IPL 2021: The records broken as Mumbai Indians dominates Rajasthan Royals in a convincing fashion

This was Mumbai Indians' third win of the 2021 Indian Premier League, while with three losses, it has risen to the fourth spot. As for Rajasthan Royals, it suffered its fourth loss of the season and with a couple of wins, it has dropped to seventh place.

There seemed to be no end to former champion Rajasthan Royals' woes as it suffered yet another defeat. It was beaten by defending champion Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in Match 24 of the 2021 Indian Premier League at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.

It was entirely a show by the batsmen of both sides. As a result, some records were scripted while we take a look.

Jos Buttler attains best average
Buttler managed to play a decent knock of 41 today. Meanwhile, in the process, he registered the third-best IPL average against a particular side for batsmen, having scored 300 career runs. While Buttler averages 75.00 against MI, he is led by Chris Gayle (96.00 vs Pune Warriors India) and David Warner (333.00 vs Gujarat Lions).

A first in the IPL
While RR scored 171/4 today, the previous couple of games, too, saw a 171 score. As a result, it is the first time in IPL's history that three consecutive matches have witnessed the same score in the first innings.

RR scripts some lows
The RR spinners have not had the best so far this season. As per observation, they have claimed just a couple of wickets so far this season, besides giving away runs at an economy of 10.33. Both happen to be the worst by any team for the season.

MI registers a classy record
The win tonight by MI was its 13th overall win over RR. Consequently, MI has now registered more wins than losses over all the teams in the IPL.

Match summary
Being put into bat, RR posted a decent total of 171/4, thanks to its top-four batsmen contributing their part. However, when it came to chasing, MI was even better, as it kept wickets in hand, while Quinton de Kocks' brilliant unbeaten innings of 70 was enough to see it past.
Brief scores: RR 171/4 (Buttler- 41, Jaiswal- 32, Samson- 42, Dube- 35; Chahar- 2/33) lost to MI 172/3 in 18.3 overs (De Kock- 70*, Krunal- 39; Morris- 2/33) by seven wickets.

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