The second match of Saturday’s doubleheader will see Rajasthan Royals (RR) lock horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) at the DY Patil Sports Academy. Mumbai, who are yet to open their account in IPL 2022, will be desperate to secure a win.
MI’s batting order just hasn’t clicked, minus Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma’s consistent scores. Ishan Kishan, who was bought at a whopping 15.25 crores – the second-highest ever for an Indian player in an IPL auction – has looked ordinary alongside Rohit Sharma.
Apart from their batting inconsistency, MI have death overs worries too, with Jaydev Unadkat having the worst economy rate in the death among the 32 bowlers with at least 25 overs in the phase between 16 and 20 of 12.17.
The Royals have played complete cricket so far in IPL 2022. Despite Jos Buttler shouldering the weight of RR’s batting so far this season, his failure against RCB put the onus on the middle-order. Riyan Parag admirably stepped up and delivered at a time when his place in the XI. RR will hope to continue the good job in the upcoming games and keep the winning streak going.
Match Details
Match 44: Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Mumbai Indians (MI)
Venue: Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date & Time: 30th April at 7:30 PM IST and Local Time
Pitch Report
The surface is expected to remain balanced throughout the match. In the last 3 out of 5 matches, the team batting first has managed to score less than 160 runs.
Predicted Playing XI
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Daryl Mitchell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Hrithik Shokeen/Mayank Markande, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Riley Meredith, Jasprit Bumrah
Match Prediction
Mumbai Indians have had an upper hand whenever they have locked horns with Rajasthan Royals, having won 14 of 28 matches played while RR have won on 13 occasions. While MI are yet to hit the winning straps, they will be the favourites to win the match. Betway has also placed their odds in favour of the five-time IPL champions at 2.00.
Fantasy Team Predictions
Fantasy Team 1: Jos Buttler (c), Sanju Samson, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Tilak Varma, Riyan Parag, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna
Fantasy Team 2: Sanju Samson, Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Tilak Varma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal (vc), Prasidh Krishna, Riley Meredith, Kuldeep Sen
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