Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs Against Rajasthan Royals

Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals (MI vs RR) IPL 2012 Match 12. MI vs RR turns out as a thrilling contest, as  RR have just won the toss and elected to field against MI in match 12 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

It has been a maniacal day in Indian, with all the information around the earth quake  and the following Tsunami alerts, but that doesn't quit the IPL and in this go Mumbai Indians presented their sensors to level up their third win of the competition. After Pollard and Rayudu took them to a large score, it was the convert of Malinga, Munaf and Pollard again, to close the win against Rajasthan Royals.

MUMBAI won by 27 runs and Munaf becomes the topt wicket-taker of IPL 5 with 10 wickets in 4 matches. All-rounder Kieron Pollard and Munaf Patel makes Mumbai Indians to a 27-run glory over Rajasthan Royals.

Challenged with a big focus on of 198 in 20 overs, Rajasthan were bowled out for 170 in 19.4 overs. With this win, Mumbai Indians have gone to the top of the desk with six points from four games. This was the first loss for Rajasthan in their three games. They had won two out of two and Rajasthan slipped to 4th on the desk from top.

Malinga bowled Shah and later included Johan Botha’s wicket in the same over. Malinga completed 2/13 in 4 overs. This was the level of the go with. If Britain right-hander Shah had remained until the end, it could have been Rajasthan's game.

Pollard had three wickets in the Eighteenth over as Rajasthan kept dropping wickets with the required run rate going out of reach. Pollard completed 4/44 in four overs. It was a evening to keep in mind for Pollard and he won the Man-of-the-match prize.

Here are the best parts of the match.

# Mumbai won their third game in four matches and are on top of the table

# 22 sixes were hit in this match

# 12 sixes were hit by Mumbai and 10 by Rajasthan

# Mumbai registered the highest score of IPL 5 so far by scoring 197/6 in 20 overs

# Sachin Tendulkar missed out again as he has not fully recovered from his finger injury

# Mumbai innings had 12 sixes and 14 boundaries

# Kieron Pollard was the top scorer for Mumbai with a 33-ball 64

# Pollard smashed 22 overs off one Johan Botha over. That was the only over Botha bowled in the match

# Ambati Rayudu scored an unbeaten 32-ball 47 with three sixes and one four

# Munaf Patel took two wickets in two balls in the second over of Rajasthan innings. He dismissed Rahul Dravid and Shreevats Goswami off the third and fourth deliveries. Owais Shah denied him the hat-trick

# Rajasthan’s Ajinkya Rahane held on to the Orange Cap. He is the leading scorer now with 138 runs in three matches. Owais Shah is second with 113 followed by Pollard with 96

# Kevon Cooper took his wickets tally to 8 and had the Purple Cap at the innings break

# Cooper handed over the Purple Cap to Munaf Patel at the end of the match

# Munaf Patel has 10 wickets to his name in IPL 5 so far

# Munaf finished with figures of 4/28 in 3.4 overs. This was his second consecutive four-wicket haul after he took same number of wickets in the previous game against Deccan Chargers. He had taken 4/20 in 4 overs in Visakhapatnam

# The second and third slots in the top bowlers list are also occupied by Mumbai Indians. Malinga and Pollard have nine wickets apiece

# Pollard took three wickets in the 18th over including two in two

# Pollard finished with 4/44 in 4 overs

# Pollard was adjudged Man-of-the-match

# Lasith Malinga took two wickets in the 17th over. He dismissed Owais Shah and Johan Botha to turn the match in Mumbai’s favour