Mumbai Indians will face Rajasthan Royals today in the Indian Premier League. The 14th match of the 17th season between the two will be played at Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai from 7.30 pm. The toss will take place at 7 pm. Five-time champion Mumbai is at the bottom of the points table after losing both its opening matches. At the same time, Rajasthan team captained by Sanju Samson is at third position after winning both its initial matches.
28 matches were played in IPL between Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals. Mumbai won 15 matches and Rajasthan won 12 matches. A match was also requested. The last match between the two teams was played in Mumbai last year. In this, Mumbai won by 6 wickets. Eight matches were played between the two teams at Wankhede Stadium. Out of which 5 were won by Mumbai and 3 by Rajasthan. Mumbai played 78 matches at Wankhede Stadium, out of which the team won 61% i.e. 48 matches.
If we talk about Wankhede pitch here, it generally proves to be most helpful for the batsmen. High scoring matches are seen here. Fast bowlers also get help on this wicket. Here bowlers get good swing and bounce, especially while bowling with the new ball. So far 109 IPL matches have been played here. Out of which 50 matches were won by the team batting first and 59 matches were won by the team chasing.
Probable playing eleven for both teams
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Naman Dheer, Tilak Verma, Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Shams Mullaney/Kumar Karthikeya, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Cootjee and Jasprit Bumrah.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper and captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan.