Powerplay led by Boult and Sandeep

At the Wankhede three weeks ago, Trent Boult silenced Mumbai's home crowd with the prized scalp of Rohit Sharma, who grazed the first ball of the match - and the fifth of the innings - to Sanju Samson behind the stumps. It was a case of rinse and repeat in the rematch: Rohit c Samson b Boult, again off the fifth ball, but this time for 6. A filleted four through deep third, then a wild swing down the line that saw Samson rush around from behind the stumps and take a tumble. Remarkably, it was the 26th time Boult had struck in the first over of his IPL career.

Mumbai had batted first after winning the toss, with the caveat that there wouldn't be much dew in the chase at Jaipur. However, there was enough movement on another dry surface to reward the Royals' full-length attack, and one ball into the fourth over, Sandeep had produced a memorable spell to reduce his opponents to a ropey 20 for 3.

The first of his victims was Ishan Kishan, caught behind for a third-ball duck as he went fishing for Sandeep's wide line, tantalisingly pushed up into his arc. Then, after a flurry of two fours in three balls that hinted at riches to come, Suryakumar Yadav swung without timing across the scrambled seam and was already cringing as the ball fell into the hands of Rovman Powell at midwicket.

Mohammad Nabi ended the powerplay with an 18-run flurry off Avesh Khan's first over, but at 45 for 3, the damage at the top was already apparent.