Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be locking horns with Mumbai Indias (MI) in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. While RR has played 8 games, MI has only played 7 games so far this season. RR has won 5 of their 8 games so far, and are placed in second place on the points table with 10 points to their tally and a net run rate of +0.939.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have won 3 of their 7 matches in IPL 2023, and are placed 9th on the points table with 6 points to their tally and a net run rate of -0.62. MI is coming on the back of two consecutive losses as they suffered losses against Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT) in their last couple of games.
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While the Rajasthan Royals are coming of a commanding win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their last game. These two teams have played a total of 29 matches against each other in IPL so far, where Mumbai Indians won 15 matches while Rajasthan Royals won 13 matches. Another exciting game is anticipated here between these two teams on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
How Rohit Sharma rotates the overs of Piyush Chawla will be very crucial as the leg-spinner has dismissed Sanju Samson twice in 36 balls and is also likely to match up well against Shimron Hetmyer, whose overall strike rate (107) and average (18) against legspin is well below-par. The spinner thus could be in play through the middle to the latter part of the innings if this match-up is to be exploited.
With Jofra Archer available for selection, MI is likely to ask Riley Meredith to warm the bench. Arjun Tendulkar is set to retain his position and so is Nehal Wadhera.
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendoff, Jofra Archer
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
The battle upfront with RR’s swing bowlers against Mumbai’s openers is loaded in favor of the visiting bowlers. Both Sandeep Sharma and Trent Boult have a decent record against the openers in the past, while Rohit’s struggle could continue even against the duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin, with the latter having dismissed him thrice. One obvious change would be Trent Boult coming in XI to replace Adam Zampa with the rest of the XI unlikely to be disturbed.
Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Jos Buttler (c), Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, Piyush Chawla, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Jason Behrendorff
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (vc), Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma (c), Cameron Green, Piyush Chawla, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Jason Behrendorff
