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Patna : Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets in the 24th match of IPL 2021 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, on April 2021, night, as opener Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant unbeaten 70 in 50 balls hitting 6 fours and 2 sixes, his first fifty in 6 games, and all-rounder Krunal Pandya (spinner) scored 39 in 26 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes.
All-rounder Kieron Pollard remained unbeaten on 16 in 8 balls hitting 2 fours and 1 six. Pollard hit the winning four. Set a target of 172 runs, MI scored 172/3 in 18.3 overs to register their third win in 6 games ending their two match losing streak. For RR, it was their 4th defeat in 6 games. De Kock was named Player Of The Match
MI openers Rohit Sharma (captain) and Quinton de Kock added 49 runs for the 1st wicket in 6 overs. Rohit fell to fast bowler Chris Morris for 14 in 17 balls with 1 six. Suryakumar Yadav also fell to Chris Morris for 16 in 10 balls with 3 fours and it was 83/2. Quinton de Kock and all-rounder Krunal Pandya added 63 runs for 3rd wicket. Krunal, who returned to form with an explosive knock of 39, fell to fast medium bowler Mushtafizur Rahman making it 146/3.
Pollard hit Morris for a six on the first ball of 18th over. Krunal Pandya hit Mustafizur Rahman and spinner Rahul Tewatia for a 6 each. De Kock hit Chris Morris and Mustafizur for a 6 each. Rohit, on the other hand, hit fast medium bowler Jaydev Unadkat for a six.
MI had won the toss and opted to bowl. Batting first first RR scored 171/4 in 20 overs with Sanju Samson ( captain & wk) scoring 42 runs and opener Jos Buttler scoring 41. RR openers Yasasvi Jaiswal an Joss Buttler added 66 runs for the first wicket. Both fell to leg spinner Rahul Chahar. Samson fell to Trent Boult for 42. Shivam Dubey fell to fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for 35 in 31 balls hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes. All-rounder David Miller remained 7 not out while Riyan Parag remained unbeaten on 8 runs..