RR vs MI Highlights, IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals out of playoffs race as Mumbai Indians clinch 100-run victory

Trent Boult to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Another one! Fuller one and outside off, Riyan Parag this time reaches out for it, bends his back and slices it over covers for four more runs.

Trent Boult to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Fine start to the over! Back of a length and just around off, Riyan Parag gets on top of the bounce and punches it sweetly through covers for a boundary.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, FOUR! Good shot! Fuller one and on middle, Nitish Rana flicks it away with lovely timing through square leg for a boundary.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, DROPPED! A fantastic effort, though! Hits the length hard and on the fifth stump line, shapes away. Nitish Rana looks to push it away but gets an outside edge towards the first slip. Rohit Sharma, almost blinded by Rickelton's dive, flings to his right and almost grabs it with his outstretched right hand, but it just spills out when it hits the ground. 

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, A slower one, full and on middle, Nitish Rana tucks it to mid-wicket.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, Full again and around leg, Nitish Rana goes through his swipe early and gets a leading edge, but the ball bounces well in front of point.

Deepak Chahar to Riyan Parag, Touch fuller, on leg, Riyan Parag clips it through square leg for a run.

ICYMI, former England Football Team manager Gareth Southgate is in the house and is enjoying the proceedings here in Jaipur.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, Bangs in a bouncer, on middle, too high for the batter, Nitish Rana lets it go. Ryan Rickelton leaps up but only manages to glove it behind towards third man. A wide and a bye is taken.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, On a length and on middle, Nitish Rana nudges it to mid-wicket.

Trent Boult to Nitish Rana, Pitched up and on middle, Nitish Rana tucks it to mid-wicket for a run.

Trent Boult to Riyan Parag, Short of a length and on middle, takes off, Riyan Parag adjusts well to keep it down to the leg side and takes a single.

A complete hush across the Sawai Mansingh Stadium as now, RR have lost both their dangerous openers cheaply. Skipper Riyan Parag is in at number 4 now.

Trent Boult to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Trent Boult with a fiery response and he is pumped up here! That's why they say experience is above anything else. Boult bowls this with a wobbled seam, drags his length back a bit too, on middle. Yashasvi Jaiswal stays back and has a wild heave across the line, but loses his body shape completely as the ball goes through to shatter the stumps. That's also the 300th wicket for Trent Boult in T20s. RR lose both their openers in the first couple of overs!

Trent Boult to Yashasvi Jaiswal, SIX MORE! Yashasvi Jaiswal is treating Trent Boult like any other bowler! Pitched up and just around off, YJ manages to get under it and dispatches it over the long on fence for another biggie.

Trent Boult to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Full again and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal knocks it towards mid off.

Trent Boult to Yashasvi Jaiswal, SIX! BANG! What a welcome for Trent Boult! The Kiwi begins with a fuller one around off, shaping away. Yashasvi Jaiswal uses his feet to go inside out and carves it over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie.

Trent Boult to operate from the far end.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, Hits the length hard, on off, holds its line, Nitish Rana leaves it alone. End of an eventful first over!

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, On a length and on off, Nitish Rana pushes it towards covers.

Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, FIVE WIDES! Free runs for RR! Deepak Chahar bangs this one short and on middle, takes off viciously after hitting the deck. Nitish Rana ducks under it and the keeper also stands no chance to collect it, as the ball flies over his head to the fence for five wides.

Nitish Rana is in at number 3.

Deepak Chahar to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, OUT! TAKEN! Deepak Chahar gets a big wicket! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has to walk back for a duck, and there will be no repeat of his heroics in this game. Pitched up and on middle this time. VS steps across and tries to loft it over mid on but fails to get underneath it and ends up hitting it much flatter. Will Jacks leaps up and takes a good catch at mid on. Rajasthan Royals have been rocked early as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi departs for a silver duck.

Deepak Chahar to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Goes right into the blockhole, just outside off, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi digs it out to covers.

Deepak Chahar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Back of a length and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal steers it through point for a single. Rajasthan Royals get underway in this big run chase!

Deepak Chahar to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Lovely start! Deepak Chahar starts with a hard-length delivery, on off, shapes away with good bounce. Yashasvi Jaiswal looks to guide it away but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Welcome back to RR's reply with the bat. The umpires and players are out to the middle. Hardik Pandya leads his troops as the Mumbai Indians scatter out to the park and take their fielding positions. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, lovingly nicknamed as 'Boss Baby', are the two openers for Rajasthan Royals. And it will be Deepak Chahar to open the bowling attack for MI. Here we go...

... THE RUN CHASE ...

This is the second time that the Rajasthan Royals have a target of 200 plus to chase, in Jaipur this season. Just a few moons back, we saw a whirlwind century from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who helped RR chase down 208 against GT. But, he and Jaiswal will be up against a quality pace quartet of the Mumbai Indians. Will be interesting how they go against the likes of Bumrah and Boult early on. Also, ICYMI, Mumbai Indians have not beaten Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur since 2012. Will they end this drought this time around? Run chase up next very shortly. Stay tuned.

Rohit Sharma hands over the Orange Cap to Suryakumar Yadav and is ready for a flash interview. Rohit says that it was important for them to get to a good start. Add that they took a couple of overs to assess the conditions and then took their chances. Mentions that they looked to hit straight as the ball was skidding through on the surface. Says that he was worried about whether it pitched in line or not on his review, as he knew it was a knuckleball and there was not much bounce on it, and luckily it went his way. Praises Ryan Rickelton and says that he works really hard on his game and if he gets a score, it helps them to continue the momentum. Further adds that it is important for them to understand the pitch here, and also keep in mind that one square boundary is shorter than the other. So, they have to bowl accordingly. Ends by saying that they have a strong middle order and we saw in the last game, those 30-40 runs from Corbin Bosch and Naman Dhir were crucial. Ends by saying that that also gives them a lot of confidence to take a few chances at the top.

Enter Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, who systematically dismantled any hopes of a Rajasthan comeback. The duo countered RR's increasingly defensive bowling approach with clinical precision, turning the screws even tighter. Rather than hunting for wickets, RR's bowlers appeared content to contain boundaries, which backfired spectacularly. SKY and Hardik toyed with field placements, accelerated at will, and scored 71 runs off the last five overs.

It looked like a good batting track, and the bowlers did mix up their pace to deceive the batters, but the MI openers had formed a solid launchpad for the middle overs. Both kept finding boundaries at regularity, with Rickelton getting to his third fifty of the season. MI were cruising along nicely with the scoring rate hovering around and above 10s per over, going unblemished halfway through. A slight ray of hope emerged for RR as they bagged two quick wickets by sending both Rickelton and Rohit in the dugout in quick succession. But they couldn't consolidate on that momentum.

After settling their eyes for a couple of overs, the openers of Mumbai Indians got off to a positive start and hit their straps as Rohit and Rickelton, both, found quick boundaries inside the powerplay. RR used Theekshana's spin early on to trap the openers, but that ploy didn't work and Mumbai Indians bossed the field restrictions with 58/0 on the board. 

A highly dominating batting display from Mumbai Indians, to say the least. They have put on a mammoth total on the board, and their batting unit is scoring runs for fun and how! Four batters, all four scored 40-plus, and just took the wind out of the sails of RR's bowling attack. Another occasion on which Rajasthan Royals have conceded a score in excess of 200 at home this season.

Akash Madhwal to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! SKY finishes things off in style! Akash Madhwal goes with the slower one, full and around off, but in the slot. Suryakumar Yadav reaches out for it a bit and dispatches it over the long on fence for a biggie. Mumbai Indians end up on 217/2!

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya, Gets the yorker right again, on middle and leg, Hardik Pandya plays it onto his pads as the ball goes past the bowler for just one.

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! That is some shot! Akash Madhwal bowls this right into the blockhole, on middle and leg, angling in. Hardik Pandya flicks it with the toe-end of his bat and finds the gap at deep square leg for a boundary.

Akash Madhwal to Suryakumar Yadav, A bit slower, full and around off, Suryakumar Yadav drives it through covers for a run.

Hardik Pandya politely asks the umpire for a change of gloves, and the reserve player from the MI dugout rushes out with a few pairs of gloves. Hardik selects one and is good to continue.

Akash Madhwal to Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal nails the wide yorker, outside off, just inside the tramline, Suryakumar Yadav leaves it alone thinking it is a wide but it is not.

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya, A full toss, on off, Hardik Pandya lofts it towards long off for just a single. He is not happy with himself as it was there to be put away.

Akash Madhwal to wrap up the first innings with the ball. His figures read 3-0-26-0 so far.

Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Goes fuller and on the pads, Hardik Pandya flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one. Just 8 runs off the over!

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Uppish but safe! Short of a length and outside off, Suryakumar Yadav looks to cut it away but gets a top edge towards third man. Kumar Kartikeya is late to move forward and takes it on the bounce. They cross. Archer is not happy with that effort.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Pitched up and around off, shapes away a bit, Suryakumar Yadav swings hard but misses.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller one and around off, Suryakumar Yadav lofts it towards sweeper covers for a brace.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! How good is that shot? Running out of adjectives to praise SKY. This is a low full toss, on middle. Suryakumar Yadav moves across a bit too much but still manages to scoop it over short fine for a boundary. He falls on the ground and loses his bat as well, but that didn't matter much. Mumbai Indians breach the 200-run mark with this boundary!

Jofra Archer (3-0-34-0) will bowl the penultimate over. Also, the Orange Cap has changed its head, as Suryakumar Yadav has crossed Sai Sudharsan of Gujarat Titans to become the leading run scorer in this season so far.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Starts with a fine yorker, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav only manges to dig it on the pitch.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Superb batting! 21 runs off the over! Bangs this one into the pitch, outside off. Hardik Pandya gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it over point for four more runs. Mumbai Indians are looking to bat RR out of this game now.