Mumbai Indians Team has booked their berth in the semifinals of the cash rich and lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL-3) after defeating Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.

Rajasthan skipper Shane Warne won the toss and invited Mumbai to bat first. Mumbai scored 174 runs for loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar smashed unbeaten 89 runs in just 59 balls while J P Duminy scored 31 runs.

Chasing the target of 175 runs, Rajasthan lost two many wickets in the early overs. Rajasthan managed to score only 137 runs for loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Zaheer Khan picked up two wickets while D Kulkarni, K Pollard and Harbhajan Singh chipped in with one wicket each.

Mumbai is now leading the points table with 16 points by winning 8 out of 11 matches while Rajasthan has slipped to fourth place with 12 points.