Captain Steve Smith changes Rajasthan Royals' fortunes with win over MI
Updated On: 21 April, 2019 07:35 AM IST | Jaipur | Santosh Suri
RR claim their third victory of IPL-12 and complete home and away domination over Mumbai Indians under new skipper Smith
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Rajasthan Royals' skipper Steven Smith celebrates his half century against Mumbai Indians during their IPL clash in Jaipur on Saturday. Pic/PTI
A new skipper brought new tidings to the fortunes of Rajasthan Royals as they not only beat Mumbai Indians, placed second in the IPL points table, but also kept their faint hopes of qualifying for the playoffs alive. Before the toss, it was announced that Steven Smith had replaced Ajinkya Rahane as the skipper. Smith brought new vigour into the squad to guide the laggards to a comprehensive five-wicket win, though the standings in the table did not change for the two teams.
Smith led by example, playing a match-winning, unbeaten knock of 59, while Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma fell tamely rather early after his team were asked to bat first. Though Mumbai did manage to get 161, thanks to Quinton de Kock's fine 65, it was surely not enough to put the rivals under pressure.
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