राजस्थान vs मुंबई, मैच 13, एसीए स्टेडियम, गुवाहाटी, 07 April 2026 - कमेंट्री

OUT! TRENT BOULT IS RUN OUT! Archer hits the bullseye. Nails the yorker, at the base of the middle stump. Boult drops his bat down hurriedly and jams it out beside the strip on the leg side. The two batters set off for the run and Jofra swiftly moves to his right on the follow-through. He picks the ball up, turns around and scores a direct hit at the bowling end with Boult well short.

Pace off, on a back of a length, on middle. Chahar swings across for the pull but connects with thin air.

Nice and full, attacking the stumps. Deepak firms the drive down to long on for a single.

FOUR! Cleverly done! On a hard length, over off. Bumrah rises with the bounce and gets his hands high. He uses the pace on the ball and glides it to the left of backward point for a boundary.

Archer bangs it in short but takes pace off, on middle. Bumrah mistimes the pull in front of deep mid-wicket for a run.

Rajasthan Royals complete a comprehensive win to make it three in three. Jofra lands it on a hard length, outside off. Chahar stands tall and throws the kitchen sink at it. Slices it off the outer half and it goes towards deep point. Shimron Hetmyer seemed to have lost the ball in the lights and did not commit to the catch. He hangs back and gathers the ball on the bounce. The batters cross for a single. Archer wanted a better effort from Shimron.

A big swing and a miss! Sandeep rolls his fingers over the ball and bowls it full, outside off. Thakur does not pick the change and swings early. He ends up missing.

Wide! Down leg, low full toss. Shardul swishes at it but does not connect.

 Fair delivery! A review taken by the Royals to challenge the wide given call by the umpire. An off cutter, on a length, wide outside off. Thakur flashes, only to miss. The ball is clearly passing within the revised guideline. So the on-field decision is overturned.

Good effort! Sandeep keeps it around the off stump, on a length. Shardul launches it down the ground. Yashasvi Jaiswal at long off is a bit wide and sprints to his right. He stretches his right hand out to push the ball away from the fence and the converging long on fielder mops it up. A couple of runs for Shardul.

Wide! Sprayed beyond the wide tramline on off. Thakur does not offer a shot.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Wicket number two for Sandeep Sharma. This is the leg-cutter, on a good length, on middle. Thakur looks to go big on the leg side and has a swipe across the line. He closes the bat face early and the ball gets skied off the top edge beside the strip on the off side. The keeper, Dhruv Jurel, calls for it, runs forward and takes the catch.

Full and on middle, this is smeared to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Gets it away! On the shorter side, Deepak gets the width to work with and he flays it over backward point for a boundary.

FOUR! Nicely done! Across off, on a good length. Thakur shuffles across and with fine leg inside the circle, he plays the scoop fine of that man inside the circle to pick up a boundary.

Very full, on middle. Thakur knocks it down to long on for one.

From around the wicket for Dhir. Keeps it near the tramline on off, on a good length. Naman extends his hands and taps it to extra cover.

FOUR! Carved away! Pace off, on a good length, outside off. Dhir does not try to force this one, instead, he lets the ball come to him, and he opens the bat face to slice it over backward point for a four.

OUT! CAUGHT! Naman Dhir holes out. Seam-up, pace on ball, on a length, at the sticks. Dhir clears the front leg and swings through the line. He fails to get the desired elevation and hits it straight down the throat of long on, where Ravi Bishnoi gobbles it up around his chest. Dhir throws his head back in disappointment as he walks off.

FOUR LEG BYES! MI will take it any way they come. Slightly too straight, on a length, on the pads. Chahar walks inside the line and lifts his front leg to play the glance. The ball clips his pads and races down to deep fine leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Smart batting! Not a great option with third man inside the circle. This is banged in short, outside off. Naman hops and gets under the ball to play the upper-cut over short third for a boundary.

Very full, on middle. Naman hits it down to long on for another single.

SIX! Clean as a whistle! Deshpande perhaps goes searching for the wide yorker. He fails to get it wide enough and serves it right in the arc, on the fuller side. Rutherford just holds his shape and pumps it over wide long off for a biggie.

Wide! Slower bouncer, over middle. Sherfane Rutherford lets it pass. Too high and it is given a wide.

SIX! Easy pickings! Deshpande gets the yorker wrong. He serves a thigh-high full toss, on the pads. Rutherford swivels in the crease and picks it up over backward square leg for a six. 18 runs off the over with two balls to go. Mumbai Indians need 58 runs in 20 balls.

OUT! CAUGHT! Just as the belief was starting to grow, MI suffer a crushing blow. Deshpande drags his length back and pushes it across the left-hander. This is near the tramline on off, on a good length. Rutherford throws his hands at the ball. It flies off an outside edge to short third, where Sandeep Sharma is not entirely on the edge of the ring but a couple of steps ahead. He reacts quickly and dives forward. Sharma gets his fingers under the ball and manages to hold on. MI are 93/6, needing 58 runs in 19 balls.

A low full toss that dips below the bat. Thakur bends into it but gets it off the toe end. Squirts out in front of backward point and short third for a single.

DROPPED! Yashasvi Jaiswal gets there but cannot cling on. Floated up, it is the googly, on off. Rutherford swings to go down the ground. Gets it right off the toe end of the blade and it goes in front of long off. Jaiswal sprints across to his right and puts in a dive but cannot hold on. A brace for Sherfane. How costly will this drop prove to be?

Flatter and shorter, on middle. Sherfane Rutherford tucks it with soft hands in the vacant mid-wicket region and comes charging back for the second run.

Wide! Sprayed beyond the tramline on off. Sherfane Rutherford lets it go.

Pushes it through, on a nagging length. Rutherford chips it a bit uppishly but away from Bishnoi to his left. Single taken.

Short and outside off. This is slapped to deep cover for one.

FOUR! Gets it through! Googly, this is fractionally short, on off. Rutherford makes use of the angle and cuts it late. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dives to his right at backward point but the ball goes under his body and it trickles into the ropes.

FOUR! Up and over! Bishnoi slows it up and bowls it fuller, on off. Sherfane extends his hands and does not quite go through with the shot. He checks his drive and it goes uppishly towards extra cover. Riyan Parag leaps to his right on the edge of the ring but the ball clears him. 15 runs off the over!

Beaten! Skidding through, it keeps low, on a length, around the off stump. Dhir walks across to clip it away but is beaten as the ball goes under the blade.

Full and on middle. Naman has a swipe across the line. It goes off the inner towards wide long on, where Yashasvi Jaiswal charges across to his right but does not pick the ball up on one go and concedes the second run.

SIX! That sounded so sweet! Sandeep bends his back and bashes the surface, over middle. This sits up to be hit and Dhir pulls it off the front foot wide of deep mid-wicket for a six.

Rutherford was gone for all money! Around off, Dhir dabs it to the left of backward point and Sherfane sets off for the run before being sent back. Ravindra Jadeja gets to the ball and has a shy at the bowling end but misses. Sherfane was nowhere in the frame.

FOUR! Dhir flashes and flashes hard! On a length, off-pace delivery, on off. Dhir has a big swing at it. Gets a thickish outside edge and the ball flies past short third for a boundary.

Lands it on a good length, on off. Dhir swings through and chips it back over the bowler's head. Riyan Parag gets around to his right from long off and cuts it off. Two runs taken.

Starts with a low, flat full toss, on the toes. Tilak Varma tucks it towards the vacant mid-wicket region. Bishnoi chases the ball himself with no protection in the ring there and keeps the batters down to a single.

 FOUR! Absolutely belted! Touch short and outside off. Hardik presses back and with lightning quick hands, he smashes it through the cover-point gap for a cracking boundary.

OUT! GONE! MI are crumbling badly now with the skipper gone. Bishnoi has his arms aloft in celebration. On a length, googly on middle, spinning in just enough to cramp Hardik at the moment of impact. He gets on the front foot, but cannot free his arms, and hence, the shot comes out off the inner half and the ball goes flat down to long on. Jaiswal does the rest, running to his left to pouch a clean catch. MI are 41/4, needing another 110 runs to win from 39 balls.

Full on the stumps. Naman Dhir flicks this wrong'un to deep mid-wicket for a single to get off the mark.

 FOUR! Quality shot! A googly on a shorter length, around off. Tilak rocks back and drags it across. Finds the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on for a four.

OUT! TAKEN EASILY! Another batter finds the fielder. Fuller ball and a loopy one outside leg, inviting the big shot. Tilak thinks it is there for the taking. He gets down on his knee to slog it over deep mid-wicket, but the bat face closes on impact and it shanks straight to deep mid-wicket. A simple catching practice for Shimron Hetmyer in the deep. Moves to his left a bit and takes a straightforward catch. Bishnoi has two in the over. Mumbai Indians are 46/5, needing 105 from 36 balls.

 FOUR! Gets greeted with a quality shot! Fuller ball, around off. Tilak crouches a bit and drags this off cutter across over mid on and finds the fence.

Not in control, but safe! Deshpande digs it in short, across off. Varma rises and looks to get on top of the bounce. He attempts the pull but the ball gets big on him. Skews it off a top edge but manages to clear mid-wicket. They cross.

 FOUR! Hits it through the gap! On the off stump line, full in length. Hardik Pandya smashes it aerially and between cover and mid off for a cracking boundary.

Slower bouncer, outside off. Hardik Pandya is deceived by the lack of pace as he slashes for a square cut and misses.

Takes pace off on a short ball, and it goes just above the helmet. But Hardik crouches and lets it pass. Dhruv Jurel fumbles to collect it cleanly and parries the ball to the short fine leg region. Hardik calls his partner through for a bye. Interestingly, it is called a fair delivery.

Slower length ball, outside off, Varma waits and scuffs that past extra cover for a single.

Off cutter to start with. Full and on off. Rohit gets on the front foot and slices it to backward point.

At pace now and a pinpoint yorker, Rohit Sharma carves it to short third and finds the fielder. Looks for a single, but there is none on offer and he retreats.

OUT! LBW! Brilliant bowling display from the Royals. Sandeep fires in a yorker onto the middle and leg stump line. Rohit Sharma gets across and down on his knee to play the paddle sweep on the leg side, but his head falls over in the process and he misses to get hit on the front pad. He even loses his balance and falls over on the pitch. Sandeep Sharma and RR appeal for LBW as one and up goes the finger. But Rohit Sharma, after a lot of pondering, has taken the review. There is a clear gap between bat and ball and Ball Tracking shows three reds with the ball crashing into the middle pole. MI are on their knees at 22/3. They need 129 runs from 51 balls.

On a fractionally fuller length, on off. Pandya punches it to the left of extra cover. Riyan Parag dives to that direction and stops the ball to keep it down to a single only.

Slightly fuller and slanted into the batter's body. Tilak Varma moves leg side to make room and punches it back to the bowler.

WIDE! A bit too straight, and down leg, on a length. Tilak looks to help it away on the leg side, but misses. 

Length ball, in line of the stumps, angling in. Tilak hangs back and knocks it down to long on for a single. Top over from Sandeep Sharma. Just 3 runs and a wicket of Rohit from it.

Back of a length outside off, Rohit rises with the bounce and eases it through cover-point. Sooryavanshi dives but can't stop it. Jaiswal, the other fielder in the ring hunts it down before the ropes with a slide. Three taken.

 SIX! Helped on its way! A loose ball from Burger. Full, on leg. Suryakumar Yadav sits across, uses the pace and scoops it over the deep fine leg fence for a six.

WIDE! Down the leg side, with the length pulled back. SKY tries to help it behind again, but misses. Wided.

Back of a length, across off. Suryakumar Yadav gets a bit squared up and stabs it to backward point with soft hands.

OUT! TAKEN! Burger is pumped up and why not? This is a massive wicket in the context of the game. Banged in short on leg by Burger. Suryakumar Yadav gets inside the line and tries to pull it into the stands behind deep backward square leg. But mishits the shot due to it being the slower one. Finds no power on it and airs it into the hands of Jofra Archer stationed in the deep. Mumbai Indians are 20/2 in the chase of 151 with SKY gone.

Fullish, on off. Varma presses in front for a cover drive, but inside edges past the leg pole to deep fine leg. Two taken.

Spots Tilak dancing down the track, and Burger digs in a short ball into the batter's body. Varma is tucked up for space and can only stab it onto the pitch. A fantastic over from Nandre Burger. A wicket and 12 runs from it.

MI and Rickelton are away in the chase! Back of a length, at 139.5 kph, on off. Ryan Rickelton hops up on his toes and dabs it behind backward point for a single.

The length is fuller now, around off. Rohit attempts to loft it downtown, but it slightly nips in and takes the inside edge. Deflects off the pads and rolls in front of backward point for a single.

Hard length, on middle and leg. Ryan taps it toward wide mid off and crosses over.

A slight inswing on this one, full on leg. Rohit Sharma plays the pick-shot, but hits it aerially off the inner half. It goes on the bounce to the deep mid-wicket fielder. Just a single. 

 SIX! And away she goes! Just a touch fuller than the previous ball, on middle. Ryan Rickelton gets under it nicely and whips it cleanly behind deep mid-wicket for a 77-meter six into the stands.

OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND CAUGHT! Archer strikes in the very first over and is rewarded for bowling consistently. Bowls the heavy ball, does Archer. Short of a good length, around off and it keeps climbing on the batter. Ryan Rickelton lines up to heave it across but only finds a thick top edge. The ball balloons miles up in the night sky over short third. Dhruv Jurel calls others out of the way, backtracks and takes a fine catch by settling under it. That was swirling in the air and it's a well-judged take by the RR keeper. Mumbai Indians are 10/1, chasing 151.