IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals preview and head to head

Rajasthan Royals is another team after RCB who has been struggling in this season with just one victory in the 6 matches so far..

Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Rajasthan Royals in the first clash of Saturday (April 12) at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Mumbai Indians is leading on 3rd spot on the points table with 4 wins out of 6 matches. Rajasthan Royals is another team after RCB who has been struggling in this season with just one victory in the 6 matches so far.

 Mumbai Indians have won their last three matches consecutively and they will strive to maintain their momentum against Rajasthan Royals. Kieron Pollard was in brilliant form in the last match as he scored 83 off 31 balls while chasing 197 against Kings XI Punjab. He scored 46 off 26 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad and his form will be a problem for rivals.

Rajasthan Royals has been poorly performing in the tournament  as they are still looking for their second victory after 6 matches. They have lost their last two matches. RR gave the target of 151  which was chased by Chennai with 4 wickets in hand. Players like Jos Buttler, Steve Smith, and Ajinkya Rahane will have to pull up their socks against Mumbai to get the second victory for their team.

Head to Head

Matches-19

Mumbai won-10

Rajasthan won- 8

No Results - 1

Probable XI:


Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya,  Jason Behrendorff, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Alzarri Joseph,  Ishan Kishan.

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler,  Sanju Samson (WK), Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Tripathi.

 

Squads:


Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Alzarri Joseph, Anmolpreet Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Ankul Roy, Evin Lewis, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ben Cutting, Ishan Kishan (wk), Aditya Tare, Rasikh Salam, Barinder Sran, Jayant Yadav.

Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ashton Turner, Ish Sodhi, Oshane Thomas, Liam Livingstone, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Jaydev Unadkat, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Riyan Parag, Dhawal Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Manan Vohra, Rahul Tripathi.

 

Source: NYOOOZ DESK - IPL 2019