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Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, Indian Premier League 2020 Match 45: As it happened
Ben Stokes smashed a blistering century, while Sanju Samson well-suppoted him with a quick-fire fifty to help Rajasthan Royals seal a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over defending champions Mumbai Indians in Match 45 of the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
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Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL - The two teams have faced each other in a total of 24 matches, with MI maintaining a 12-11 lead over RR.
- The Rohit Sharma-led side is occupying the top spot in the IPL 2020 standings with seven victories from 10 matches.
- Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are languishing down at the seventh spot in the eight-team table with four wins from 11 games.
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Ben Stokes smashed a blistering century, while Sanju Samson well-suppoted him with a quick-fire fifty to help Rajasthan Royals seal a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over defending champions Mumbai Indians in Match 45 of the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Chasing a good target of 196 runs to chase, opener Ben Stokes not only hammered his maiden ton of the season but also stitched a massive 152-run partnership with Sanju Samson (54) for the third wicket to help the Rajasthan franchise cross the mark inside just 18.2 overs.
En route to his unbeaten knock of 107 runs off just 60 balls, the England batsman also smashed 14 boundaries and three maximums.
Earlier, opener Ishan Kishan (37) and Suryakumar Yadav (40) stitched an 83-run stand for the second wicket before Hardik Pandya (60) hammered a quick-fire half-century at the back end of the innings to help Mumbai Indians post a good total of 195/5 in their stipulated 20 overs.
For Rajasthan Royals, Archer and Shreyas Gopal claimed two wickets each, while Kartik Tyagi also chipped in with a wicket.
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