mi beat Rajasthan Royals By five wickets on Saturday.
Chasing 159 for victory, Mumbai relied on an 81-run third wicket stand between Suryakumar (51) and Tilak Verma (35) to chase down a target of 159 with four balls to spare at the DY Patil Stadium here. .
Suryakumar and Verma fell in the space of three balls and Kieron Pollard was dismissed for 10 in the final over as the Royals threatened to snatch the win.
But Singapore batsman Tim David hit 20 off nine balls and Daniel Sams hit the winning six.
Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai, the richest and most successful team with five titles in the history of the Indian Premier League, bounced back from a record eight losses but remained at the bottom of the 10-team table.
Player of the match Suryakumar said, “Very happy with the way things turned out.” “It was an important win for a good atmosphere. Really looking forward to a few games ahead.”
He later told reporters, the victory would “spread positivity” and help everyone “learn” going forward this season.
In-form Jos Buttler scored 67 to take the Royals to 158-6 but the total was not enough for the team, which paid tribute to the late Australian hero Shane Warne, their first captain in the game.
The Royals, who won the inaugural IPL under Warne in 2008, had “SW23” printed on their players’ collars and both teams lined up for a minute’s applause at the start of the match.
Buttler, who leads the tournament batting chart with 566 runs including three centuries, held his collar as he reached his sixth 50-plus score.
Buttler hit off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen for four consecutive sixes but fell in the hands of the bowler on the last ball of the over.
Australia pacer Riley Meredith returned impressive figures of 2-24 in his four overs.
In response, Suryakumar followed on the track after birthday boy Rohit, who turned 35, fell for two and Ishaan Kishan 26.
Suryakumar had completed his third half-century of the season in 36 balls with a six off Ravichandran Ashwin before Chahal fell into leg-spin in the next over, but at this point he had to help Mumbai stop their losing run. had done enough.
In the first match of the day, superstar Virat Kohli returned to form with his maiden half-century of the season but Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a third consecutive defeat.
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After a string of low scores – including two golden ducks, Kohli smashed 58 off 53 balls to reduce Bangalore to 170 for six against Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
David Miller (39) and Rahul Tewatia (43) put on an unbeaten 79-run partnership to help their team win with three balls and six wickets to spare.
On Kohli’s performance, skipper Faf du Plessis called it “a big step in the right direction to get to a solid 50”.
“You want one of your top four to come in the ’70s in the future, so that’s good,” he said.