Abu Dhabi: Rajasthan Royals (RR) will seek a winning return as they take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Having secured 7 wins from 10 matches, MI are currently sitting at the top of the points table. While their regular skipper Rohit Sharma did not feature in their last game, they, under Kieron Pollard’s leadership, went on to seal a comprehensive win against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
On the other hand, RR, are on the seventh spot in the standings having secured 4 wins from their 11 games. The Steve Smith-led side is coming into this game on the back of an eight-wicket loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
In their last meeting, MI beat RR by 57 runs on the back of Suryakumar Yadav’s 79* and Jasprit Bumrah’s four-wicket haul. While MI will be out to make it 2-0 in their head-to-head battle against RR this season, RR will be eager to avenge that loss and register their fifth win.
Rajasthan Royals: Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson (wk), Steven Smith (C), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Manan Vohra, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh.
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock (w), Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, James Pattinson, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai.
