Team news
Suryakumar Yadav was fit and available for selection for MI but Star Sports team haven’t spotted him at the warm-ups. Will Anmpolpreet get another chance?
Results at DY Patil Stadium this season
In the first game, PBKS beat RCB by 5 wickets with both teams scoring in excess of 200 runs. And in the second RCB beat KKR by 3 wickets with both teams registering under-150 totals.
Pitch report
Rohan Gavaskar with the pitch report: “Third game at the DY Patil Stadium and it is a third new pitch, a fresh pitch. We have seen two different scores here, the first game saw a score in excess of 200 while the second was below 130, the reason being the bounce. This (new pitch) is a good one to bat on. There will be runs scored but like in the previous pitch the lengths will be the key. If the bowlers hit the right lengths then the batters will find it a little bit tougher.”
Previous contest
In the last match between these two sides, Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Head-to-head
Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals have faced off 24 times with MI winning 13 times and RR on 11 instances
First match: Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, started their IPL campaign with an emphatic 61-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. Sanju Samson was superb with the bat as he scored 55. Devdutt Padikkal also flourished with the bat, with 41. Yuzvendra Chahal was brilliant with the ball and picked up three wickets while Prasidh Krishna chipped in with two wickets.
First match: Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians were quite good in their first match against Delhi Capitals but still lost owing to splendid knocks by DC batters Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav. Ishan Kishan smashed a superb 81 of 48 and MI skipper Rohit Sharma also scored 41 of 32. Basil Thampi was impressive with a three-wicket haul.
Squads:
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Karun Nair, James Neesham, Rassie van der Dussen, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Daryl Mitchell, Obed McCoy, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Garhwal
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Anmolpreet Singh, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Riley Meredith, Ramandeep Singh, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Arshad Khan, Dewald Brevis