Royals keep winning on day of mixed emotions

Boult, Burger trigger collapse before Chahal 3/11 helps RR go top

- GOMESH 3 2 Ghennal nx

WHILE Mumbai Indians' first home game of the season was on the radar for various reasons, on the field, it was always going to be about one key contest within the contest: Trent Boult versus Mumbai Indians' top-order batters.

Boult, after all, is one of the best new-ball bowlers in the world. The left-arm pacer has taken 55 powerplay wickets in the Indian Premier League in 91 innings. That is one wicket in the first six overs for every 23 balls he bowls.

On Monday at the Wankhede Stadium, it took only five for him to open his account. Rohit Sharma, who has gotten out nine times to left-arm pace in the powerplay, nicked a perfect outswinger on his first delivery.

If that was not enough, Naman Dhir, the No. 3, was trapped on the pads in the final delivery of the first over. Another first ball duck, with the hosts 1/2.