The target of 159 would have been enough for Rajasthan Royals if dew hadn't played a major role, opined premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after his team's five-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians in the IPL match, at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, on Saturday.

Watching the winning runs at the non-striker's end was David, the unsung hero of the game, who finished unbeaten with 20 off 9 balls, a vital contribution in the context of the win.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson blamed the dew factor in the second half of the match for the five-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians, at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, on Saturday.

'I love batting at No 3 because the situation I go in, I can pace my innings accordingly looking at the situation.'

Rohit Sharma would any day take a Mumbai Indians victory as a birthday present; more so when the team finally performs to its potential after eight straight defeats.

IMAGES from the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians in Navi Mumbai on Saturday.

Game 44 of IPL 2022 will see the Rajasthan Royals take on the Mumbai Indians in the second game of the day at the D Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai starting 1930 IST.

'30th April bole toh aaplyaa rohit caa brthdde!'

Kulkarni was part of the commentary team of the official broadcaster before being approached by the five-time champions.

While Rajasthan, placed second in the standings, have lost only two games and won six, Mumbai are already out of contention for a play-off berth

Ukrainian soldiers guard the battlefront, dismantle destroyed Russian vehicles and defuse unexploded missiles.

Mumbai Indians were knocked out off the play-off race after the 36 run loss to the Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday -- their eighth loss in a row.

Mumbai Indians's record signing Ishan Kishan has registered scores of 14, 26, 3, 13, 0 and 8 in his last six innings at a lowly strike rate of 62.

Nothing could cheer Pollard who looked dejected as he walked off the field after a struggling 19 from 20 balls, failing to produce the fireworks at the end.

Rohit's dismissal on 39 off 31 balls marked the moment where the Mumbai run chase lost its momentum as boundaries dried up and runs became harder to come by.

Skipper Rohit Sharma ran out of reasons for Mumbai Indians' losing streak which extended to eight games, accepting that shoddy batting has hurt the team and resulted in a disastrous IPL 2022 for the five-time champions.

Mumbai Indians crashed to its eighth defeat in IPL 2022.

Rahul started off slow, played good cricketing shots, built good partnerships along the way and then went on the offensive in the closing stages

IMAGES from the IPL match played between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants in Mumbai on Sunday.

In what could be a lesson learnt from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war where anti-tank missiles have played a big role, the Indian Air Force is arming its Russian-origin helicopters with the Israeli 'Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) ATGMs' which can hit ground targets from distances up to 30 km.

Game 37 of IPL 2022 will see the Lucknow Super Giants take on the Mumbai Indians at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai starting 1930 IST.

'Let's support our champions when they need it the most.'

Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned back the clock to script a three-wicket victory for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

MI need to grab crunch moments: Tendulkar

MI became the first team in IPL history to lose its first seven matches in a season.

Mumbai Indians' head coach Mahela Jayawardene backed out-of-form openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan despite their poor run with the bat in IPL 2022, saying he is not concerned as the duo are hitting the ball really well.

A dejected Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma rued his side's top-order woes in IPL 2022 but could only admire veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his match-winning knock on Thursday.

Fingers crossed, Arjun could make his debut against the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday, which, as it happens, is his pater's 49th birthday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned back the clock to script a three-wicket victory for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

Although CSK lost the important wickets of Dube, Rayudu and Jadeja in the middle overs and MI debutant Riley Meredith and Bumrah keeping a lid on the scoring in the 16th and 17th overs, it was the crucial 33 run partnership between Pretorius and Dhoni that eventually sealed the deal with a last ball four off the bat of hero MSD!

His early strikes and SKY's catch put paid to any of Mumbai's efforts to script a solid comeback into the match.

Game 33 of IPL 2022 will see the Mumbai Indians take on the Chennai Super Kings at the D Y Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Arjun has been part of the Mumbai Indians team for the last two seasons, and with his team at the bottom of the IPL 2022 points table, why doesn't Coach Mahela Jayawardene and Director of Cricket Operations Zaheer Khan invest faith in the boy Tendulkar just as they have done with Tilak and Dewald.

Unadkat said things will fall into place once MI manage to open their account.

Scenes away from the action when the Mumbai Indians played the Lucknow Super Giants at Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.

Jason Holder and Ravi Bishnoi struck in the 15th and 16th overs to dismiss the duo and all MI's hopes went up in smoke.

While batting, Rahul showed great finesse and class to score an unbeaten century; He was equally adept while marshalling his troops, making the right bowling changes to successfully defend the total.

As Mumbai wickets kept falling, Akash Ambani looked tense and did not hesitate to show his disappointment.

Bumrah said the team is still trying to be positive as they 'haven't lost everything in life'.

'I take full responsibility for not putting team in position expected from me'