Mumbai Indians will be facing Rajasthan Royals (MI vs RR) on April 2, at 3:30 pm in DY Patil Stadium. Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals have played a total of 25 games in IPL in which Mumbai Indians won 13 games and Rajasthan royals won 11, 1 match did not have a specific result.
MI vs RR: Match Preview
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians will definitely try to get back to their best form after being defeated by Delhi Capitals. Ishan Kishan had hit an unbeaten 81 but that went in vain as MI scored 177 for 5 after they bat first. Kuldeep Yadav had a bowling figure of 3/18 and restricted Mumbai Indians to 177/5 in 20 overs and Delhi Capitals chased it easily and reached 179/6 in 18.2 overs.
Rajasthan Royals
The Rajasthan Royals bowlers were led by Prasidh Krishna who gave an impactful performance in the first over and dismissed skipper Kane Williamson for 2 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal picked three wickets and reached 250 scalps in the T20 format, and Pace bowler Trent bowler took two wickets. Skipper Sanju Samson was awarded MOM as he smashed three fours and five sixes in 27 balls and scored 55 and had a key stand of 73 with Devdutt Padikkal. Shimron Hetmyer hit 32 off 13 balls and scored two sixes to take the Royals’ total past 200 after being put in to bat first.
MI vs RR: Match Prediction
Mumbai Indians have won a lot of games against the Rajasthan Royals. The team is further strengthened by the comeback of Suryakumar Yadav. Rajasthan Royals defended Sunrisers in IPL 2022 and they are at the top of the points table. Mumbai Indians lost their opening match and it’s high time that both the batters and bowlers give their best. Sunrisers Hyderabad has a higher chance to win the match but mostly Mumbai Indians will give a tough fight to the team.
MI vs RR: Fantasy XI
Rohit Sharma from Mumbai Indians leads the team. He smashed 41 runs in the last game and his experiences can really come in handy.
Ishan Kishan from Mumbai Indians has hammered 81 runs in the last match. He’s right now in terrific form and a good choice.
Jasprit Bumrah did not take a single wicket in the last game but has the potential to take significant wickets in the upcoming match.
Yuzvendra Chahal from Rajasthan Royals grabbed 3 wickets in the last game and is in a good form to perform
Trent Boult from Rajasthan Royals took 2 wickets in the last match. He’s definitely an important pick.
Sanju Samson scored 55 runs in 27 balls and the skipper is definitely a good pick.
Devdutt Padikkal scored a quickfire 41 in the previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Prasidh Krisna picked the important wickets of Kane Williamson and Rahul Tripathy. The same performance is expected from him in the next match.
Shimron Hetmyer scored an easy 32 that helped Rajasthan Royals to post the total again Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Kieron Pollard has played 171 IPL matches so far and has scored a total of 3157 runs at an average of 30.54 and a strike rate of 149.57. His performance in IPL has always been outstanding.
Tymal Mills is another bowler who can be trusted in tough times. He’s a good choice for the fantasy XI.
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