Match Preview – RR vs MI thirty eighth Match, IPL

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Match particulars

Rajasthan Royals (P7 W6 L1; 1st) vs Mumbai Indians (P7 W3 L4; seventh)

Jaipur, 1930 IST (2pm GMT)

Huge image – Mumbai bowlers must chip in

After dropping three video games in a row, Mumbai Indians bounced again with three wins of their subsequent 4 matches. Nonetheless come Monday, in opposition to the high-flying Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance alone won’t be sufficient to ensure a win.Desk-toppers Royals have gained six of their seven video games with Sanju Samson (276 at a strike fee of 155.05), Riyan Parag (318 at 161.42) and Jos Buttler (250 at 147.92) contributing 844 runs. Up in opposition to a robust batting facet, Mumbai will want different bowlers to chip in as effectively if they’re to maneuver up within the factors desk from sixth place.For the guests, Bumrah has led the assault with 13 wickets at an economic system fee of 5.96. Their new-recruit Gerald Coetzee has been inconsistent on this IPL, however he stepped up in opposition to a spirited Punjab Kings with 3 for 32. Although responsible of leaking 9.92 runs per over in his first IPL season, he has accounted for 12 wickets in seven video games, joint-second within the wicket charts.

Nonetheless, barring the 2 seamers, Mumbai’s bowling has disappointing. Their general economic system of 10.11 is the third worst among the many groups and so they common 31.67 with the ball.

Hardik Pandya and Akash Madhwal bowled in 5 video games, each conceding greater than 11 runs an over for a mixed 9 wickets. Shreyas Gopal changed Piyush Chawla within the spin division, however has not discovered his ft but. The under-utilisation of Mohammed Nabi has additionally damage Mumbai – the Afghan spinner has bowled simply six overs in 4 matches, with no wickets to point out.

On paper, Royals begin as favourites and would look to finish their ultimate recreation in Jaipur on a excessive.

Type information

Rajasthan Royals WWLWW (final 5 matches, most up-to-date first)

Mumbai Indians WLWWL

Earlier assembly

Earlier within the competitors, Royals beat Mumbai by six wickets on the Wankhede Stadium in a low-scoring recreation. Trent Boult’s 3 for 22 rattled Mumbai and so they had been restricted to 125 for 9. In reply, Parag’s unbeaten 54 off 39 helped Royals chase down the goal inside 16 overs.

Crew information and impression participant technique

Rajasthan Royals

Certainly one of Yashasvi Jaiswal or Jos Buttler will sub out when the group is bowling, with seamer Kuldeep Sen coming in as an impression participant. It’s nonetheless not clear if Sandeep Sharma will likely be accessible for the sport.

Possible XII 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Sanju Samson (capt & wk), 4 Riyan Parag, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Dhruv Jurel, 7 Rovman Powell, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Trent Boult, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Kuldeep Sen, 12 Yuzvendra Chahal.

Mumbai Indians

Since Suryakumar Yadav’s comeback from damage, he has been used as an impression sub, with seamer Akash Madhwal changing him when the group bowls. Mumbai might proceed with the identical strategy in Jaipur additionally.

Possible XII 1 Ishan Kishan (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Tim David, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Shreyas Gopal, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Gerald Coetzee, 12 Akash Madhwal

Within the highlight – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Gerald Coetzee

Yashasvi Jaiswal had a powerful season within the IPL final 12 months, scoring 625 runs at a median of 48.07 and a strike fee of 163.61. Greater than half of these runs got here contained in the powerplay the place he scored 361 runs. Nonetheless, on this IPL, he has been going by a lean patch, having scored 121 runs at a median of 17.28 and a strike fee of 145.78. Although Parag, Samson and Buttler have shouldered the majority of the accountability in batting, Royals would hope Jaiswal will get his mojo again.

Gerald Coetzee has ramped up his efficiency within the latest occasions, to be the second highest wicket-taker for Mumbai behind Bumrah, with 12 scalps. In an in any other case misfiring bowling unit, Mumbai will rely on him and Bumrah to maintain Royals at bay.

Stats that matter

Jaiswal has been dismissed six out of seven time contained in the powerplay this IPL.

Bumrah and Coetzee combinedly have taken a complete of 25 wickets to date in IPL 2024.

Parag has hit 20 sixes in seven innings, essentially the most for a Royals batter.

Buttler’s strike fee drops to 95.38 in opposition to Bumrah in IPL. The Mumbai quick bowler has dismissed him two out of eight occasions, for 62 runs off 65 balls.

Yuzvendra Chahal has picked up a wicket in every of his seven matches. In Jaipur, he has seven wickets from 4 video games so far.

Royals have the third-best common of 27.79 and second-best economic system of 8.73 with the ball, behind Chennai Tremendous Kings.

Pitch and circumstances

Sawai Mansingh Stadium has hosted 4 video games to date and when Royals had batted first in three of these, they posted scores of 193, 185, 196. It has been a batting-friendly venue with some help for spinners. The ultimate recreation in Jaipur can be anticipated to be a high-scoring one.

Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo