{ "id": "38129", "author": "1", "cnmid": "3804", "title": "Buttler guides Rajasthan to seven-wicket victory over Mumbai", "lang": "en", "series": "331", "cup_year": "2017", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Mumbai, May 14 (Cricketnmore) English batsman Jos Buttler continued his red-hot form with a 94 not out as Rajasthan Royals thumped Mumbai Indians by seven wickets here on Sunday to boost their chance of qualifying for the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs.\r\n", "subtype": "Maharashtra,National,Sports", "editor1": "

Mumbai, May 14 (CRICKETNMORE)<\/strong> English batsman Jos Buttler continued his red-hot form with a 94 not out as Rajasthan Royals thumped Mumbai Indians by seven wickets here on Sunday to boost their chance of qualifying for the Indian Premier League (IPL) play-offs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After Mumbai posted 168\/6, thanks to opening batsmen Suryakumar Yadav (60) and Evin Lewis, Buttler registered his fifth consecutive fifty, which contained five sixes and nine fours, to guide his team to seven-wicket victory with two overs to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The loss left three-time champions Mumbai stranded at 10 points from 12 games, while Rajasthan took their tally to 12 after 12 games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Jaipur-based outfit needs to win its remaining two games to qualify for the play-offs, while Mumbai's fate is not in their hands and will have to depend on the performances of other teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The result at the Wankhede Stadium was decisive since the winner not only bagged two valuable points, but also derail the loser's challenge for the race to the knockouts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Asked to bat first, Mumbai were off to a steady start with Evin Lewis and Suryakumar coming up with an opening partnership of 87 runs off 64 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Lewis, who narrowly survived being caught by Stuart Binny in the third over, made good use of the reprieve to blast his way to 60 runs off 42 deliveries. His quick-fire knock included four boundaries and as many sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Suryakumar, who also got an early let-off, being dropped by Krishna Gowtham off Dhawal Kulkarni early in the second over, went on to post a steady 38 off 31 deliveries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Although the opening duo gave the hosts a strong platform for a big total, the rest of the Mumbai batsmen failed to capitalise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rajasthan bowlers did well to bag five wickets over the next six overs to make a strong comeback. Jofra Archer was the most impressive of the bunch, giving away a mere 16 runs in his four overs while claiming the crucial wickets of Suryakumar and Rohit Sharma.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fellow pacer Ben Stokes bowled well in the late stages to return figures of 2\/26. Indian pacers Jaydev Unadkat and Dhawal Kulkarni also got a wicket each as Mumbai seemed in real danger of failing to cross the 150-run mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, Hardik Pandya helped the hosts to a competitive total with a late charge, scoring 36 runs off 21 balls before holing out to Stokes in the penultimate ball of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

During the chase, Rajasthan had a poor start, losing D'Arcy Short (4) to paceman Jasprit Bumrah in the first over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, Buttler and Ajinkya Rahane (37 off 36) stitched together a 95-run stand for the second wicket to keep the visitors in the hunt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It was a perfect partnership as Rahane played a run-a-ball knock, Buttler dealt in with fours and sixes to get the things going.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The stand was broken after Rahane failed to clear Suryakumar at mid-off boundary off a ball from Hardik Pandya in the first delivery of the 14th over, with Rajasthan's score at 104.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Later, Buttler continued his good work and found good support from Sanju Samson, who played a quickfire knock of 26 off 14 balls. Samson hit Hardik for two sixes in the 18th over as Rajasthan romped to victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief scores: Mumbai Indians: 168\/6 in 20 overs (Evin Lewis 60, Suryakumar Yadav 38, Hardik Pandya 36; Jofra Archer 2\/16, Ben Stokes 2\/26) vs Rajasthan Royals: 171\/3 in 18 overs (Jos Buttler 94 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 37; Hardik Pandya 2\/52).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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