Rajasthan Royals (RR) took on Mumbai Indians (MI) on May 1, 2025, with the match being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. RR captain Riyan Parag won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Both openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton scored fifties and added 116 runs in 12 overs. Rohit made 53 with 9 fours, and Rickelton made 61 with 7 fours and 3 sixes. Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya then added 94* runs in 44 balls for the third wicket, propelling the MI score to 217/2 in 20 overs.
Suryakumar made 48* in 23 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes, while MI captain Hardik made 48* in 23 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. For RR, Maheesh Theekshana and Riyan Parag took one wicket each.
In response, the RR batting capitulated from the start. Wonder boy Vaibhav Suryavanshi got out for a duck, and Yashasvi Jaiswal followed soon for 13 runs, and Nitish Rana followed for 9. Riyan Parag made 16 and Dhruv Jurel made 11 runs as RR were swiftly reduced to 76/7.
Jofra Archer made 30 with 2 fours and 2 sixes, to save some face for RR, but they were bowled out for 117 runs in 16.1 overs. For MI, Trent Boult and Karn Sharma picked 3 wickets each, and Jasprit Bumrah took 2 scalps.
MI won the game by 100 runs and now have moved to no.1 spot in IPL 2025 points table. They have 7 wins from 11 games and 14 points now. RR remain at 8th spot with 3 wins from 11 games and 6 points to their name.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for MI for a clinical win over RR and lauded them on social media.
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