Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians: Mumbai's search for first win continues

While Mumbai Indians are out of the race for playoffs, their search for wins continues.

Rajasthan Royals have won 6 out of the eight matches and are placed second in the points table with 12 points. Their squad is in formidable form and gives a hard time to its opposition teams. Jos Buttle dominates the proceedings with his bat, whereas Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin are spilling the spin web to trap the batters well. 

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have lost eight matches on the trot and are in a drought of wins. The five-time champions are struggling with their batting as well as bowling. Neither Ishan Kishan nor Rohit Sharma can anchor the innings. Even Jasprit Bumrah is not at his best with the pace attack. The players need to back their instincts and play the game with confidence.

Pitch Report

In the last three of the five matches played at Dr DY Patil Stadium, the team batting first has scored less than 160 runs. The pitch remains balanced, and the team winning the toss will look to chase. 

Probable Playing XI

Rajasthan Royals: 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: 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

Stats to keep an eye on

• Six of Prasidh's nine wickets in IPL 2022 have been in the powerplay.
• Royals' average of 15.7 per wicket with spin is by far the best this season. No spin attack has taken more wickets than them.
• Rohit Sharma has been out five times out of eight inside the powerplay, the most in a single IPL season.

Rajasthan Royals, of course, are favourites to win tonight and have already defeated Mumbai Indians once in this league. They will look to dominate as in other games, whereas Mumbai Indians will look to improve and give a clinical performance.