NEW DELHI — Rajasthan Royals inflicted the biggest loss over Mumbai Indians and kept their fans at home happy with an 87-run win at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur Wednesday. Batting first Rajasthan Royals posted 179 for 3 on the back of Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 68, before their bowlers put on a magnificent performance to rout the MI batting. The 87-run defeat was Mumbai Indians' biggest defeat in IPL history. Needing 180 to win, Mumbai got off to a bad start as Ajit Chandila dismissed Sachin Tendulkar (1) and Ricky Ponting (4) in quick succession. Siddharth Trivedi then removed Rohit Sharma (2) caught by Shane Watson to have MI reeling at 26 for 3 in 6.1 overs. It only got worse for Mumbai as Kieron Pollard went for 1. At the halfway stage Mumbai was 42 for 4, still requiring 138 runs. Dinesh Karthik fell trying to break the shackles for 30. Earlier Rahane (68*) and Watson (31) were among the runs for Rajasthan.
Scores: Rajasthan Royals 179 for 3 (Ajinkya Rahane 68, Kieron Pollard 1-2) defeated Mumbai Indians 92 all out (Dinesh Karthik 30, James Faulkner 3-16) by 87 runs. — Agencies
