Match – 44th IPL 2014 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Mon May 19
Time – 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT
Venue – Sardar Patel Stadium Motera, Ahmedabad
Toss – Mumbai Indians elected to bat
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs
Man of the match – Michael Hussey

Chasing 179 to win, Rajasthan Royals lost opener Unmukt Chand in the third over when the team score was just just 17. He departed after scoring just 2 and became victim of Ojha. Captan Shane Watson also failed and fell to Ojha after scoring just 5. This saw the collapse of entire middle order as from 38/2 in 4.2 overs, Rajasthan Royals fell to 75/7 in 12 overs. Mumbai Indians spinners created such a web of spin bowling that Royals had no clue to it. Only Karun Nair managed to score a decent 48 but eventually got tricked by Harbhajan Singh. Lately some good hitting by Brad Hodge and James Faulkner helped Royals to get their score past 100. Needing 52 to win from last 2 overs, James Faulkner and Brad Hodge(40 runs off 30 balls) unleashed themselves hitting fours and sixes but it was a little late and eventually they managed to score 153/8 and thus lost the match by 25 runs.

Earlier Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat. The openers Michael Hussey and Lendl Simmons have Mumbai a flying start as the duo added 120 runs for the first wicket stand. Michael Hussey scored 56 in 39 balls (3×4, 2×6) where as Lendl Simons scored 62 in 51 balls (6×4, 2×6). Both of them got out in the 15th over but a solid platform was laid. Kieron Pollard and Rohit Shamra continued the fireworks as the duo helped Mumbai Indians post a total of 178/3 in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma played a caemo of 19 balls and scored 40 which included 3 fours and 4 sixes.

Match – 44th IPL 2014 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard