler has already smacked a huge six and a fine four.

Royals make a fine start. It’s 11/0 (1.5)

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI)

Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Anmolpreet Singh, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI)

Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna

Toss

Mumbai Indians win the toss and opt to bowl against Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Jos Buttler (wk), Rassie Van der Dussen, Nathan Coulter Nile, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Karun Nair, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shubham Garwal, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Kuldeep Sen, Tejas Baroka, Anunay Singh and KC Kariappa.

Squads: Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Arshad Khan, Daniel Sams, Dewald Brevis, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav and Aryan Juyal.

Rajasthan’s bowling attack has the riches which can make every team feel envious, something which head coach and director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara feels lucky about.

On the other hand, Rajasthan became the first team in IPL 2022 to win by batting first. This was possible due to the top five of Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, captain Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal and Shimron Hetmyer clicking together. Samson impressed the most with his 55 as Rajasthan feasted on the freebies served by Hyderabad’s bowlers. Their bowlers, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal were right on target against Hyderabad.

Bowling is an area where Mumbai’s director of cricket Zaheer Khan had touched upon. “We usually have been slow starters but I am happy with the way plans are working and how everyone has been approaching this year. You will definitely see that change in coming games. The first game was good learning for us. CCI is not an easy wicket for bowlers, 200+ was chased down even yesterday. So, it was not an easy day for the bowlers. But we are right on the money in terms of planning and prep.”

What Mumbai will be mainly concerned about is their bowling. After having reduced Delhi to 104/6, Mumbai were unable to take out either Yadav or Patel as they were unable to defend 177. With Rajasthan’s bowling unit comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin and Tymal Mills has its task cut out in dismissing the batters early. Bumrah and Sams went wicketless against Delhi and will be itching to bounce back against Rajasthan.

Mumbai will again be looking at Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan to give them a good start. Kishan was impressive in blazing his way to an unbeaten 81 against Delhi. Their middle-order batting has been given a huge boost by the return of flamboyant batter Suryakumar Yadav, who is available for selection after missing the opener against Delhi due to a hairline fracture in the thumb.