Rajasthan Royals (RR) registered a 9-wicket victory against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 38 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Sanju Samson and co. thereby finished their Jaipur leg of IPL 2024 with a bang and are right at the top of the points table.
Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have a lot of things to ponder about. They are rooted to the bottom half of the points table and nothing has been going right within the team. The team isn’t playing as a unit and only individual performances are their driving forces.
They are presently in the 7th position in the points table with 3 wins in 8 games and have lost 5 games.
In this article, we take a look at the top 3 talking points of this RR vs MI game in Match 38 of IPL 2024:
1. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s scintillating hundred
Yashasvi Jaiswal put a lid on the mouth of all his naysayers as he scored a fabulous century. He became the first cricketer to score multiple hundreds in the IPL before turning 23. His knock of 104* runs off just 60 balls was the foundation of RR’s victory in this match.
Jaiswal had a quiet start to the IPL but he has sent out a strong message to the selectors that the phoenix is rising from the ashes.
2. Tilak Varma’s compact knock
Coming in at number 4, southpaw Tilak Varma scored 65 runs in 45 deliveries. His knock was packed with 5 fours and 3 sixes and he had a strike-rate of 144.44. At a time when pressure was mounting for Mumbai Indians, Tilak Varma played a handsome knock at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Varma’s knock was a treat to the eyes and was one of main reasons why Mumbai Indians mustered a total of 179 runs.
3. Sandeep Sharma’s 5-fer
One of the most experienced campaigners in the IPL, Sandeep Sharma snapped a 5-wicket haul in this IPL match at Jaipur. He bagged 5 wickets and it was a game-changing spell to be very precise.
In another news, Yuzvendra Chahal became the first-ever cricketer to bag 200 wickets in the IPL. He is one of the most exciting players and is a legend of this tournament. Chahal is also the leading wicket-taker of IPL.
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