Rajasthan is out of the playoff race

On the strength of deadly bowling by Karn Sharma and Trent Boult, Mumbai Indians bundled out Rajasthan Royals for 117 runs. With this, Riyan Parag's team became the second team to be out of the playoff race. Before them, Chennai Super Kings were out of the playoff race. In the match played on Thursday, Mumbai, who lost the toss and came out to bat first, scored 217 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan could score only 117 runs in 16.1 overs losing 10 wickets, and lost the match by 100 runs, which is their second biggest defeat. Earlier, RCB defeated Rajasthan by 112 runs in 2023. At the same time, this is Mumbai's third biggest win against any team.

With the sixth consecutive win, Mumbai has reached the top spot in the points table. They have 14 points in their account after winning seven out of 11 matches and the net run rate has become 1.274. At the same time, Rajasthan remains in the eighth position with six points. Their net run rate has become -0.780. RCB is in second place, which has won seven matches out of 10 and the net run rate is 0.521. They also have 14 points in their account. Punjab is third with 13 points and Gujarat is second with 12 points. This is Mumbai's first win against Rajasthan in Jaipur since 2012.

Chasing the target, Rajasthan batsmen performed disappointingly. For them, Jofra Archer played the highest innings of 30 runs. He faced 27 balls and hit two fours and as many sixes. Against Mumbai, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 13, Nitish Rana nine, Dhruv Jurel 11, Shubham Dubey 15, Mahish Teekshana two, Kumar Karthikeya two and Akash Madhwal four* runs. At the same time, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Shimron Hetmyer could not even open the account. For Mumbai, Trent Boult and Karn Sharma took three wickets each while Jasprit Bumrah got two wickets. Apart from this, Deepak Chahar and Hardik Pandya took one wicket each.

Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma gave a good start to Mumbai Indians. There was a partnership of more than 100 runs between the two. Mahesh Teekshana bowled Ryan. He was out after scoring 61 runs in 38 balls. After this, Rohit Sharma scored 53 runs in 36 balls. Both scored their third half-century of this season. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya played stormy innings of 48-48 runs and took the team's score beyond 200. Mahesh Teekshana and Ryan Parag took one wicket each for Rajasthan.

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