Warne-led RR beat Mumbai comfortably

RR made no changes to their eleven.

MI made one change to their eleven – Abu Nechim made way for Ali Murtaza.

On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost a couple of wickets.

Davy Jacobs, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 15. Nineteen balls into the match, Amit Singh broke the 22-run stand.

Although his run-a-ball inningS(ach)included a boundary, Tendulkar, MI’s skipper, had no reason to be in seventh-heaven – seven balls later, he was stumped by Dishant Yagnik. Ashok Menaria broke the six-run stand.

Ambati Rayudu, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Menaria, who broke the 18-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 9.3 overs (57 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Rohit Sharma, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Eight balls after Rayudu’s dismissal, he was caught by Johan Botha, the player of the match. Warne broke the four-run stand.

Kieron Pollard, who faced 15 balls, scored four. Thirty-three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Botha, who broke the 18-run stand.

Andrew Symonds, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary, scored 17. Ten balls later, Botha broke the 13-run stand.

Rajagopal Sathish, who faced half-a-dozen balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of balls later, he was stumped by Yagnik. Botha broke the one-run stand.

Although his innings included a six, Harbhajan Singh, who was unbea‘ten’, had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Lasith Malinga, who faced four balls, scored a run. Four balls later, Singh broke the one-run stand.

Murtaza, who faced five balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave RR no reason to be in seventh heaven. MI scored 94 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Trivedi, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded (Siddhar)thirteen. He was wicketless, as was Shane Watson, who bowled four overs, conceding 25.

Warne, who bowled four overs, conceded 13. He picked up a wicket.

Menaria and Singh bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 14.

Botha, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded half-a-dozen. He conceded three scalps.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 18, and lost a wicket.

Rahul Dravid, who faced 16 balls, scored just five. Twenty-seven balls into the chase, he was caught by Tendulkar. Munaf Patel broke the 17-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 11 overs (66 balls). MI hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Watson, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 26. Forty-three balls after Dravid’s dismissal, he was caught by Jacobs. Malinga broke the 39-run stand.

Botha, whose 39-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 45. Thirty-four balls later, Patel broke the run-a-ball stand.

Ross Taylor, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten, as was Menaria, who faced four balls, scoring as many. His runs came by way of a boundary.

MI eventually conceded a couple of extras. RR, who scored 95 for the loss of three wickets off 18.1 overs, won by seven wickets with 11 balls to spare.

Sathish bowled seven wicketless balls, conceding five.

Pollard bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 16.

Harbhajan bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 20.

Murtaza bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 15.

Malinga, who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Patel bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 18, picking up a couple of scalps.