Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. It was their first win in Jaipur in 13 years. With the win, Mumbai moved to the highest of the factors desk, surpassing Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs within the ongoing IPL 2025. The openers set the platform for the staff, as Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton made 53 and 61 runs in 36 and 38 balls, respectively. It was the third time that MI openers have stitched a partnership of over 100 runs in IPL historical past. Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith achieved the feat in 2013, adopted by Michael Hussey and Lendl Simmons in 2014.
After the openers departed, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya took over the enterprise and performed some good cricket. The flamboyant batters smacked the ball throughout the park, and courtesy of that, MI posted 217 runs on the board – the second-highest IPL complete at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Apparently, each Suryakumar and Hardik made unbeaten 48 runs every off 23 balls. Rajasthan, alternatively, closely struggled with the ball. Riyan Parag’s captaincy additionally must be studied, as his determination to not use Jofra Archer sufficient towards Rohit Sharma within the powerplay wants scrutiny.
When it got here to the chase, Mumbai pacers blew away Rajasthan batters. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who scored a century within the earlier match, departed for a duck as Deepak Chahar acquired the higher of him. Rajasthan misplaced 4 extra wickets within the powerplay, courtesy of a double every from Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah.
Mumbai have been profitable in pushing Rajasthan to their restrict within the powerplay itself. Submit that, it was solely customary. Hardik Pandya and Karn Sharma picked one every quickly after the powerplay as Rajasthan have been heading in the direction of an enormous defeat. Jofra Archer and Maheesh Theekshana managed to cease the wicket stream at one stage however couldn’t save Rajasthan.
In the meantime, with the win, Mumbai moved to the highest of the factors desk, surpassing Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Rajasthan, alternatively, are eradicated from the IPL 2025 playoffs race.