Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals: RR will look to maintain a winning streak 

In contrast, Mumbai Indians will look for the first win as they had got beaten by a depleted Delhi Capitals in the first match.

Mumbai Indians aims for a comeback after losing their first match.

Mumbai Indians in their first match against Delhi Capitals, looked very strong compared to the opposition. At a point in time, there came a situation where Mumbai Indians looked to be so much in the game that it felt like they would break the curse of losing their first match of every season going on since IPL 2012. However, Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav stole the game away. Despite losing the match, they had many positive takeaways like Ishan Kishan's spectacular innings and winning performances by Basil Thampi and Murugan Ashwin. However, the team will be looking forward to the return of Suryakumar Yadav, who has recovered from a hairline fracture and might make a comeback with today's match. 

Rajasthan Royals to keep their momentum going 

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have one of the most balanced squads this year. They have an extremely fierce bowling attack. They wrapped up Sunrisers Hyderabad early to have a huge 61-runs win over them. They are one of the formidable teams and will be the favorites to defeat in this tournament. The Pink team, though delighted with the first win, filled with confidence, will look to maintain consistency with their performance. If top-order batters delivered their part well in the game, they have an entire bowling army with Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal to help them seal the game with grace. In the last match, their bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile tumbled and left the field after bowling just one ball. It remains whether he has recovered or will be missing today's match.

Pitch report

Of the two matches played here, a very contrasting experience was witnessed, and it seems difficult to predict how the wickets would behave. However, bowling first appears to be a favorable option with the pitch's bounce.

Predicted Probable XI

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Tymal Mills, Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult

Stats to keep an eye on

It will be interesting to see Trent Boult against his previously played franchise Mumbai Indians. He has been able to dismiss Rohit Sharma four times in T20I.

Shimron Hetmyer has struggled against Jasprit Bumrah.

This is going to be the 200th T20 for Rajasthan Royals' skipper Sanju Samson.

While it has always been a tight fight between the two teams, the Mumbai Indians has an edge of 13-11 wins in the head-to-head battle and have also been winning from the past three matches against them. It will be interesting to see whether Mumbai Indians will continue this form or Rajasthan Royals will be able to cash in from their winning momentum and break their losing streak against Mumbai Indians.