IPL Century: Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played a spectacular performance against Mumbai Indians in Rajasthan Royals’ final IPL 2023 game, scoring 124 runs off 62 deliveries. 212 runs were scored by the visiting team after 20 overs thanks to his knock, but the Sanju Samson-led squad ultimately lost by six wickets.
The captain was happy for Jaiswal nonetheless because it was his first century in the lucrative league. The Mumbai-born cricketer made 77 runs off 43 deliveries against the Chennai Super Kings in their previous match, so the 28-year-old said he was anticipating a similar performance from him.
“Jaiswal, unfortunately, found himself on the wrong side, but I’m thrilled for him personally. I was hoping Jaiswal would do something remarkable. In the post-game presentation,” Samson stated. “He scored 70-odd in the last game, and we always thought it (hundred) is around the corner.”
Samson noted that although results occasionally favoured the opponent side, overall they had played well. He was referring to their defeat to the Mumbai Indians on April 30.
“Based on how we have been playing, we have either won or gone close to winning. Results do occasionally appear. We’ll keep concentrating on the procedure. We’ll keep concentrating on what we can manage. We’ll keep up the good fight,” he added.
Speaking of Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan was the favourite up until that time, but they needed 17 runs off the final over. However, Tim David gave Mumbai a thrilling victory at Wankhede Stadium by hitting three consecutive sixes off Jason Holder in the last over. Suryakumar Yadav scored 55 runs off 29 deliveries, while David eventually scored 45* runs off just 14 deliveries.
With that, Rajasthan remained at number three in the IPL Points Table and Mumbai rose to position seven. The five-time champions’ next opponent is Punjab Kings, and the reigning champions, Gujarat Titans, will play in Rajasthan.
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