IPL 2025: Ryan Rickelton, Karn Sharma shine as Mumbai Indians throw Rajasthan Royals out of playoffs race | Cricket News – The Times of India

Ryan Rickelton (PTI Photo)

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians continued their purple-sizzling type in IPL 2025 with a commanding 100-run win over Rajasthan Royals on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.
Central to MI’s sixth straight win had been opener Ryan Rickelton’s authoritative 61 and Karn Sharma’s scientific bowling efficiency, which helped dismantle RR’s fragile batting lineup.
Sent to bat first, MI openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton laid a robust basis. Rickelton, specifically, was relentless towards the Rajasthan pacers, unleashing his full vary of strokes.
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His 38-ball 61 was a show of fearless cricket, highlighted by an imposing flick off Fazalhaq Farooqi that soared over the ropes.
He was particularly efficient towards the faster bowlers, dealing with categorical tempo with composure and punishing any width supplied.
With the scoreboard ticking freely, MI posted 58/0 within the powerplay, and Rickelton reached his half-century in fashion with a towering six off a half-tracker from Kartikeya.
While Rickelton and Rohit stitched a 116-run stand, it was the bowling unit that backed up the batters fantastically — significantly veteran leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who turned the sport firmly in MI’s favour after coming in as an influence substitute throughout the chase.

With Royals reeling from the early loss of teenager Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karn struck thrice, eradicating Dhruv Jurel, Maheesh Theekshana and Kumar Kartikeya to notch up a determine of 3/23 with an financial system of 5.80.
His disciplined traces and intelligent variations choked the center order and exposing RR’s lack of depth.
With Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar offering tempo and bounce up entrance, Karn’s management within the center overs ensured that RR by no means recovered.

Rajasthan folded for simply 117 in 16.1 overs, unable to deal with the scoreboard strain or MI’s all-spherical execution.
With this complete win, Mumbai Indians not solely ended Rajasthan’s playoff possibilities but additionally despatched a robust message to the remainder of the league: they’re peaking on the excellent time.