In the 47th game of IPL 2018, the hosts Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) on Sunday night. In the latest points table (updated till May 12), MI is at the fifth position and RR is at the sixth position while both teams have 10 points.

Both teams have played 11 games in this season and both teams have won 5 games. The Sunday night game will be the sixth home game for MI and the sixth away game for RR in this season.

Earlier in this season, both met once at Jaipur on April 22 where RR claimed a 3-wicket victory with 2 balls to spare.

Before the beginning of the game, we are looking at some important stats of MI and RR, which are related to the upcoming match.

Also read: Match 47 (MI vs RR) – X-Factors of the Game!

Form in the IPL 2018

MI (in last five matches) – Won, Lost, Won, Won and Won

RR (in last five matches) – Lost, Lost, Lost, Won and Won  

Early meeting in this season: RR won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls to spare) at Jaipur on April 22.

(Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)

 (Notes: excluded the over-reduction innings. For RR: excluded their away game against Delhi Daredevils.)

(Total wickets taken with different bowling styles)

(Men in-form)

Head-to-head IPL records between MI and RR

Important IPL stats at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)

Also read: Match 47 (MI vs RR) – 5 Players to look out for       

Important IPL stats between MI and RR

(Team Stats)

(Individual stats)

Other important stats

• MI cricketer JP Duminy (5,964 runs) needs to score 36 more runs to complete 6,000 runs in T20 cricket. After AB de Villiers (6,527 runs), Duminy will be second South African batsman to achieve this feat.
• RR batsman Jos Buttler has played four consecutive 50+ innings in their last four games. If he scores another one in this game, that will be joint most no. of consecutive 50+ innings for a batsman in the IPL history. Only Virender Sehwag has the record to score 5 consecutive 50+ innings in the IPL history.
• RR batsman Jos Buttler (942 runs) needs to score 58 more runs to complete 1,000 runs in IPL career.
• RR cricketer Ben Stokes (49 wickets) needs to take one more wicket to complete 50 wickets in his T20 career.