IPL 2025, RR vs MI Highlights: MI reach top spot with 100-run demolition of RR, night to forget in Jaipur for hosts

RR vs MI Live Score: Big over! The openers don't hold back once Jofra comes back, and RR suddenly under the pump despite a good start.

Rickelton puts an exclamation mark on the over with a big six over midwicket. Score moves to 45-0 after 5.

RR vs MI Live Score: Enough of that quiet start, decides Rickelton. A nicely-timed flick over mid-wicket, just over the boundary. Was prepared for the slower one from Farooqi. Next ball goes for four as well.

RR vs MI Live Score: Nearly the opening wicket! Farooqi gets Rohit caught in front with a slower ball, and last minute Rohit reviews. It's a good call — pitching outside leg by less than a whisker. Luck on Rohit's side!

9-0 after two, a few droplets of rain falling in Jaipur.

RR vs MI Live Score: Jofra right on the money early on and MI's openers not flirting with any attacking shots, opting to play him out with the ball finding some early lateral movement.

RR vs MI Live Score: Players out in the middle, and set to go. Jofra Archer will want an early impact, up against Ryan Rickelton on strike, Rohit Sharma up the other end. Here we go!

RR vs MI Live Score: Hasaranga and Sandeep both injured, so a couple of forced changes. RR fans have been asking for Madhwal to come in, and he starts against his former franchise.

RR playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag (c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bench: Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Yudhvir Singh, Kwema Maphaka, Kunal Singh Rathore

RR vs MI Live Score: No changes for Hardik Pandya and his team.

MI playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Bench: Karn Sharma, Angad Raj Bawa, Reece Topley, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju

RR vs MI Live Score: The toss does go the way of the home team, with Parag opting to chase in their all-pink special kit. Two changes for them due to forced injuries to Hasaranga and Sandeep Sharma, with Kumar Kartikeya and Akash Madhwal set to play against their former team.

Team news next.

RR vs MI Live Updates: It's a big ask to try and find the same level of form a player hits when they reach a T20 century, but the hype train has left the station when it comes to 14-year-old Suryavanshi. His hard-hitting free-swinging style of play means he won't have the same consistency as the likes of his opening partner, especially given his youth and inexperience — but these facts don't care for momentum and emotion. For all cricket fans, the order of the day is more of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Can he live up to the weight of those expectations? Our fingers are crossed.

RR vs MI Live Updates: Only half an hour from the two captains heading to the middle for the toss. Very much a chasing ground, with two wins batting second, and the only win batting first having come during one of RR's bottled chases. In practice, it will be a no-brainer: make use of the best conditions to bat later at night, and choose to bowl first.

RR vs MI Live Updates: There will be a lot of responsibility on Jofra Archer up front to take early wickets and put some pressure on the MI middle order, but it is likely that the game could swing heavily in MI's favour if SKY remains at the crease for an extended period. From RR's perspective, Hasaranga is a high-risk high-reward player faced against SKY and MI's range of lefties such as Tilak Varma. His wicket-taking ability is there, but he also tends to be pretty expensive if he isn't on top of his game. RR's chances of success hinge on him being able to attack SKY early, with away spin having kept him relatively quiet so far this season.

RR vs MI Live Updates: RR's bowling has put in better performances than their results have gone to show, but this is a completely different animal that they are dealing with. MI won't hesitate from attacking through the innings, and bat very deep. RR's defensive bowling abilities have let them down this season, and they don't possess a ton of firewpower to attack through the middle overs either. What will be crucial for them is discipline and to remain committed to their gameplan against each batter, with MI's variety throughout their lineup their biggest strength.

RR vs MI Live Updates: While a lot of attention will be on Suryavanshi to see how he deals with the seam-bowling quality of Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah, a lot of this match will come down to how his opening partner Jaiswal is able to deal with Bumrah. These are the two leading players for their respective teams, and with Jaiswal showing an ability to cause damage once he gets through the powerplay, MI will be hoping Bumrah can remove him before the spinners have to come on.

Equally, Jaiswal will want his threat to absorb most of Bumrah's overs, keeping him away from the death and giving some more leeway to a struggling part of RR's game.

RR vs MI Live Updates: Suryakumar Yadav has had a relatively quiet spell after establishing himself as the best batter in the T20 format worldwide, but it feels as if he is back to his best. With 427 runs at a strike rate of nearly 170 in this season, SKY sits third in the Orange Cap race, and is on a hot-streak of strong score after strong score. Creative as ever and finding his power-stroke again, SKY is sending out warning flares to the entirety of the IPL.

RR vs MI Live Updates: Despite their close record, RR have been historically dominant while playing at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium against MI. They lead that head-to-head 7-2, a comfortable lead, and this includes each of the last five times the teams have faced off in Jaipur. The last time Mumbai won in Jaipur was all the way back in 2012 — Vaibhav Suryavanshi was one year old.

RR vs MI Live Updates: Two historic franchises in the IPL with some truly memorable encounters (who doesn't remember Aditya Tare?), it is as close as can be for these two teams. MI have beaten RR 15 times, but RR have won 14 times themselves. This includes both the matches in 2024, helping them close the gap.

Today presents a golden opportunity for RR to pull level with their visitors, and keep that winning run against them going.

RR vs MI Live Updates: In their previous match against one another in 2024, RR overcame MI in confident fashion, with the stars of the night being first Sandeep Sharma with the ball and later Yashasvi Jaiswal with the bat.

Sandeep took 5-18, blowing through MI's top and middle order, before Jaiswal made a mockery of the 180-run chase with a stellar 104*(60).

RR vs MI Live Updates: Things were becoming drastic for RR with 5 losses in row, the final three of that stretch having been truly miserable failed run-chases. With a 200+ total, those fears were at risk again vs Gujarat. But enter Vaibhav Suryavanshi, at all of 14 years old, saying not today. A 38-ball 101 to demolish GT's high-quality bowling, and announce himself to the world.

With Jaiswal also looking in good touch to take home the chase with 25 deliveries to spare, the win was important to bring some energy and goodwill back to RR's campaign, and ensure there were some positives to reflect on as they continue to build for the future.

RR vs MI Live Updates: Mumbai's winning streak reach 5 wins as they put away LSG at the Wankhede on Sunday. More than anything, MI's threat comes from how they have remained competitive throughout their losses, and comfortably beaten most of their opponents during their winning run.

There's plenty of momentum with MI, added to by Jasprit Bumrah eing amongst the wickets with a 4-fer vs LSG. A full arsenal of weapons in their armory, MI do feel like one of the favourites for the rest of this tournament.

RR vs MI Live Updates: In the grand scheme of qualification to playoffs, RR are very much off the pace on just 6 points, already on seven losses. It is unlikely that they will be able to cause enough damage to qualify — they can only top out at seven wins, and even seven wins might not be enough in this top-heavy year of the competition.

What they can do is try and cause chaos at the higher reaches of the table, a process they already started by beating Gujarat Titans. Enough of that and they have an outside chance, but they will have to be perfect hereon in. More than anything, it's about putting in the right pieces for next year, and building some sort of momentum for that.

RR vs MI Live Updates: With only a handful of matches left for every team, there is a fairly strong idea of what the qualification scenarios will come down to. Only 5 teams are really in the hunt at the moment, and those five including MI will want to keep it that way.

A win today would take them onto 14 points, a stellar mark after having started the season 1-4, and potentially top of the table given their strong NRR. Six wins in a row in the IPL is nothing to sniff at, but if any team can do it, you expect the star-studded Mumbai Indians to.

RR vs MI Live Updates: The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is prepared for another night of fireworks after the show they bore witness to on Monday night, as Rajasthan Royals welcome Mumbai Indians. Two teams who have had very different trajectories in the last few weeks of the IPL, but today with the same goal. Stay tuned for all the updates.