CLT20: Rajasthan Royals vs. Mumbai Indians Scorecard, Recap and More

An all-Indian showdown in the opening match of the Champions League T20 main tournament saw a narrow victory for the Rajasthan Royals, who got past Mumbai Indians with seven wickets but just two balls to spare.

Asked to bat first in Jaipur, the Mumbai Indians made 142 for seven wickets in their 20 overs, with Rohit Sharma (44) and Kieron Pollard (42) propping up an otherwise meager-looking scorecard.

Sachin Tendulkar, playing his first match in any format since May, managed just 15 opening the batting, and was part of a desperately slow start, which left the Indians at 43-4 after 8.1 overs.

Vikramjeet Malik set the tone, the Royals opening bowler picking up three wickets for just 24 runs.

When it came to the chase, the Royals kept on par with the required run rate, but it was the fact that they had wickets in hand which gave them the confidence to get over the line.

Sanju Samson set the tone with a measured 54 from 47 balls, but there were also contributions from Ajinkya Rahane (33), Shane Watson and Stuart Binny (both 27 not out).

Here's the scorecard as given by the official CLT20 website:

Mumbai Indians Innings (Run Rate: 7.10)			Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
	Dwayne Smith	lbw Vikramjeet Malik	9	7	128.57	2	0
	Sachin Tendulkar	c Sanju Samson b Stuart Binny	15	17	88.23	3	0
	Dinesh Karthik	b Vikramjeet Malik	2	11	18.18	0	0
	Rohit Sharma	c Sanju Samson b Shane Watson	44	37	118.91	3	2
	Ambati Rayudu	run out (Ajinkya Rahane)	3	3	100.00	0	0
	Kieron Pollard	c Sanju Samson b Vikramjeet Malik	42	36	116.66	4	2
	Harbhajan Singh	run out (Stuart Binny)	8	4	200.00	1	0
	Nathan Coulter-Nile	NOT OUT	12	5	240.00	1	1
	Rishi Dhawan	NOT OUT	0	0		0	0
Extras	(w 5, lb 2)	7
Total	(7 wickets; 20/20 overs)	142

• Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots
  Ashok Menaria	2	9	0	4.50	5
  Vikramjeet Malik	4	24	3	6.00	15
  James Faulkner	4	31	0	7.75	9
  Shane Watson	3	26	1	8.66	8
  Stuart Binny	2	13	1	6.50	6
  Rahul Shukla	2	6	0	3.00	8
  Kevon Cooper	3	31	0	10.33	6

• Fall of Wickets
  1/9 (Smith, 1.4 ov)	2/26 (Karthik, 5.1 ov)
  3/38 (Tendulkar, 7.2 ov)	4/43 (Rayudu, 8.1 ov)
  5/95 (Sharma, 15.4 ov)	6/130 (Pollard, 19.1 ov)
  7/141 (Singh, 19.5 ov)

Rajasthan Royals Innings (Run Rate: 7.52)			Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
	Rahul Dravid	c Kieron Pollard b Nathan Coulter-Nile	1	4	25.00	0	0
	Ajinkya Rahane	b Rishi Dhawan	33	31	106.45	3	1
	Sanju Samson	c Dwayne Smith b Kieron Pollard	54	47	114.89	8	0
	Shane Watson	NOT OUT	27	22	122.72	0	2
	Stuart Binny	NOT OUT	27	14	192.85	3	1
Extras	(w 2, lb 4)	6
Total	(3 wickets; 19.4/20 overs)	148

• Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots
  Mitchell Johnson	4	38	0	9.50	8
  Nathan Coulter-Nile	3.4	22	1	6.00	12
  Rishi Dhawan	4	17	1	4.25	9
  Pragyan Ojha	1	13	0	13.00	1
  Harbhajan Singh	3	22	0	7.33	4
  Kieron Pollard	3	20	1	6.66	6
  Dwayne Smith	1	12	0	12.00	0

• Fall of Wickets
  1/5 (Dravid, 1.3 ov)	2/79 (Rahane, 11.2 ov)
  3/107 (Samson, 15.3 ov)