Sanju Samson‘s Rajasthan Royals will face Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians in Match 44 of Indian Premier League 2022.
The match will be held at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai on Saturday, 30 April 2022.
Rajasthan are placed second in the standings, having won six matches and lost only two games.
A win in this match can help RR reach the first position in the points table.
Mumbai are already out of contention for a play-off berth, having lost all their eight matches so far.
Current form
The Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous match by 29 runs.
They defended a meagre total of 144 runs with a disciplined bowling attack.
Uncapped bowler Kuldeep Sen picked 4 wickets for just 20 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin was also at his best as he picked 3 wickets for 17 runs.
Meanwhile, Mumbai lost their last match against Lucknow Super Giants by 36 runs.
The Royals need to win two more games to seal a playoff berth.
They will fancy beating Mumbai Indians, who have not found a way to win thus far in the season.
In the last meeting between both sides, Jos Buttler scored the first of his three centuries this season.
They also have the bowling attack to defend totals as has been proved in the matches that they have won defending.
Head to Head record
Mumbai and Rajasthan have faced each other in 26 matches in IPL.
Out of these 26 games, Mumbai have won 13 whereas Rajasthan have come out victorious on 12 occasion.
1 match ended without a result.
Pitch report
Jos Buttler is in the form of his life and has scored 499 runs this season.
He has struck 32 sixes and is the leading six hitter in the tournament.
He is the Orange cap holder.
Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer contributed with their batting.
Yuzvendra Chahal is leading the purple cap contest for this season, with 18 wickets in 8 matches.
Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna are bowling well in the powerplay.
Young fast bowler Kuldeep is touching 140 kmph consistently.
So RR’s bowling line-up is more balanced.
The Mumbai Indians’ openers are struggling.
Ishan Kishan is under too much pressure.
He is neither showing fluency nor scoring fast.
Rohit Sharma crossed the powerplay only three times.
Their economy rate is 12.43 in the death overs is the worst amongst all the teams.
Bumrah has only taken 6 wickets, which shows a lack of impact.
Rajasthan Royals Likely 11
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 Likely 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Hrithik Shokeen, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Riley Meredith, Jasprit Bumrah
Who will win?
Based on current form, RR look like the clear favourites.
The MI team looks totally broken and clearly needs a refresh button.
Their old heroes look like spent forces and they are just waiting for the season to end.
So our prediction is RR will win.
