In the 1,000th match of the Indian Premier League, Yashasvi Jaiswal’s maiden century (124) led Rajasthan Royals to a massive total of 212 for 7 against Mumbai Indians. Jaiswal smashed 16 fours and eight sixes in his knock of just 62 balls, which took his tally past 400 runs this season and recorded the highest score of this IPL. Despite the other Royals batsmen failing to provide support, Jaiswal kept the run-rate high.
He began with a sturdy 72-run opening stand with Jos Buttler (18) and hit a six each off Cameron Green (3-0-31-0) and Jofra Archer (4-0-41-1) in the first couple of overs. Jaiswal hit four fours in an over from Riley Meredith to take RR past 50 inside five overs. Archer used the short ball against RR’s left-handed batters and also claimed the wicket of Jason Holder (11). Veteran spinner Piyush Chawla got Buttler caught at long-on to break the opening partnership.
Royals’ captain Sanju Samson (14) had a short stay in the middle, chipping one straight to deep midwicket off Arshad Khan (3-0-39-3) in the 10th over. Before the start of play, the BCCI marked the occasion by presenting mementos to the two captains — Rohit Sharma and Samson — as well as Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara and MI team icon Sachin Tendulkar.
