Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians, IPL, Jaipur
Rajasthan secure top spot with last-ball win
May 26, 2008
Rajasthan Royals 146 for 5 (Niraj Patel 40*) beat Mumbai Indians 145 for 7 (Jayasuriya 38, Tanvir 4-14) by five wickets
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
The Mumbai Indians lost their third successive nail-biter to leave their semi-final hopes hanging by a thread. With 43 needed off the final three overs for the Rajasthan Royals to protect their 100% home record, youngsters Niraj Patel and Ravindra Jadeja kept their nerve - while several more experienced Mumbai players lost theirs - to win it off the final ball.
The result means Delhi Daredevils become the third team to make it to the semi-finals and if the Chennai Super Kings win their match against Deccan Chargers on Tuesday, Mumbai will be out of contention.
Full report to follow
20 overs Mumbai Indians 145 (Jayasuriya 38, Tanvir 4-14) v Rajasthan Royals
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On a slow pitch not conducive to stroke-making, the Rajasthan Royals restricted the Mumbai Indians to 145, a modest total that was reached thanks to Yogesh Takawale's eight-ball 24. Rajasthan's bowlers held sway for most of the innings, and Sohail Tanvir reinforced his status as the tournament's best bowler with a four-wicket haul that earned him the purple cap.
Mumbai struggled to find momentum from the start, and the opening pair of Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar were stifled by the new-ball bowlers to such an extent that only 29 runs, and two boundaries, came in the Powerplay. Tanvir and Shane Watson kept the ball on the stumps and Jayasuriya, in particular, had a torrid time. There was no room for him to work with and, with the ball keeping low, his short-arm jabs failed to connect on several occasions.
Pankaj Singh was the only bowler who leaked runs early as three straight fours were taken off his two overs - Tendulkar playing a signature drive down the ground and Jayasuriya powerfully flat-batted two deliveries over the infield.
Yusuf Pathan, bowling flat and quick, and medium-pacer Siddharth Trivedi kept Mumbai in check - conceding only nine runs from their three overs before Warne came into the attack for his much-anticipated showdown with Tendulkar. Warne varied his flight well but was competently handled by Tendulkar, who kept tucking him away to the leg side.
With the boundaries hard to come by, the Mumbai openers scampered between the wickets to keep the score ticking. Only 60 came off the first ten overs, and Jayasuriya felt the need to provide some impetus. An attempt to mow Trivedi over midwicket was miscued but landed safely and an outside-edge raced past the wicketkeeper for four. However, his luck ran out off, and a pull went straight to Pankaj Singh at midwicket.
Things were to get worse for Mumbai as Trivedi foxed Tendulkar with a slower ball in his next over. Tendulkar closed the face of the bat early, offering a simple return catch. Robin Uthappa's short, uneasy stay at the crease ended when Kamran Akmal effected a smart stumping off Warne, and it was the impressive Abhishek Nayar's three off-side boundaries that pushed them along.
Just as the innings was gathering some momentum, Tanvir ran through the Mumbai middle-order - taking four wickets in two overs to leave them at 120 for 7. However, Takawale, coming in place of Pinal Shah, lifted Mumbai with a assault against Watson - four fours and the innings' only six came off the final over to take Mumbai to a competitive score.
Rajasthan are still favourites to maintain their 100% win record at home but with no Graeme Smith at the top of the order, Mumbai aren't out of it yet.
Teams
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Swapnil Asnodkar , 2 Shane Watson, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Niraj Patel, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shane Warne (capt), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Pankaj Singh.
Mumbai Indians: 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Smith, 5 Abhishek Nayar, 6 Manish Pandey, 7 Shaun Pollock, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Dilhara Fernando, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.
 | Indian Premier League - 53rd match Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, on 26 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) |
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| Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| ST Jayasuriya | c Pankaj Singh b Trivedi | 38 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 102.70 | |||
 | SR Tendulkar | c & b Trivedi | 30 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 88.23 | ||
| AM Nayar | lbw b Sohail Tanvir | 25 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 138.88 | |||
| RV Uthappa | st  Kamran Akmal b Warne | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| DR Smith | c Patel b Sohail Tanvir | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.28 | |||
| SM Pollock | c Kamran Akmal b Sohail Tanvir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| M Pandey | b Sohail Tanvir | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| YV Takawale | not out | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 300.00 | ||
| RR Raje | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 6, w 6, nb 1) | 13 | |||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs) | 145 | (7.25 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat CRD Fernando, A Nehra |
| Fall of wickets1-71 (Jayasuriya, 10.6 ov), 2-82 (Tendulkar, 12.5 ov), 3-98 (Uthappa, 15.2 ov), 4-107 (Nayar, 16.3 ov), 5-107 (Pollock, 16.4 ov), 6-118 (Pandey, 18.2 ov), 7-119 (Smith, 18.4 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Sohail Tanvir | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 | (1w) | |
| SR Watson | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10.00 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| Pankaj Singh | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.50 | (1w) | |
| YK Pathan | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | ||
| SK Trivedi | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | (2w) | |
| SK Warne | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | (1w) |
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| Rajasthan Royals innings (target: 146 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Kamran Akmal | run out (Pandey) | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 112.50 | ||
| SA Asnodkar | c Takawale b Fernando | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 94.44 | |||
| YK Pathan | c Nehra b Fernando | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| SR Watson | c Tendulkar b Raje | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 94.73 | |||
| M Kaif | run out (Raje/Jayasuriya) | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| RA Jadeja | not out | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 115.00 | |||
| NK Patel | not out | 40 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 137.93 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, w 5, nb 1) | 16 | |||||||
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| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 146 | (7.30 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat SK Warne, Sohail Tanvir, SK Trivedi, Pankaj Singh |
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Kamran Akmal, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (Pathan, 5.1 ov), 3-47 (Asnodkar, 7.1 ov), 4-77 (Kaif, 11.3 ov), 5-77 (Watson, 11.6 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| SM Pollock | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | (1w) | |
| A Nehra | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | (1w) | |
| CRD Fernando | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | (3w) | |
| DR Smith | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | ||
| AM Nayar | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | ||
| RR Raje | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 | (1nb) | |
| ST Jayasuriya | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 |
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| Toss Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field first Player of the match Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) |
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