‘Everyone is clear and…’: Hardik Pandya speaks about how ‘Playing simply; is doing wonders for MI in IPL 2025

Pandya speaks about MI doing well by 'Playing simply'

Following their sixth consecutive win in the ongoing 2025 season, Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya has stated that it was important for him and his team to stay disciplined and be humble.

Mumbai Indians stomped through the Rajasthan Royals (RR) batting unit, and wrapped up the team for just 117 runs, winning the match by 100 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

“Everyone is very clear and we are going back to simple cricket, it is working for us and hopefully it continues. We want to be humble, very disciplined and keep focusing,” said Hardik at the post match presentation.

“We could have got another 15 runs. What we were trying to speak to each other was to play percentage shots. Surya and I said there’s value for shots… Ro (Rohit) and Ryan batted the same way. I think it was absolutely fantastic,” he added

“It is never about people getting chances; it’s about what is required in the situation. People are going back to batsmanship. As a group, the way we batted was proper batsmanship,” Hardik Pandya concluded.

Mumbai Indians crushed Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs to end the home team’s playoffs hopes in the Indian Premier League here on Thursday.

Coming to the match, MI were sent to bat first and rode on brisk half-centuries from Rohit Sharma (53 off 36 balls) and Ryan Rickelton (61 off 38) to post a formidable total of 217 runs.

Skipper Hardik Pandya (48 off 23 balls) and Suryakumar Yadav (48 off 23) gave finishing touches to MI’s innings with their whirlwind knocks.

The likes of Jasprit Bumrah (2/15) and Trent Boult (3/28) then rattled the RR batting before leg-spinner Karn Sharma (3/23) wrapped up a big win for the visitors.

Wonder boy Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed by Deepak Chahar for a two-ball duck.