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Jaipur: Sanju Samson's stupendous fifty helped Rajasthan Royals register a 7-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match of Champions League T20.
Mitchell Johnson began well, but Rahane and Samson's controlled partnership proved the difference. Once that foundation was set-up, Watson and Binny made merry as the Royals cantered to an easy win.
Samson (54 off 47) hit 8 boundaries in his innings that kept the Royals in the match after the early loss of skipper Rahul Dravid.
Earlier, pacer Rishi Dhawan proved instrumental in breaking a crucial 74-run stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Samson by dismissing the former.
Chasing 143, Rahane and Samson got the Rajasthan innings back on track after losing Rahul Dravid early to Nathan Coulter-Nile.
The Rahane-Samson duo put up a swift partnership for the second wicket before Dhawan got the better of Rahane's stumps.
Earlier, IPL champions Mumbai Indians recovered from a slow start to post a fighting 142 for seven against Rajasthan Royals.
Mumbai owed their total to skipper Rohit Sharma (44) and burly West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard (42) even as paceman Vikramjeet Malik (3/24) did well for the hosts with his three-wicket haul.
Mumbai Indians were struggling at 43 for four at one stage but Sharma stabilised the innings with his sensible batting while Pollard hit some lusty blows towards the end to up the run-rate.
Sharma's 44 came off 37 balls with three fours and two sixes while Pollard took 36 balls for his 42, laced with six boundaries including two sixes.
Hosts had things under control under helpful conditions for paceman as it rained before the match but Mumbai scored 55 runs in the last five overs to make it a good contest.
Dwayne Smith (9) had begun fantastically with an elegant cover drive off the first ball of the match but was trapped by Malik. The short ball kept low and Smith was caught plumb.
Tendulkar punched two boundaries off James Faulkner and one off Shane Watson but the pitch had something for the bowlers, so the IPL champions made a steady start.
But things changed quickly as Malik bowled Dinesh Karthik (2) and Tendulkar (15) was caught behind off Stuart Binny when he tried to drive a good length ball.
As if that was not enough new batsman Ambati Rayudu (3) was run out after a mix up with skipper Sharma.
Sharma kept the scoreboard ticking with ones and twos in company of Kieron Pollard and the visitors raised their fifty in the last ball of the 10th over when their skipper lofted Binny for a four over point.
The Mumbai skipper played some beautiful flicks and pulls and hit two sixes off Watson -- first a well-timed scoop and second a ferocious pull on full toss -- but the Australian succeeded in removing the dangerman.
Pollard then did a splendid job for Mumbai before becoming the third victim of Malik in the last over.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have opted to field in first.
Teams
Rajasthan: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid (captain), Sanju Samson (wk), Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Ashok Menaria, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Vikramjeet Malik, Rahul Shukla
Mumbai: Rohit Sharma (captain), Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Rishi Dhawan
Brief scores
Mumbai Indians 142 for 7 (Sharma 44, Pollard 42, Malik 3-24)
Rajasthan Royals 148 for 3 (Samson 54, Rahane 33)
Result Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
Points Rajasthan Royals 4, Mumbai Indians 0
