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

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Nicely played! Slower one, short of a length and on leg. Hardik Pandya waits for it a bit, rolls his wrists and pulls it towards the vacant deep backward square leg fence for a boundary.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, Excellent stop! Fuller one and on middle and leg, Hardik Pandya whips it away hard and wide of long on. Yudhvir Singh (Sub) rushes to his right and dives to make a fantastic stop. He saves two runs for his team.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, SIX! Into the crowd! Fazalhaq Farooqi misses the yorker again and serves it full, on off. Hardik Pandya presents the full face of the bat and launches it high and handsomely over the long off fence for a biggie.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Easy pickings! A full toss, on off, Hardik Pandya stays deep inside his crease, opens the face of the bat slightly and carves it wide of long off for a boundary.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller one and around off, Suryakumar Yadav goes down across to scoop it but misses as the ball goes off his pads towards point. A leg bye is taken.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, A good yorker, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav jams it out towards point for one.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! That's trademark SKY! A slower one, short of a length and on middle. Suryakumar Yadav reads it early, shuffles across and hooks it over the fine leg fence for a biggie. He is just in incredible form. This also brings up the 50-run partnership between Hardik and Suryakumar Yadav.

STAT ATTACK - Suryakumar Yadav has now overtaken Robin Uthappa in terms of most consecutive 25-plus scores in the IPL. He was tied with Uthappa at 10, and this is now his 11th score of 25 or more runs on the trot.

Jofra Archer to Suryakumar Yadav, Put down! A tough chance though! Full and on off, Suryakumar Yadav opens the face of the bat to scoop it wide of third man. Nitish Rana runs to his left and dives, but just fails to reach it. Two more runs added to the total.

Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Pitched up and on off, Hardik Pandya drills it to long off for a single.

Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Right in the blockhole, on middle, angling in, Hardik Pandya clips it towards deep square leg and comes back for the second run. Good running between the wickets!

Jofra Archer to Hardik Pandya, Fuller one and around off, Hardik Pandya slices it away wide of long off. Yashasvi Jaiswal runs to his left and does well to stop it as the ball skids through after bouncing. Two runs taken.

Strategic Break. Rajasthan Royals did manage to dent Mumbai Indians by reducing them from 116/0 to 123/2, removing both Rohit and Rickelton in quick succession, but have failed to consolidate and stem the run flow since then. Rather, they have been counterattacked strongly by Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya's recovery partnership. The two have already added 38 runs off 20 balls, and with a streak of power hitters yet to come, MI is advancing towards a huge total and will aim to put something in excess of 220. Rajasthan Royals will be desperate enough to break this partnership and for that, Parag has summoned his ace pacer, Jofra Archer back into the attack. He is 2-0-20-0 so far and replaces Akash Madhwal.

Maheesh Theekshana to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! BOOM! 15 runs off the over! Maheesh Theekshana goes quicker once more, full toss, on middle. Suryakumar Yadav gets down low to stay inside the line of the ball and scoops it in his fashion over the fine leg fence for a biggie.

Maheesh Theekshana to Hardik Pandya, Another low full toss, outside off, Hardik Pandya forces it to sweeper covers for one.

Maheesh Theekshana to Hardik Pandya, Flatter, full but once again way outside off, Hardik Pandya offers no shot at it. Wided.

Maheesh Theekshana to Suryakumar Yadav, A low full toss, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav drives it to mid off for a run.

Maheesh Theekshana to Suryakumar Yadav, Darts in a yorker, outside off, Suryakumar Yadav throws his bat it and bunts it out towards point. Pandya wants the run but is sent back.

Maheesh Theekshana to Hardik Pandya, Goes short and on middle, Hardik Pandya nudges it through square leg for a single.

Maheesh Theekshana to Hardik Pandya, Fires one full but way outisde off, Hardik Pandya leaves it alone. Wided.

Maheesh Theekshana has taken a huge blow on his bowling hand while trying to stop the ball on his follow-through. He is on the ground, growling in pain. But gets back on his feet sooner. Good to continue.

Maheesh Theekshana to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! That went like a tracer bullet! Floated, full and on middle, Hardik Pandya drills it really hard down the pitch. Maheesh Theekshana on his follow-through, gets fingertips on it, but it still races down the ground for a boundary. Theekshana grunts in some pain here as that almost took out his right hand. The 150 comes up for Mumbai Indians!

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya,  An attempted yorker on off and middle Hardik Pandya digs it out to backward point and runs off for a single.

Akash Madhwal to Suryakumar Yadav, Full and outside the off. Suryakumar Yadav moves across with a long stride and looks to ramp over fine leg. Ends up mishitting the ball to the right of deep backward square leg for a single.

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya, IN THE AIR AND JUST SHORT! At 133.1 kph, fuller and on middle, just stopping a bit on the deck. Hardik Pandya is early into the shot and chips it over mid on. Riyan Parag moves forward from long on as the ball dips low on him, and just falls on the bounce. A single taken.

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya, Once again, a full toss, but on the middle and leg, Hardik Pandya hits it down the ground, to the left of long on and scampers back for the second run. Good running from these two! Quick legs!

Akash Madhwal to Suryakumar Yadav, Another full toss, outside off, Suryakumar Yadav bends and reaches for it, and slashes the slower ball to deep backward point for a single.

Akash Madhwal to Hardik Pandya, Akash Madhwal is back and slips in a full toss, just below the waist height, outside off, Hardik Pandya punches it through covers for a single.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Placed excellently! SKY is manipulating the field nicely! A half-tracker, outside off, Suryakumar Yadav cuts it square and beats the diving Kumar Kartikeya at deep backward point to his right, for a boundary. 16 from this over.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Poor and rightly punished! A slower bumper from Fazalhaq Farooqi, outside off, Suryakumar Yadav extends his arms while rising with the bounce and ramps it over Theekshana at short third for a boundary.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, An attempted yorker, on off, Hardik Pandya jams the bat down and opens the face to guide it to the right of short third. A half stop from Maheesh Theekshana there allows the batters to rotate the strike.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! SLAPPED AWAY! A slower one from Farooqi, at 116.9 kph, outside off, on a length, Hardik Pandya has enough time to weigh on the back foot and smashes it through cover for a boundary.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Suryakumar Yadav, Back of a length, around off, ramped over short third for a single.

Fazalhaq Farooqi to Suryakumar Yadav, Across off, on a length, Suryakumar Yadav slashes off the outside edge and it flies over short third for a couple of runs.

Riyan Parag to Hardik Pandya, Quick, flat and full, outside off, Hardik Pandya leaves. So two successful overs for RR on the trot. A wicket and just a couple of runs off it.

Riyan Parag to Hardik Pandya, Outside off, length, cut away to short third.

Hardik Pandya promotes himself and comes out to the middle now.

Riyan Parag to Rohit Sharma, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! CAUGHT! Two quick wickets for Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians have now lost both their openers within a span of a few deliveries! Spin doing the trick for them at the moment! Riyan stays around the stumps and drifts the ball across off, on a fuller length, making Rohit reach at it with that in-dipping flight. Rohit Sharma falls prey and leans on it to go downtown, but is a bit early into the shot and slices it in the air. The ball sails straight up and Yashasvi Jaiswal at long off takes a simple catch. MI are now 123/2. Riyan Parag celebrates as Rohit Sharma departs on 53 (36).

Riyan Parag to Rohit Sharma, A slight appeal for LBW from Dhruv Jurel but he is the only one interested. Fired in flatter and fuller, but outside leg. Rohit Sharma misses to slog it across and wears on the pads.

Riyan Parag to Suryakumar Yadav, An arm ball, full and around off, Suryakumar Yadav carves it through covers for a single.

Riyan Parag to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Way too across off and outside the tramline. SKY leaves. Wide called.

Riyan Parag to Rohit Sharma, Pushed across off, on a length, Rohit Sharma strides ahead and sweeps it along the ground to deep square leg. A single taken.

Maheesh Theekshana to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! No nerves at all! A typical SKY shot to get off the mark! Pushed through, too full and on the middle and leg stump line, Suryakumar Yadav gets across, sits on his knee and powers the sweep shot through deep square leg for a cracking boundary. A successful over for RR though, a wicket and 12 runs off it.

Suryakumar Yadav walks out to bat at number 3.

Maheesh Theekshana to Ryan Rickelton, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! BOWLED'EM! Finally, a wicket for Rajasthan Royals and Maheesh Theekshana has broken this 116-run opening stand! He dishes out a carrom ball, on the fuller length. It lands on the middle stump line and turns back into the batter, skidding through the deck. Ryan Rickelton shapes up to heave it across the line but plays all over it and the ball sneaks through the inside edge and crashes into the stumps. Ryan Rickelton departs for a well-compiled 61.

Maheesh Theekshana to Rohit Sharma, Flatter and a yard behind fuller length, around off, Rohit Sharma stands tall and flat bats it to the left of the bowler. Maheesh Theekshana sticks his left hand out but the ball zips down the ground for a couple of runs.

Maheesh Theekshana to Ryan Rickelton, Too full and on off, Ryan Rickelton bumps it over the bowler for a single.

Maheesh Theekshana to Ryan Rickelton, WIDE! Wayward, outside the tramline on the off side. Ryan Rickelton leaves.

Maheesh Theekshana to Rohit Sharma, Length around off, Rohit Sharma reverses it to short third for a single.

Maheesh Theekshana to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Just over backward point! It is that kind of a day for RR! FIFTY FOR ROHIT SHARMA! His third this season! Theekshana bowls it fuller and outside off, Rohit Sharma carves it over the leaping backward point fielder for a boundary. This Rohit's 46th IPL fifty, including 2 hundreds!