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Five- Time winners Mumbai Indians have all but sealed their play-offs berth with an emphatic 100 run win over Rajasthan Royals in a Tata IPL 2025 encounter in Jaipur . MI are now on top points table and play-offs spot all but sealed. Rajasthan Royals with this loss are out. They follow the Chennai Super Kings.
Earlier, RR Skipper Riyan Parag won the toss and asked MI to bat first. It was a costly error. MI batsmen seized the opportunity to put on daunting total of 217/ 2 in their 20 overs. It was brutal calculated attack and saw them win their sixth match in a row .
RR Bowling : Jofra Archer 0/ 42 ( 4 overs) , Fazalhaq Farooqi 0/54 ( 4 overs) , Maheesh Theekshana 1/ 47 ( 4 overs) , Kumar Kartikeya 0/ 22 ( 2 overs) , Akash Madhwal 0/ 39 ( 4 overs) , Riyan Parag 1/ 12 ( 1 over)
MI openers – Ryan Rickelton 61 ( 38 balls , 7 fours , 3 sixes) , Rohit Sharma 53 ( 36 balls , 9 fours) set the tone . And the opening duo were the only wickets MI lost.
Blistering knock by Suryakumar Yadav not out 48 ( 23 balls , 4 fours , 3 sixes) and power innings by MI Skipper Hardik Pandya not out 48 ( 23 balls, 6 fours, 1 six) saw MI reach 217/ 2 in their 20 overs. Given the MI bowling unit it was tough ask for RR batsmen and they found it out soon little later.
In reply , RR were off to a horror start, centurion in previous match Vaibhav Suryavanshi was out for ( 0) after facing just two balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal ( 13), Nitish Rana ( 9) Skipper Riyan Parag ( 16 ), Dhruv Jurel ( 11) ,Shimron Hetmyer ( 0). RR innings were in tatters at 47/ 5 in just 4.5 overs. The match was over in power play only . Only formalities remained.
Shubham Dubey ( 15) Jofra Archer top – scored with 30 told the fate of the RR batting. Maheesh Theekshana ( 2) , Kumar Kartikeya ( 2) , Akash Madhwal ( 4) . RR ending on dismal note bowled out for 117/ 10 in 16. 1 overs.
MI bowling was spot on with ever consistent Trent Boult and well supported by Jasprit Bumrah and Karn Sharma. The trio proved hot for RR batsmen.
MI Bowling : Deepak Chahar 1/ 13 ( 2 overs) Trent Boult 3/ 28 ( 2.1 overs) , Jasprit Bumrah 2/ 15 ( 4 overs) , Corbin Bosch 0/ 29 ( 3 overs) Hardik Pandya 1/2 ( 1 over) , Karn Sharma 3/ 23 ( 4 overs)
Match: IPL 2025, 50th Match
Venue: Jaipur | Date: May 01, 2025
