14/04Result
9th match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, Apr 14 2015
RR won by 7 wkts (5b rem)
Player of the Match
Steven Smith
Steven SmithRajasthan Royals
14/04Result
9th match (N), Pepsi Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, Apr 14 2015
RR won by 7 wkts (5b rem)
Player of the Match
Steven Smith
Steven SmithRajasthan Royals

Match Day

2628dESPNcricinfo staff

Finch ruled out of rest of IPL season

Aaron Finch has revealed the hamstring injury he suffered during Mumbai Indians' match against Rajasthan Royals has ruled him out of the rest of the IPL season

2628dSidharth Monga in Ahmedabad

Mumbai lose Rohit in translation

The modern tactic is to hold the big hitter back in T20s, but Rohit Sharma is much more than that and using him at No. 4 means he has to play a game he is no longer used to

Smith's best

65

Steven Smith's previous-highest score in any Twenty20 game, for Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers in a 2014 Big Bash game

Not great for chasing

160

The highest total so far by a team batting second in an IPL game in Ahmedabad. The highest in a successful chase is 151

Finish with a flourish

90

Runs scored in the last six overs by Mumbai Indians. They've made the three highest totals in the last six overs in IPL 2015

Powerful Pollard

206

Pollard's strike rate (70 off 34), the sixth-best among 50-plus scores by Mumbai Indian batsmen in the IPL

Slow starts the norm

3

Number of times, in three matches in IPL 2015, that Mumbai Indians have scored fewer than 70 runs after 12 overs

Piling up the zeroes

7

Number of ducks for Rohit Sharma in IPL matches. Seven players have made more zeroes; Gambhir and Amit Mishra lead with ten each

The opening experiment

33

Number of different opening combinations for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Only Royal Challengers, with 38, have tried more pairs