Royal Challengers Bengaluru returned to the IPL 2025 playoff spots after their win in opposition to Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on Sunday afternoon. In the second fixture, Mumbai Indians saved their push for a playoff spot alive with a convincing 9-wicket win in opposition to 5-time champions Chennai Super Kings.
RCB’s seven-wicket win propelled them from fifth place to 3rd within the newest IPL standings. The high-4 locations are at the moment occupied by Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals, RCB and PBKS.
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The high-4 groups will qualify for the playoffs and the 2 groups will get two possibilities at making the ultimate. But the race is not going to be easy with 5 groups now on 10 factors. Besides the highest-4, Lucknow Super Giants even have 10 factors to their identify.
Meanwhile, the 9-wicket defeat for CSK might properly imply curtains for his or her possibilities of making the subsequent stage within the competitors. They proceed to wrestle for runs and have been hapless with the ball as properly on the Wankhede Stadium to occupy the final spot. They have picked simply two wins from eight matches within the season.
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In the competition at Wankhede, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav struck fluent half-centuries as MI chased down the 177-run goal with 26 balls to spare.
Needing 177 to win, Rohit (76 not out off 45 balls) and Suryakumar (68 not out off 30) shared an unbeaten 114-run stand for the second wicket to take MI house. Ravindra Jadeja (1/18) was the lone wicket-taker for CSK.
Earlier, Shivam Dube and Jadeja cracked half-centuries and shared a 79-run partnership for the fourth wicket as 5-time champions Chennai Super Kings made 176 for five.
In the day’s first recreation, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal smashed half-centuries as Royal Challengers Bengaluru crushed Punjab Kings by seven wickets.
Chasing 158, Kohli (73 not out off 54 balls) and Padikkal (61 off 35 balls) shared a 103-run partnership, which fashioned the spine of the large win achieved with seven balls to spare.
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Earlier, spinners Krunal Pandya (2/25) and Suyash Sharma (2/26) shared 4 wickets between them as Punjab Kings struggled to construct momentum with RCB putting at common intervals.
Opener Prabhsimran Singh high-scored for the hosts with a 17-ball 33 after being invited to bat.