<p>Mumbai Indians finally opened their account in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League with a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Opting to field, MI restricted RR to 158 for six, despite a fine 52-ball 67 by Jos Buttler at the top.</p>.<p>The second highest scorer for RR was Ravichandran Ashwin (21 off 9 balls) who played a cameo to take RR past 150-run mark.</p>.<p>In reply, MI chased down the target in 19.2 overs with Suryakumar Yadav (51 off 39 balls) emerging as the top scorer.</p>.<p>Yadav in company of Tilak Varma (35) added 81 to keep MI in the hunt, before Tim David (20) finished the job.</p>.<p>For MI, Riley Meredith (2/24) accounted for two wickets, while debutant spinner Kumar Kartikeya impressed with his one for 19 in his four overs and Daniel Sams (1/32) snapped one.</p>.<p>Hrithik Shokeen too took two but he went for too many runs, while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (0/27) too was on the mark.</p>.<p><strong>Brief Scores:</strong></p>.<p><strong>Rajasthan Royals</strong>: 158 for 6 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 67 off 52 balls, Riley Meredith 2/24)</p>.<p><strong>Mumbai Indians</strong>: 161 for 5 in 19.2 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 51; R Ashwin 1/21) </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
<p>Mumbai Indians finally opened their account in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League with a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Opting to field, MI restricted RR to 158 for six, despite a fine 52-ball 67 by Jos Buttler at the top.</p>.<p>The second highest scorer for RR was Ravichandran Ashwin (21 off 9 balls) who played a cameo to take RR past 150-run mark.</p>.<p>In reply, MI chased down the target in 19.2 overs with Suryakumar Yadav (51 off 39 balls) emerging as the top scorer.</p>.<p>Yadav in company of Tilak Varma (35) added 81 to keep MI in the hunt, before Tim David (20) finished the job.</p>.<p>For MI, Riley Meredith (2/24) accounted for two wickets, while debutant spinner Kumar Kartikeya impressed with his one for 19 in his four overs and Daniel Sams (1/32) snapped one.</p>.<p>Hrithik Shokeen too took two but he went for too many runs, while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (0/27) too was on the mark.</p>.<p><strong>Brief Scores:</strong></p>.<p><strong>Rajasthan Royals</strong>: 158 for 6 in 20 overs (Jos Buttler 67 off 52 balls, Riley Meredith 2/24)</p>.<p><strong>Mumbai Indians</strong>: 161 for 5 in 19.2 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 51; R Ashwin 1/21) </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>