IPL 2021 RR vs MI LIVE: Neesham, Coulter-Nile bag career-best figures – Mumbai Indians duo James Neesham and Nathan Coulter-Nile broke the back of Rajasthan Royals by bagging career-best figures to put Mumbai in front. The duo combined for seven wickets to help the defending champions restrict the Royals to just 90 in their 20 overs, setting up a huge win. The victory keeps Mumbai in the hunt for a place in the IPL 2021 playoffs, heading into the final game of the season.
IPL 2021 RR vs MI LIVE: Rohit Sharma’s inspired changes James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile bag career-best figures to restrict Royals to 90/9
James Neesham was brought into the side by Rohit Sharma for the pivotal game and responded with career-best figures of 3/12. Nathan Coulter-Nile got the better of Yashavi Jaiswal to open the floodgates before Neesham broke the back of Rajasthan’s innings, picking up the wickets of captain Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube before Coulter-Nile cleaned up Glenn Phillips to have RR reeling at 50/5.
WATCH: @JimmyNeesh‘s impressive outing with the ball 👌 👌
The @mipaltan all-rounder made his presence felt & picked 3⃣ wickets against #RR. 👍 👍 #VIVOIPL #RRvMI
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
RR vs MI LIVE: James Neesham returned to break a budding partnership between Rahul Tewatia and David Miller, to end his spell before Nathan Coulter-Nile again bagged back to back wickets, dismissing David Miller and Chetan Sakariya. The Australian ended with figures of 4/14, his best ever in the IPL.
4⃣ Overs
1⃣4⃣ Runs
4⃣ WicketsICYMI: Sit back & relive this excellent bowling display from @mipaltan speedster Nathan Coulter-Nile. 🔥 🔥 #VIVOIPL #RRvMI
Watch 🎥 🔽https://t.co/HS951OdCZX
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 5, 2021
IPL 2021 RR vs MI LIVE Score: Rohit Sharma’s inspired changes James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile bag career-best figures to restrict Royals to 90/9
Rajasthan Royals’ total of 90/9 was the lowest total in IPL history at Sharjah and the fourth-lowest total in the UAE. It is also the lowest total in IPL this season. For Mumbai Indians, Ishan Kishan made light work of the chase, scoring a 25-ball 50 to ensure that the defending champions sealed the match with eight wickets to spare.
RR vs MI LIVE – Lowest totals in IPL 2021:
- 90/9 RR vs MI, Sharjah
- 92 RCB vs KKR, Abu Dhabi
- 106/8 PBKS vs CSK, Mumbai
- 111 MI vs RCB, Dubai
- 115/8 SRH vs KKR, Dubai
