The fourth and final IPL 2025 playoffs berth was sealed with Mumbai Indians’ 59-run win win over Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 21.
MI, who were put in to bat first, struggled a bit at the start as Rohit Sharma failed to get going while Ryan Rickelton and Will Jacks could not convert their starts. Suryakumar Yadav (73* off 43) was the star of the show, as after starting slow, he built an important partnership with Tilak Varma. He teed off eventually in the company of Naman Dhir as Mumbai Indians added 48 runs in the last two overs to reach a competitive 180.
Deepak Chahar and Trent Boult then struck early in the powerplay and put DC on the backfoot. Vipraj Nigam offered some resistance, but half the DC side was back in the hut even before the 10-over mark. Mitchell Santner (3 for 11) and Jasprit Bumrah (3 for 12) stifled the middle-order as MI eventually won by a massive margin.
The result means that MI will join Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings in the playoffs while Delhi Capitals have become the sixth and final team to be eliminated from the tournament.
Here are the most important numbers from the game:
1 – Suryakumar Yadav registered his 13th consecutive score of 25 or more in all T20s. This is a joint-world record he shares with Temba Bavuma who achieved the feat between 2019 and 2020.
1 – This match marked the fourth time in IPL 2025 that Tilak Varma played 25 or more balls in an innings while striking that less than 130. No other player has more such innings this season.
3 – Yadav’s season tally of 583 runs in IPL 2025 is the third-highest by an MI player. Sachin Tendulkar with 618 in 2010 and Yadav himself with 605 in 2023 are ahead.
2 – Yadav has also hit 30 sixes in this season – the joint-second most in an IPL season by an MI player. Sanath Jayasuriya hit 31 in 2008 while Ishan Kishan 30 in 2020.
5 – The 48 runs scored by MI in the last two overs of their innings is the fifth-highest in a single innings in IPL history. The record (54) was set by RCB this year against CSK in Bengaluru. Delhi Capitals made 53 from the last two overs against GT in Delhi in 2024. In third place are MI, who added 51 off the last two overs incidentally against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium. Punjab Kings made 49 against RCB at Dubai in 2020 in the final two overs.
1 – Jasprit Bumrah’s three-wicket burst made him the highest wicket-taker of all time against Delhii Capitals in the IPL with 30 wickets. The second spot is shared by Sunil Narine, R Ashwin and Piyush Chawla with 27 wickets each.
2 – With their qualification this year set in stone, Mumbai Indians have made it into the playoffs of an IPL season 11 times. Only CSK with 12 such seasons have finished in the top four more often.
