Yashasvi Jaiswal was the star of Monday’s Indian Premier League action that saw the Rajasthan Royals defeat the Mumbai Indians to widen their gap at the top of the table.
After second-placed Kolkata Knight Riders survived defeat to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a final ball thriller on Sunday, the log leaders took to the stage on a tricky play day on Monday.
Hardik Pandya won yet another toss, but his decision to bat first would not pay off as the openers were dismissed early with three wickets falling in the powerplay.
Tilak Varma (65 off 45) and Nehal Wadhera (49 off 24) stabilised the innings for the Indians but Sandeep Sharma was simply too good with the ball as he picked up 5/18 in his four overs.
The 180 run chase was interrupted by a rain delay; and while the resumption brought the wicket of Jos Buttler for 35, Jaiswal would soar to an unbeaten 104 off 60 runs to get the Royals home with eight balls to spare.
Captain Sanju Samson joined Jaiswal at the other end with a composed 38 off 28 balls as the hosts got the job done ahead of a string of away games next on the schedule.
Pictured above: Star player of the day Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Image source: @rajasthanroyals
