Rajasthan Royals' playoff qualification hopes were dashed on Friday after they suffered a massive 100-run defeat to Mumbai Indians at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. RR became the second team, after Chennai Super Kings, to be eliminated from the ongoing Indian Premier League.
However, fans were treated to an exciting game between RR and MI in Jaipur, but for the local fans, they were left disappointed as their favorite team lost badly.
Although, the match had a light-hearted moment in the second innings that left everyone in splits. In the ninth over, Dhruv Jurel went inside-out and smashed a six off Karan Sharma’s delivery. What followed was hilarious, as the ball got lost near the photographers, prompting three MI players, including Suryakumar Yadav, to begin searching for it.
They couldn’t locate the ball, and SKY was so engrossed in the search that he didn’t realize the bowler had already picked up a second ball.
Chasing a massive target of 218 runs, RR’s batting collapsed for just 117 in 16.1 overs, with Karan Sharma and Trent Boult taking three wickets each. However, impressive knocks from Ryan Rickelton (61) and Rohit Sharma (53) helped MI reach 217/2 in their 20 overs.