Overview:
Mumbai Indians who experienced defeat in a bizarre manner against Delhi Capitals in their first game will face the Rajasthan Royals who begun their campaign with a thumping win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
While Rajasthan may seem to have the edge on paper but a champion side like Mumbai can never be written off under any circumstances.
Probable XI & Team News:
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi
Suryakumar Yadav is back from NCA, Bangalore and he will be slotted into the XI at the cost of Anmolpreet Singh.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, James Neesham, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
Nathan Coulter-Nile got injured while playing RR's previous game against SRH. He is unlikely to be available for this game due to his injury and James Neesham is the most likely contender to replace him.
Pitch Report: The DY Patil ground has a pitch that bestows decent bounce to the bowlers but often it stays true. We can expect matches that produce scores in the vicinity of 160-170 as a standard fare with it being an afternoon game. Overall, it is a surface that has help on offer for both the departments.
Stats:
- MI and RR have faced each other 27 times in total with MI winning 14 and RR winning 12. In IPL, there have been 25 encounters in total with MI coming out victorious on 13 occasions while RR won on 11 occasions with 1 game being a no result.
- Suryakumar Yadav (MI) has amassed 348 runs in 11 innings and averages 38.67 against Rajasthan Royals.
- Jasprit Bumrah (MI) has pocketed 14 scalps in 10 matches against RR. He averages a mere 17.57 against them.
- Jos Buttler (RR) has hammered 300 runs in 5 innings versus MI.
- Wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) has taken 22 scalps in 15 matches and averages 21.18 against MI.
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