Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will have an encounter at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
RR is standing at 2nd in the points table and MI is standing at 8th in the points table.
MUMBAI INDIANS (MI) Analysis:
PC: Google
Mumbai lost two matches back to back. They lost their last match against GT by a margin of 55 runs.
Once again the team struggled in their batting lineup. None of the players showed effort against GT bowlers. Rohit again faced difficulty in strike rotation due to which his runs did not come so easy. Kishan batted slow in his last match. Green showed consistency in both batting and bowling and he is scoring runs in the last few matches. Tilak Varma also contributed runs in the middle order. Suryakumar inconsistency with the bat again shows.
Their bowling needs to be more disciplined. They conceded 200+ runs in their last two matches. Piyush Chawla is the most consistent bowler in MI lineup. His record against Samson and Hetmyer is great. He might be introduced early on. Archer is fit and he might be seen in the playing 11. Behrendorff must be more accurate with his bowling line and length towards the death.
RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR) Analysis:
PC: Google
RR wins their last encounter against CSK. They won the match by 32 runs.
Yashasvi’s finest innings against CSK was highly commendable. He scored 77 runs. Butler started well but was unable to convert it in big innings. Samson is continuously scoring low. After his first two matches his string of low score continues. Dhruv Jurel, the young talent showing some great effort in the death overs.
Adam Zampa bowled brilliantly against CSK and grabbed 3 wickets. But he might be dropped and Trent Boult could be introduced again. Ashwin is constant with his wicket picking. Chahal was expensive in his last two matches but he definitely got back his performance soon.
HEAD TO HEAD (RR vs MI):
They played 27 matches against each other.
| RR | MI | |
| WON | 12 | 14 |
| HIGHEST SCORE | 208 | 212 |
| LOWEST SCORE | 90 | 92 |
Pitch Report:
The match will be played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This pitch always favors the batsmen. High scoring match might be expected. Pacers might get some help from the pitch.
Probable 11 for MI:
Rohit Sharma ©, Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya.
Probable 11 for RR:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Butler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Jason Holder, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma.
Predicted 11 for the match:
Jos Butler, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, R ashwin, Cameron Green, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Sharma.