Rajasthan restrict Mumbai to their lowest IPL total

Jaipur, Apr 29 (PTI) Rajasthan Royals came up with an
inspiring bowling display to restrict table toppers Mumbai
Indians to a paltry 94 for eight in an Indian Premier League
match here today.
Opting to field, Rajasthan bowlers picked up wickets at
regular intervals as the star-studded Mumbai batting line-up
fumbled under pressure to slump to their lowest total in the
tournament. Incidentally, it also the lowest total at the
Sawai Man Singh Stadium.
Only four Mumbai batsmen reached double figures but none
could cross the 20-run mark with Andrew Symonds being the
top-scorer with 17 followed by Davy Jacobs (15).
Off-spinner Johan Botha spun a web around the Mumbai
batsmen with impressive figures of three for six, while the
duo of Ashok Maneria (2/20) and Amit Singh (2/14) scalped two
wickets each.
Mumbai Indians witnessed a horrible start to their
innings, losing both their openers -- Davy Jacobs and Sachin
Tendulkar -- inside the first five overs after being sent into
bat.
Jacobs scored a run-a-ball 15 before Amit Singh went
through his defence and castled the middle stump.
An over later, Mumbai were dealt with a bigger jolt when
Tendulkar departed, stumped by an agile Yagnik after being
outsmarted by a witty Ashok Maneria delivery to see the
visitors in a spot of bother at 22 for two.
To make matters worse for Mumbai, two more wickets --
Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma -- were also dismissed in a
span of six overs to see Mumbai in serious trouble at 50 for
four at the half-way mark of their innings.
While Rayudu gave a straight forward caught and bowl
chance to Maneria in the ninth over, Sharma was holed out at
long-off boundary by Johan Botha off Rajasthan skipper Shane
Warne in the next.
After the loss of early wickets, Mumbai found runs
difficult to come by and even Andrew Symonds and big-hitting
Keiron Pollard struggled to break loose as Rajasthan bowlers
tightened the noose around their opponents.
Pollard's struggle finally came to an end when Botha got
him out lbw with the West Indian making a miserable 4 off 15
balls, which surely was against his reputation.
Symonds too failed to make much of an impact as Botha
accounted for two wickets in the 18th over to dig the final
nail in Mumbai's coffin.
The South African off-spinner first cleaned up Symonds
and then a ball later gave Yagnik his second stumping of the
day as he outwitted R Sathish.
Harbhajan Singh finished off the Mumbai innings in
style with a six over deep mid-wicket of Shane Watson.