MI vs RR Match Highlights: The Mumbai Indians, having bounced back with a winning streak of 5 games, most of them being played at home, travel to an away venue for the first time since the game against Delhi Capitals. Currently placed in third position, they would look to bounce back.
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, showed their caliber, causing troubles to one of the top franchises of this edition, their arch-rivals, Gujarat Titans, as the prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashed a stunning ton, rewriting record books. Royals will be playing their next match on their home venue.
Hardik Pandya looks to rank Mumbai Indians higher in the points table, probably eyeing the top spot with a win against the Royals, a loss for whom can knock them out of the race for the playoffs in IPL 2025.
MI vs RR Match Highlights
MI vs RR Match Highlights: Mumbai’s unstoppable batting order stuns outside home as well
The Mumbai Indians were sent in to bat first at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, and the Mumbai opening duo, after several chances at the top, have finally set an array of good opening partnerships for them. Rohit Sharma has backed himself with form for MI at the top, and both the MI openers on this occasion went on to score their 3rd respective half-centuries of the edition. Sharma scored 53, and Rickelton was the highest scorer with 61 runs.
Also, Sharma and Rickelton marked the first 100-run opening stand for MI this season. Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, the skipper, promoted themselves in the batting order to score vital runs towards the end phase of the innings. Both the batters missed on their well-deserved half-centuries, but with 48 runs each, they took MI off to a flying end to their innings, with a total set at 217/2 in their 20 overs.
MI vs RR Match Highlights: After Batter MI bowlers also run a rampage at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Having chased a huge 209 recently in the last game against a tough opposition like the Gujarat Titans, Mumbai were not relieved of the pressure, having made such a huge score.
However, MI showed what they are capable of, as Deepak Chahar did the job in the first over with the new ball on his home ground. He picked the big wicket of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the centurion from the last game. Trent Boult, the most experienced campaigner in the MI pace attack, picked up two wickets in the powerplay of an inform Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Rana as well.
Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl in the 5th over of the powerplay and removed the good-looking Riyan Parag, the Royals’ skipper, and Shimron Hetmyer in back-to-back deliveries. RR were soon 5 down within their 5 overs of the innings.
Every bowler who bowled for MI with Boult, Deepak Chahar, Bumrah, Hardik, Karn Sharma and Corbin Bosch picked wickets each as they won by a huge margin of 100 runs. Karn Sharma and Trent Boult were the leading wicket-takers with 3 wickets, while Bumrah had 2 wickets to his name, while the likes of skipper Pandya and Deepak Chahar have picked a wicket each.
