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IPL Playoffs Scenarios: Mumbai Indians have taken strong steps towards IPL playoffs by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Mumbai team, playing under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, has now won 5 matches and third in the point table …Read more
IPL 2025 Mi Vs SRH: fellow players congratulating Trent Bolt on taking wickets. (AP)
Highlights
- Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- This is the 5th win of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.
- Pandya’s team is now at number three in the point table.
IPL Playoffs Scenarios: Mumbai Indians (MI), who has been punched by victory, has firmly moved towards IPL playoffs. Rohit Sharma’s team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets on Wednesday in IPL 2025. With this victory, Mumbai Indians have jumped into the point table and captured the third position. The team which was at number nine days ago, is now running a gallop on the path of victory. Let’s know what is the equation and schedule of Mumbai Indians reaching the playoffs.
Mumbai’s fourth consecutive win
In the IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians competed on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl. Captain Hardik Pandya’s decision brought color. The bowlers of Mumbai Indians stopped Sunrisers Hyderabad for 143 runs for 8 wickets. After this, the turn of the batter came, which was led by Rohit Sharma (70). Mumbai Indians achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 15.4 overs thanks to Rohit’s best innings. This is Mumbai Indians’ fourth consecutive and overall fifth win in IPL 2025.
After Gujarat-Delhi, now Mumbai…
Mumbai Indians have won 5 of their 9 matches. This has scored 10 points. Now only Gujarat Titans (12) and Delhi Capitals (12) are in better position than Mumbai. Thanks to better runs, Gujarat’s team is at number one. Apart from Mumbai in the point table, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Supergiants also have 10-10 points. Mumbai is third on the basis of better runrate, Bangalore fourth, Punjab fifth and Lucknow at number six. The Kolkata Knight Riders (6) are followed by them. Rajasthan Royals (4), Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) and Chennai Super Kings (4) have won only two matches each and are in the last three places in the point table.
Three wins will lead to bat
16 marks are usually sufficient to qualify for IPL playoffs. In this context, the teams of Gujarat and Delhi still need at least two wins. Mumbai Indians need to win at least three of the remaining 5 matches to qualify for the playoffs on their own. Even if she wins only two matches, she can still stay in the playoff race but then she will have to depend on the victory and defeat equation of other teams.
Mumbai Indians’ next 5 matches schedule |
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| date | against | place |
| 27 April | Lucknow Supergiants | Mumbai |
| 1 May | Rajasthan Royals | Jaipur |
| 6 May | Gujarat Titans | Mumbai |
| 11 May | Punjab kings | Hospice |
| 15 May | Delhi Capitals | Mumbai |
Three out of 5 matches are to play at home
Mumbai now has to play at least 5 league matches in the tournament. His matches are from Lucknow Supergiants, Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals respectively. Out of these 5 matches of Mumbai Indians, three will be at Wankhede Stadium. For the remaining two matches, Mumbai Indians will have to travel to Jaipur and Dharamshala.
