Mumbai Indians Deliver Flawless Display to Climb to the Top and Knock Rajasthan Royals Out Jaipur Fortress Breached: MI crush Royals by 100 runs to notch up their sixth consecutive victory.

Mumbai Indians Fire on All Cylinders to Seal Sixth Straight Win and Knock Out Rajasthan Royals

Everything is clicking for the Mumbai Indians as they surged to a dominant victory over Rajasthan Royals, securing their first win in Jaipur since 2012. A clinical performance with both bat and ball saw MI cruise to their sixth consecutive win, eliminating RR from playoff contention in the process.

Openers Set the Tone
When momentum is on your side, even the marginal calls go your way. In just the second over of the match, Fazalhaq Farooqi caught Rohit Sharma off guard with a clever knuckle-ball. The MI skipper played too early and was struck flush on the back pad, with little doubt the ball was heading for the stumps. The umpire raised his finger promptly, but Rohit, after a long contemplation, opted for a review—almost as an afterthought.

As it turned out, the ball from the left-arm seamer had pitched just outside leg stump—by the slimmest of margins. A few weeks earlier, when Rohit Sharma and the Mumbai Indians were enduring their usual sluggish start to the season, luck might not have been so kind. But on Thursday at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the Hardik Pandya-led side looked every bit like a team riding high on five consecutive victories. Rohit, along with the ever-reliable Ryan Rickelton—one of the franchise’s understated performers—capitalized on the reprieve, building a fluent century stand in just over 10 overs and laying the foundation for a commanding total of 217/2.