India, May 2 -- The ground was painted pink in Jaipur, so was the crowd. Rajasthan Royals were playing in a customised pink playing kit too. But that's as far as they could go with manufacturing home advantage.

Mumbai Indians' men in blue came out a blistering all-round display to blow away RR on Thursday. Their 100-run victory took them right at the top of the points table and closer to the playoffs. This was MI's sixth successive win; the slow start they had at the beginning is now a thing of the past.

Without the injured Sandeep Sharma and Wanindu Hasaranga, the RR bowers had a stiff task before their hands. They tried to even the contest against a red-hot MI batting line up with tactical gameplay all the way through. They hung in th...