Hit Man back to business in IPL 25. Rohit Sharma second consecutive half century led MI in top three of League table.
At Hyderabad SRH was up against Mumbai Indians who has just registered three consecutive match. MI won the toss and put SRH to set target. As usual the top order batsman had score of 0, 8, 1, and 2. Klasssen and Manohar was only to take the score to 143. Klassen scored 71 from 44 balls with 2 six and 9 fours. Manohar scored 43 from 37 balls . Third player to be in double digit was Aniket who scored 12 runs from 14 balls .
Rest all batsman were in single digit. A team with huge talent but no planning is placed at the bottom of table. Trent Boult picked up 4 wickets by giving 26 runs in 4 over. Deepak Chahar got 2 wicket.
Hit Man back in grooves
Mumbai Indians set to score 144 to win lost opener Rickelton in second over . From here MI had no looking back Rohit and Jacks took score to 77 whrn Jacks was caught by Abhinav off Zeeshan. Hitman with SKY sealed the match by 15 over when Surya got out. Rohit the Hitman finished the match in 16th over. Rohit scored 70 not out in 46 balls. Rohit is playing as an Impact Player in this Season of IPL. He didn’t succeed in initial match but now he is back in the form and scoring high fifty in last two matches. He single handly took MI to win the match.
Mumbai Indian had fourth consecutive win to move up the ladder to third position in League table. Trent Boult was declared Player of the match for his 4/26 .
| Match No 41 | ||||
| RGI Stadium | 23 Apr 2025 | Toss-MI | ||
| SRH | MI | MI won by 7 Wickets | ||
| 143/8(20) | 146(15.4) | |||
| H Klassen- 71(44) A Manohar-43(37) Aniket V-12(14) | T Boult-4/26(4) D Chahar-2/12(4) H Pandya-1/31(3) | R Sharma-70(46) SKY-40*(19) W Jacks-22(19) | J Unadkat-1/25(3) E malinga-1/33 Z Ansari-1/36(3.4) | POTM- Trent Boult for his 4/26(4) |
Mumbai Indians following his tradition of performing in later half of tournament has won 4 consecutive match to find himself in top 3 positions. The way Mumbai Indians are performing they are confident of reaching in Play offs.
| INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE-2025 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Played | Won | Loss | NR | Points | NRR | Remarks |
| 1 | Gujrat Titans | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | 12 | +1.104 | |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | 12 | +0.657 | |
| 3 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | +0.673 | |
| 4 | Royal Challenger Bengaluru | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 10 | +0.472 | |
| 5 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 10 | +0.177 | |
| 6 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | +0.054 | |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | +0.212 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | -0.633 | |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | -1.361 | |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1.392 | ||
Surya Kumar Yadav has scored in last few games and with 333 runs is in top 5 of Orange Cap.
| ORANGE CAP- IPL 2025 | ||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | SR | HS | Remarks |
| 1 | Sai Sudarsan | GT | 417 | 152 | 82 | |
| 2 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 377 | 204 | 87* | |
| 5 | Surya Kumar Yadav | MI | 333 | 162 | 68* | |
| 3 | Jos Buttler | GT | 356 | 165 | 97* | |
| 4 | Michel Marsh | LSG | 344 | 160 | 81 | |
There is no change in the top five who are in contention of Purple Cap. Prasid Krishna well ahead with 4 wickets.
| PURPLE CAP-IPL 2025 | |||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Best | Wicket | Remarks |
| 1 | Prasid Krishna | GT | 4/41 | 16 | |
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | DC | 3/22 | 12 | |
| 3 | Noor Ahmed | CSK | 4/18 | 12 | |
| 4 | Sai Kishore | GT | 3/30 | 12 | |
| 5 | Jos Hezlewood | RCB | 3/14 | 12 | |