<p>Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals locked horns against each other in match number 42 of IPL 2023. The fixture was a special one as it marked the 1000th IPL match. It took 15 years for the league to reach that landmark after the first-ever match of the tournament was played in 2008.<br /><br />As it turned out, MI vs RR also lived up to the hype of the milestone as it was a thrilling affair with the match being decided only in the final over. In the end, Tim David's unbeaten 14-ball 45 helped MI beat RR by 6 wickets and 3 balls to spare. While the five-time winners needed 17 to win off 6 balls, the Australian smashed the first three balls of the final over for sixes to aid Mumbai bag two crucial points.<br /><br />Prior to David's amazing finish, it was Suryakumar Yadav's innings that kept MI in the game. Coming in to bat at the number 4 position, Suryakumar scored 55 off 29 deliveries, an innings which was studded with 8 fours and 2 sixes. In a massive moment in the game though, RR found a way to fight when they got rid of SKY in the 16th over, falling to Trent Boult.<br /><br />However, more than the the bowler, the wicket will be remembered for Sandeep Sharma's superb catch. Sandeep, stationed at short fine leg, ran back covering almost 20 metres before completing a stunner with his outstretched arm. The splendid effort was described by commentators on air as one that could go on to be judged as the Catch of the Tournament.<br /><br /><br /></p> <p>The video of Sandeep's special effort was shared by IPL on their social media handle:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">WHAT. A. CATCH! 🤯<br /><br />Spectacular effort from Sandeep Sharma to get the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav 👏🏻👏🏻<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MI</a> need 43 off 18. <br /><br />Follow the match ▶️ <a href="https://ift.tt/PKhLTFx> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL1000?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPL1000</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TATAIPL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TATAIPL</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MIvRR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MIvRR</a> <a href="https://t.co/0PVyi5z7SB">pic.twitter.com/0PVyi5z7SB</a></p> — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) <a href="https://twitter.com/IPL/status/1652735270826172416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>MI's win has opened up the <a title="IPL 2023" href="https://ift.tt/wZKRU9J" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">IPL 2023</a> points table. They now have 8 points from 8 matches with the help of 4 wins and 4 defeats. They have the same points as RCB but Bangalore are placed at sixth compared to Mumbai who are seventh. This is because Bangalore have a better net run rate of -0.139. MI's net run rate currentlt stands at -0.502.</p>
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