MI might be the most successful IPL team, with as many as 5 titles and the defending champions, but this season has been a very tough one for Rohit Sharma and his boys.
Ahead of their match vs RR on Tuesday, MI knew that they had to pull off a big win and they managed to do just that. The team fired pretty much on all cylinders. The bowlers bowled superbly to restrict Rajasthan to 90-9, their first sub-100 total since 2011. Nathan Coulter-Nile was the pick of the bowlers, taking as many as 4 wickets and giving away just 14 runs in his 4 overs. He walked away with the Man of the Match award. The batsmen then made short work of the 91 run target, with Ishan Kishan (50* off 25 balls) leading the way, as the defending champions reached the target in 8.2 overs, with as many as 70 deliveries remaining.
Ahead of their match vs RR on Tuesday, MI knew that they had to pull off a big win and they managed to do just that. The team fired pretty much on all cylinders. The bowlers bowled superbly to restrict Rajasthan to 90-9, their first sub-100 total since 2011. Nathan Coulter-Nile was the pick of the bowlers, taking as many as 4 wickets and giving away just 14 runs in his 4 overs. He walked away with the Man of the Match award. The batsmen then made short work of the 91 run target, with Ishan Kishan (50* off 25 balls) leading the way, as the defending champions reached the target in 8.2 overs, with as many as 70 deliveries remaining.
Here’s a quick look at who said what after the big MI win on Tuesday that saw them climb to 5th place on the points table, just behind KKR on NRR: