Match Day

Report

3085dThe Report by Devashish Fuloria

Royals fall behind in top-two race

Michael Hussey and Lendl Simmons produced a century stand for the first wicket that helped Mumbai Indians prevail over third-placed Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad

3085dDevashish Fuloria

Stupendous Pollard

Plays of the day from the match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad

6000

Number of batsmen who have now scored 6000+ runs in T20 cricket - Chris Gayle and Brad Hodge

Miserly

6.20

Harbhajan Singh's economy rate in this IPL - he has only been more economical in the 2009 season

Stuttering

The most number of wickets that Rajasthan have lost in the Powerplay this IPL

Bradmanesque?

224

Pragyan Ojha's bowling average in this IPL before today - he had taken only 1 wicket in 7 innings

New-ball woes

Number of wickets that Mumbai have taken in the Powerplay this IPL - the fewest for any team

Chasers

Number of times, in 12 attempts, that Rajasthan have chased down a 175+ score in the IPL - they chased down exactly 178 against Warriors in 2013

Mumbai's 'record'

178

The lowest score by any team in the IPL after an opening partnership of 120+

Boom boom

267

Combined strike rate of Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma in the 20th over of an IPL innings.

Up the order

Number of previous occasions on which Kieron Pollard has batted at no.3 in the IPL

Steady

Number of times that Mumbai have not lost a wicket in the first 10 overs of an innings in 106 IPL games

Doing it in singles

Number of consecutive singles taken by Mumbai in the 9th and 10th overs

Middle stability

Number of wickets that Mumbai have lost in the middle overs (7th to 15th overs) this IPL - the fewest for any team

Huss v Royals

Michael Hussey's batting average against Rajasthan Royals, in seven previous games

Indian Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PBKS	14	11	3	22	0.968
KKR	14	9	5	18	0.418
CSK	14	9	5	18	0.385
MI	14	7	7	14	0.095
RR	14	7	7	14	0.06
SRH	14	6	8	12	-0.399
RCB	14	5	9	10	-0.428
DC	14	2	12	4	-1.182