New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals Defeated Mumbai Indians to secure their place in the playoffs by 30 runs in their IPL 2026 match played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. With this result, Rajasthan finished on 16 points and joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the knockout stage. MI’s defeat also ended their campaign, as they finished ninth in the table.Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 205 runs for eight wickets. The innings built at a rapid pace late on, with 73 runs coming in the last five overs after a slow start at the start of the innings. Jofra Archer Played an important role with the bat as well, scoring 32 runs off 15 balls, hitting three sixes and a four to cross the 200 mark. Ravindra Jadeja, coming in at No. 9, continued to push the score further with three fours in the final overs. Rajasthan had a mixed start. Most of the focus was on Vibhu Suryavanshi and Yashvi Jaiswal, but Suryavanshi fell early in the 4th. Jaiswal appeared to be in good touch during his brief stay. He hit two huge sixes off Chahar and sent Will Jacks over long-off for another maximum, but his innings ended on 27 when he was caught out after a critical edge on a full ball. At 33 for two, Rajasthan were in trouble.Captain Ryan Prag couldn’t convert his start into a big score. He played a few attacking shots but in the sixth over a mistimed shot was caught by Tilak Verma off AM Ghazanfar (1/45). Dhruv Jural also played a steady innings of 38 off 26 balls with three fours and two sixes, but could not fully accelerate the innings.Dasan Shanaka added to the pace with a blistering 15-ball 29, which included three sixes, but his innings ended in the 11th over after a mix-up with Jural. Despite losing wickets, Rajasthan managed to reach a competitive total, helped by Archer’s late hits.In reply, Mumbai Indians were limited to 175 runs for 9 wickets. Their chase got off to a rough start as the top order collapsed early. Rohit Sharma (0 for 4), Naman Dhir (6 for 5), Ryan Rickelton (12 for 7) and Tilak Verma (3 for 7) all got out cheaply, putting MI under pressure.Surya Kumar Yadav Kept MI in the contest with a strong innings of 60 runs. He formed two important partnerships, first with Will Jacks (33) for the fourth wicket of 63 runs, and later with skipper Hardik Pandya (34 off 16 balls) for the sixth wicket of 48 runs. For a period, MI looked like they could chase down the target.However, Rajasthan regained control in the final overs of the match. Jofra Archer finished his spell with impressive figures of 3 for 17 in four overs, which included the wicket of Hardik Pandya. Nandre Berger then removed Suryakumar Yadav, ending MI’s resistance.Surya Kumar’s dismissal proved decisive as Mumbai’s hopes ended there. Rajasthan’s bowling unit held their nerve to secure a comfortable win, securing their play-off spot and knocking out Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in the process.
