IPL 2023: Jaiswal’s 124 runs in vain as Suryakumar, David lead Mumbai Indians to victory by six wickets

Suryakumar Yadav and Tim David lead five-time champions Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals

Mumbai: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s magnificent 124 runs in vain as Suryakumar Yadav (55) and Tim David (45 not out) lead five-time champions Mumbai Indians to a six-run win over Rajasthan in the 1,000th game of the tournament Royals at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Mumbai looked to be in trouble at 104/3 in 12 overs. But Suryakumar beat Kuldeep Sen’s 20 in the 13th innings, and he hasn’t looked back since, hitting eight fours and two sixes, while David struck two brilliantly Four runs and five huge sixes put Mumbai in seventh place in the table.

Mumbai got off to a rough start in their pursuit of 218, as skipper Rohit Sharma was brought down by Sandeep Sharma’s knuckle ball in the second over. Cameron Green came in, knocked Trent Bolt down for three and four through midfield, midfield and a penalty, then slammed Ravi Chandran Ashwin over deep to the back leg for six and put Yuzvendra Chahal knocked to the ground for another maximum.

Suryakumar Yadav fired his first six over the back leg after Ishan Kishan sliced ​​deep from Ravichandran Ashwin. He then lashed out at Jason Holder with a wrist flick, whip and jaw-dropping ramp for a four-a-side hat-trick. Suryakumar made sure the tempo didn’t drop even though Green ducked deep into Ashwin.

The crowd cheered even louder at the end of the 13th over when Suryakumar inadvertently tossed Kuldeep Sen into a second deep back leg, followed by three fours in a row – between mid and extra Cover and tap the diminutive third man after cutting deep in the space between.

Yuzvendra Chahal came on in the next over as Suryakumar pierced the gap between the diminutive third man and the trailing point for four, before Tilak Varma scored four with a reverse sweep and spread out over long distances A high-altitude shot for 6 points. After Suryakumar hit his 50 off 24 balls, he hit four straight over Holder’s head.

But to end Trent Bolt in the 16th over, Suryakumar fell as Sandeep ran back from a short, thin leg and made a fully extended dive, finishing with both hands Had a great catch. Tilakvarma and Tim David hit Holder’s four and six respectively in the 17th over, before each hitting Bolt’s four in the next over.

David knocked down Sandeep six times in a row and broke cover four times before going over the legside fence three times for a hat-trick of six in the first three balls of the final, all delivered ironically. It was complete to seal a dramatic victory for Mumbai ten minutes before Sunday’s end.

Brief score: Rajasthan Royals lost 212/7 in 20 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 124; Arshad Khan 3-39, Piyush Chawla 2-34) 214/4 in 19.3 overs to Mumbai Indians (Suryakumar Yadav 55, Tim David 45 not out; Ravichandran Ashwin 2-27, Sandeep Sharma 1-35) Six wickets