News India Live, Digital Desk: Five -time IPL champions Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs in IPL 2025 to register a sixth consecutive win and finished first in the points table. In this match played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Mumbai Indians batted first and scored 217 runs losing 2 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Rajasthan Royals team was reduced to only 117 runs.
Will Mumbai become champion again?
In IPL history, Mumbai Indians have won six consecutive wins in a season three times before. He did this for the first time in 2008, after which this feat was also repeated in 2017. After some of the initial defeat in this season (IPL 2025), the team has now come into excellent rhythm.
The special thing is that whenever Mumbai won five or more consecutive wins in a season, then the team has definitely reached the finals (except 2008). In 2013 and 2020, Mumbai Indians remained in the rhythm of such win and both times the team won the IPL Trophy. In this context, the possibility of winning the IPL 2025 title for Mumbai Indians has increased considerably.
Unmatched to save 200+ runs target
Mumbai Indians maintained their record of saving more than 200 scores by scoring 217 runs in this match. This was the 17th time in IPL history when Mumbai successfully defended him by scoring more than 200 runs and so far the team has not lost a single time in such matches.
Match won by big margin
This win of 100 runs against Rajasthan is the third biggest win of Mumbai Indians in terms of runs. The team’s biggest win was against Delhi Capitals in 2017, when he won by 146 runs. Apart from this, he won by 102 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2018.
Mumbai tops the points table
With this victory, Mumbai Indians have reached the top of the IPL 2025 points table. The team scored a total of 14 points with 7 wins in 11 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore is also in second place with the same number of points, but Mumbai Indians remain in the top position due to better the net run rate (more than +1,000). Mumbai is the only team in 10 teams of IPL, which is above the net run rate +1 points.
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