Table-leaders Rajasthan Royals will take on Mumbai Indians in the 38th minute of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur on Monday. RR have ticked the right boxes in the ongoing season as they have won six matches out of the seven they have played.
Thus, they almost have their one foot in the playoff door. MI has managed three wins in seven games and has plenty of work to do. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Rajasthan Royals: W W L W W
Rajasthan Royals have come up with a collective effort in the ongoing season. RR have a balanced squad and all the players have played their part for the team. The inaugural champions will want more runs from Yashasvi Jaiswal’s bat, though.
Mumbai Indians: W L W W L
Mumbai Indians have a solid batting unit and the batters have delivered for the team. But they are missing a quality spinner in their team. Jasprit Bumrah has been amazing for the five-time champions, picking 13 wickets in seven games.
Head to Head: Matches: 31, Won by MI: 16, Won by RR: 14, Abandoned: 1.
Players to watch out for: Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, and Piyush Chawla will hold the key for MI.
MI Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Luke Wood, Kwena Maphaka.
RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
