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IPL 2025

Rohit Sharma is on a roll

with his bat as Mumbai Indian

continue to shatter records

With a total of 6024 runs for MI, Rohit is second after Virat Kohli, who leads the

list with 8871 runs for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

OUR BUREAU leads the list with 8871 runs for Royal
Challengers Bengaluru. Rohit scored
Mumbai
a brilliant 53 off 36 balls before being
umbai Indians registered dismissed by Riyan Parag. His innings
their sixth consecutive vic- was studded with nine boundaries. This
Mtory in the Indian Premier was his third fifty in the ongoing IPL.
League (IPL) 2025, after beginning After a slow beginning in the first
with four losses in the first five games. half of IPL 2025, where Rohit made only
This matches their longest winning 56 runs in his initial five matches, Rohit
streak in the IPL, equalling their pre- recovered with 234 runs in his previ-
vious feat in 2008 and 2017. ous five innings, featuring two not-out
MI’s victory margin of 100 runs fifties and 53 against RR on Thursday.
against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on The veteran of the Mumbai Indi-
Thursday at the Sawai Mansingh Sta- ans is rediscovering his form precisely
dium in Jaipur marks their third win when his team requires it the most in
in the IPL by 100 or more runs. Only this crucial phase.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Earlier, the five-time champions,
have accomplished this more fre- Mumbai Indians (MI) registered their
quently, with four such victories. 150th victory in the history of the In-
Mumbai Indian’s victory also pro- dian Premier League (IPL) as they
pelled them to the top of the points defeated the Lucknow Super Giants
table for the first time in the IPL since (LSG) in the ongoing 18th edition of
April 17, 2021. For RR, it was their the cash-rich league on Sunday at the
second-largest defeat (by runs) follow- Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
ing the 112-run loss to RCB in 2023. A brilliant four-wicket haul by
This is the most consecutive wins right-arm seamer Jasprit Bumrah and
for MI in IPL (6), they have previously three wickets by Trent Boult powered
achieved this feat back in 2017 and 2008. the Mumbai side to a commanding win
RR was bowled out for 117 chas- in the ongoing Indian Premier League
ing a huge target of 218, this was the by 55 runs against the Super Giants.
first win for MI against RR in Jaipur This was the fifth consecutive
since 2012 after four consecutive loss- win for the Hardik Pandya-led side in
es. Boult and Karn finished their spell the ongoing edition of the cash-rich
with a brilliant bowling display, pick- league. At the moment, they are at the
ing up three wickets each. second position in the IPL 2025 points
MI batsman Rohit Sharma is now Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton run between the wickets during the IPL 2025 table after winning six out of their 10
the second player to score more than matches of the competition so far.
6000 runs for a single franchise in T20 match against Rajasthan Royals, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday (ANI Photo) This victory also marked their
cricket. Rohit reached this milestone 150th win after playing a total of 271
during the IPL 2025 game between MI lengers Bengaluru. Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mans- matches in the history of the IPL. No
and Rajasthan Royals on Thursday. Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit ingh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday. other team has achieved this landmark
Rohit is the highest run-scorer in Sharma is now the second player to Rohit Sharma is the highest so far in the competition.
the history of the IPL for MI. He has score more than 6000 runs for a sin- run-scorer in the history of the IPL The second-best team in this list
played 231 matches for Mumbai. With gle franchise in T20 cricket. Rohit for MI. He has played 231 matches for is the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Su-
a total of 6024 runs for MI, Rohit is reached this milestone during the In- Mumbai. per Kings (CSK), which has won 140
second after Virat Kohli, who leads dian Premier League (IPL) 2025 game With a total of 6024 runs for MI, matches after playing 248 matches in
the list with 8871 runs for Royal Chal- between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rohit is second after Virat Kohli, who the competition.

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