With the all-round performance by Johan Botha, Rajasthan Royals crushed Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in the 34th T20 of Indian Primer League, played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 94/8 in specified overs. The victorious side got the easy target in 18.1 overs. After getting 3 wickets, Botha played the innings of 45 runs.

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Innings

According to details Rajasthan Royals win the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai Indians lose their first wicket on the total of 22 when Amit Singh clean bowled Davy Jacobs on the individual score of 15. Little master Sachin Tendulkar, who is the leading run scorer in the on going IPL tournament, failed to show his magic this time and was taken by Ashok Menaria after scoring just 7 runs. Ambati Rayudu goes caught and bowled by the same bowler in 9th over. He scored 11 runs after facing 13 deliveries. Soon after, Rohit Sharma was taken by Share Warne Johan Botha took his bit difficult catch on mid-off.

Kevin Pollard goes LBW on the ball of Botha, he can score just 4 runs. Andrew Symonds batted a bit sensibly but he failed to impress much and goes clean bowled by Botha on 17 runs. He faced 26 balls for this score. Rajgopal Sathish was stumped by wicketkeeper Yagnik. Botha was again the successful bowler this time. Lasith Malinga clean bowled by Amit Singh on 4. At the end of limited number of overs, Mumbai Indians posted the total of 94/8 on the scoreboard. Harbhajin Singh scored unbeaten 10 runs.

Johan Botha was the most sussessful bowler from Royals, who picked three wickets. Ashok Menaria and Amit Singh finished the innings of two, two players.

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians: Rajasthan Innings

Following the easy target, Rajasthan loses its first wicket on the total of 17 when Rahul Dravid failed once again and was taken by Munaf Patel on 5. Opener Shane Watson and one-down Johan Botha batted responsibly and added 39 precious runs to their side’s total in mutual cooperation. This partnership ended on the 4th delivery of 12th over when wicketkeeper Jacobs made no mistake in taking the catch of Watson behind the wickets, on the ball of Lasith Malinga..

The innings of Botha ended on 45, he made this score 39 balls with the help of 2 boundaries and a six. Royals got their target on the first ball of 19th over. Ross Taylor was notout on 13 runs. Botha was named for the man of match award due to his all round performance.

Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians scorecard