Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. MI is currently standing at the ninth position on the points table of this season whereas Rajasthan Royals is currently placed at the top of the points table.
Mumbai Indians played one match in this season of the IPL 2022 where they failed to win that game while Rajasthan Royals (RR) played one game in this season where they won that match. MI played their opening game of the season against Delhi Capitals (DC) where the latter managed to win the match by 3 wickets. Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma smashed 81 runs and 41 runs respectively for Mumbai Indians in that game.
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On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals played their first game against Sunrisers Hyderabad where they registered a thrilling win by 61 runs. Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal played match-winning knocks of 55 runs and 41 runs respectively for Rajasthan Royals in that game. These two teams have played 26 matches against each other in the history of IPL where Mumbai Indians won 14 matches while Rajasthan Royals won the remaining games.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Suryakumar Yadav will be available for selection from this match and he will be replacing Anmolpreet Singh in the playing XI. Daniel Sams who had a miserable outing in the first match, might get replaced by someone like Fabian Allen who is a much better batsman than Sams and is a brilliant option in the spin department.Â
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams/Fabian Allen, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
The Royals have no good reason to make changes in their winning 11. Nathan Coulter-Nile had an off day against Sunrisers as he gave away 48 runs in 3 overs. The management could look to bring in Obed McCoy or James Neesham for Coulter-Nile. No other changes are expected for the Royals.
Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c), Devdutt Paddikal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Nathan Coulter-Nile/James Neesham, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
Fantasy Suggestion 1:
Jos Buttler, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Daniel Sams, Trent Boult (VC), Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Basil Thampi
Fantasy Suggestion 2:
Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (C) Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal (VC), Basil Thampi, Tymal Mills
