The 44th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) was played on Saturday 30 April between the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 5 wickets against Rajasthan Royals to register their first win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.
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Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to field first and made two changes to the XI in play as Tim David and Kumar Kartikeya Dewald Brevis and Jaydev Unadkat replaced Unadkat in the team. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals did not make any changes to the playing XI and drafted the same team.
Leading first batters, RR opening duo Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal added 26 runs off 27 balls before the latter was ejected for 15 by spinner Hrithik Shokeen on the second ball from the 5th left.
A small partnership of 28 runs at 18 was built between Buttler and Sanju Samson before the latter was fired for 16 by debutant Kumar Kartikeya. At the end of the 10 overs, Rajasthan Royals was at 73/2.
Jos Buttler, hitting very slow, decided to speed up his innings in the 16th over, which was bowled by spin bowler Hrithik Shokeen.
Buttler hit sixes on the first ball and the second ball to complete his half-century on 48 balls, including 5 fours and 2 sixes. He didn’t stop there, as he also hit two back-to-back sixes on the next two deliveries before being fired at the last ball of the over. Buttler’s innings ended at 67 runs off 52 balls, including 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Finally, after failing the middle order, Ravichandran Ashwin played an incredible cameo of 21 runs on 9 balls, including 3 fours and one six to help Rajasthan Royals place the ball. 158/6 on the plate.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma chased the target and got out for 2 in the 3rd over, which was bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin. Wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan, who struggled for runs in the 2022 Indian Premier League, stepped out in the 6th for 26 runs off 18 balls, which were bowled by Trent Boult and at the end of the power play, Mumbai Indians were at 41/2 .

Meanwhile, middle order batsman Suryakumar Yadav completed his half-century on 36 balls in the 14th over, which was bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin.
Mumbai Indians lost the wickets of both Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma in the back-to-back overs as Suryakumar was sacked for 51 by Yuzvendra Chahal in the 15th over and Tilak was sacked for 35 by Prasidh Krishna in the 16th over.
In the end, Tim David played a good knock and Daniel Sams finished in style by breaking a six to help Mumbai Indians finally take the win in the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to IPL 2022 match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rajasthan Royals (RR):
#MI off the mark finally ✅ A good birthday present for their captain. Hopefully we’ll see some more wins under their belts #TataIPL
— S. Badrinath (@s_badrinath) Apr 30, 2022
Congratulations @mipaltan† And last but not least #MI be like – pic.twitter.com/5Dc0JGD8WH
— Harbhajan Turban (@harbhajan_singh) Apr 30, 2022
What’s a better gift @mipaltan give to Rohit Sharma on his birthday than this win over a talent house like Rajasthan Royals. #RRvsMi #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/8YsXZCiKNm
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) Apr 30, 2022
Relief and must say happy for @mipaltan Imp for what happened to them this season. Should get better. Tim David could be the finisher they need. Should play all games.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) Apr 30, 2022
I can’t really tweet enough about Tim David right now
— Ben Jones (@benjonescricket) Apr 30, 2022
Big win guys! We tasted victory a little late in this season, but that doesn’t change the fact that we are a good team. Well beaten #IshanKishan #TilakVarma #SuryakumarYadavi quickly pass a fire #TimDavid & tht winning six frm #DanielSams #RRvMI #IPL2022 #MumbaiIndians
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) Apr 30, 2022
MI dominates
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† † #hallabol†— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) Apr 30, 2022
Now you can say Congratulations Rohit #MIvsRR
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) Apr 30, 2022
Oh thank god for #MI & their fan. Their first win!! on @ImRo45 birthday
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) Apr 30, 2022
Finally in the rose #MumbaiIndians
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) Apr 30, 2022
Looked at that happiness of Rohit Sharma’s wife and daughter when Mumbai Indians won the match. pic.twitter.com/znUQh77z75
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) Apr 30, 2022
The wounds from the last eight games turned a fairly reasonable chase into a slightly nervous pre #MI† With the monkey from behind, I won’t be surprised if we see more powerful performance in the remaining games.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) Apr 30, 2022
Finally we won guys#MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/ZdYXxDjeG0
— (@Shebas_10dulkar) Apr 30, 2022
First win for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022.
— John. (@CricCrazyJohns) Apr 30, 2022
Mumbai Indians end their 8-match loss streak in IPL 2022 on Rohit Sharma’s birthday. A perfect gift for the captain.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) Apr 30, 2022
MI didn’t win on Sachin’s birthday, but made the necessary changes to still win on Rohit’s birthday. They thought we wouldn’t notice.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) Apr 30, 2022
It just didn’t feel right that Mumbai Indians didn’t have points in #IPL2022 until now.
The tournament now seems more normal. #MIvRR
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) Apr 30, 2022
The government of Maharashtra has announced a cash prize of 2 lakh for all Mumbai Indians players on their win. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) Apr 30, 2022
So Mumbai put their best player and best number 3 back to 3 and put a proven finisher in the finishing position and the batting really clicks?! Wow. This IPL was full of shocks and surprises
— Dave (@CricketDave27) Apr 30, 2022
Mumbai Indians won an IPL match after 200+ days.
— John. (@CricCrazyJohns) Apr 30, 2022
We. To have. Won.
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) Apr 30, 2022
Tim David has arrived. #IPL2022
— John. (@CricCrazyJohns) Apr 30, 2022
Mumbai Indians finally win a contest. I hope you all enjoyed this phase, it’s not coming anytime soon..
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) Apr 30, 2022
Looked at that happiness of Rohit Sharma’s wife and daughter when Mumbai Indians won the match. pic.twitter.com/znUQh77z75
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) Apr 30, 2022
Dhoni leads CSK, MI wins, RCB loses.. This day gave real IPL feeling.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) Apr 30, 2022
Poetic justice in which Tim David plays a big hand #MumbaiIndians winning their first game of #IPL2022 after being unfairly dumped early in the season.#RRvsMI #IPL2022
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) Apr 30, 2022
Congratulations Rohit Sharma ️☺️
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) Apr 30, 2022
After 44 games in #IPL2022†
Gujarat Titans #GT 8-1
Mumbai Indians #MI 1-8#IPL— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) Apr 30, 2022
Finally 😍HAM JEET GYE @mipaltan #MIvsRR #MumbaiIndians #IPL2022 #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/FiU3aqCAu5
— Ambrish Singh☆ (@mrsingh8299) Apr 30, 2022
tim david mumbai indian era has officially begun. pic.twitter.com/PA35iSlqRT
— go away. (@ferrranesque) Apr 30, 2022
Daniel Sams won six for MI#MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/u0XRN6sWq2
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) Apr 30, 2022
MI fans today:#MIvsRR pic.twitter.com/9m90a70OLb
— Armaan Sheikh (@Ash20431817) Apr 30, 2022
I’m still trying to understand the logic behind Daryl Mitchell the 7th bowling. Trent Boult did not complete his quota of 4 overs.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) Apr 30, 2022
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