New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals Captain Steven Smith has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match against Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi on 6 October 2020. As it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Smith was fined Rs 12 lakh.
Rajasthan Royals were thrashed by Mumbai Indians. RR was not able to chase 194 runs and was bundled out for 136, losing the match by 57 runs
MI scored 193-4 in their quota of 20 overs with Suryakumar Yadav hitting a 44-ball 77. While defending the target, MI bowlers choked the RR batsmen as wickets kept tumbling. Jos Buttler fought a lone battle at the top for RR as he hit more than 50% of RR’s runs on Tuesday night. RR were eventually bowled out for just 136 as their losing streak extended to 3 matches.
And, that's the match here in Abu Dhabi.
A comprehensive victory for @mipaltan as they win by 57 runs.#Dream11IPL #MIvRR pic.twitter.com/fOLF7GPswN
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 6, 2020
Only Jos Buttler got going with the bat for the Steve Smith-led side as he played a knock of 70 runs. Bumrah emerged as a star with the ball for Mumbai as he returned with the figures of 4-20 in his four overs.
Batting first, Mumbai Indians had posted a score of 193/4 as Suryakumar Yadav played an unbeaten knock of 79 runs from 47 balls. Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma also played useful knocks of 30 and 35 respectively.
Surya's highest @IPL score lifts us to 193/4 at Abu Dhabi ?#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #MI #Dream11IPL #MIvRR @surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/nBVqof64hZ
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 6, 2020
With this win, Mumbai Indians went to the top of the table with eight points from six games. While Rajasthan has slipped to the seventh position.
Rajasthan Royals will next face Delhi Capitals on October 9 while Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Delhi Capitals on October 11.
