Rajasthan Royals fumble against Mumbai Indians, lose by 7 wickets

Rajasthan Royals, the leader of the IPL point table, fumbled against a rejuvenated Mumbai Indians side and lost by 7 wickets. Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first. Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out again due to injury. At one stage, the Rajsthan Royals were 79/3 in 10 overs. However, their batsmen failed to handle the Mumbai Indians bowling attack and bowled out for a paltry 103 in 16.2 overs.

For Rajasthan Royals, Asnodkar scored 39, while Watson made 32. For Mumbai Indians, Nehra continued his good form and took 3 wickets. Kulkarni, Bravo and Raje took 2 wickets each. Mumbai Indians needed only 104 to win the match. And they did it in 15.1 overs, losing just 3 wickets. Takawale made 27, while Robin Uthappa remained unbeaten on 34. For Rajasthan Royals, Watson took 3 wickets. Ashish Nehra was declared "Man of the Match".