Sanju Samson’s young brigade will face on Mumbai Indians in match number 51 of IPL. In the first leg of the season, Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. It is now do or die journey for both the teams in the tournament, both the teams have 10 points in the points table. After today’s match, the journey of a team will end to some extent in the tournament. With 5 wins Rajasthan Royals currently sits at number 6 in the points table while Mumbai Indians at the 7 in the points table.
High scoring match can be seen in such a difficult situation. If we look at the team Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals look better than Mumbai Indians who has not performed to the expectations this season around. Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has already scored 480 runs in 10 games so far and with crucial games are coming up it’s expected the captain should lead from the front with some more standout innings. Having said that, Let’s take a look at three players’ battles to watch out for.
Sanju Samson vs Jasprit Bumrah
Sanju Samson is going through a brilliant phase in the tournament so far due to which the team’s hopes are still alive to reach ‘Playoffs’. After defeating a team like Chennai Super Kings in their last match, Rajasthan Royals will have a fair chance to reach ‘Playoffs’. In pressure Situations will Sanju Samson be at its best? Interesting to watch out for.
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The Mumbai Indians right-arm fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is one bowler who can turn around the fortunes of the team in such situations. On the verge of getting out of the tournament, a win from here can put Mumbai Indians back into the picture. In 12 games so far, Jasprit Bumrah has taken 17 Wickets as the leading Wicket taker from Mumbai Indians.
Trent Boult vs Yashasvi Jaiswal
After Bumrah, Mumbai Indians Trent Boult has been successfully bowler for the franchise with 12 wickets in 12 games so far. Trent Boult has also been successful in taking early wickets as a fast bowler. Mumbai Indians will be having high expectations from the experienced bowler to be at their best in such crucial games.
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The young Yashasvi Jaiswal has already impressed when he scored 50 runs off 21 balls which included 6 fours and 3 Sixes in a match against Chennai super kings. In a do and die game, the left-handed batsman showed his potential and will be interesting to watch when two left-handers go against each other.
Mustafizur Rahman vs Rohit Sharma
The left-handed fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has taken 13 wickets in 12 games at an average of 21. As a specialist bowler, Rahman has been a wicket-taker and bowled economical spells. Although in a match against Chennai super kings he went wicketless in his 4 overs spell. Rajasthan Royals will the hopes from him to provide the early breakthroughs to the team to restrict the oppositions at low score. Rohit Sharma, the captain of the five-time champion Mumbai Indians, will have the last chance to show emphasis with his bat. So far in the tournament, Rohit Sharma has scored 341 runs in 11 games and with a match against Rajasthan Royals, big innings could do wonders for them.
