Playing XI
Venue Insights (Abu Dhabi)
Highest Team Total: 206/4 By Punjab Against Chennai In 2014.
Lowest Team Total: 70/10 By Bangalore Against Rajasthan In 2014.
Highest Individual Score: 95 By Glenn Maxwell (Punjab) Against Chennai In 2014.
Best Bowling Figures: 4/20 By Sunil Narine (Kolkata) Against Mumbai In 2014.
Highest Partnership: 131 By Jacques Kallis And Manish Pandey (Kolkata) For 2nd Wicket Against Mumbai In 2014.
Win Rate Batting First: 40% (4 Won; 6 Lost)
Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders
Pollard has managed to score 208 runs this season at an astounding SR of 200. Also, captaincy gets the best out of him, as the last time he batted as a captain he produced a knock of 83 (31), his highest score in the IPL.
Stokes has not yet taken a wicket this season but has managed to score 110 runs so far in 5 matches.
Hardik didn’t get enough opportunities this season, but he does provide quickfire cameos down the order. A look at his last 4 matches against Rajasthan: 30*, 23, 28* and 36; all of which have come at a collective SR of 177.
Top Fantasy Picks - Bowlers
With 17 wickets Bumrah is 2nd in the list of purple cap holders. His IPL career best bowling figures of 4/20 was indeed against Rajasthan earlier this season at Abu Dhabi; the same opponent and venue of today’s fixture.
With 15 wickets Jofra is the leading wicket taker for Rajasthan this season. Stat alert: Against Mumbai Archer has taken 10 wickets (5 matches) at an impressive average of 13.30 and SR of 12.00, both of which is his personal best against an IPL opponent.
After an IPL career best bowling figures of 4/18 in the recent match, Boult should be an interesting pick. Stat alert: He has never been wicket-less against Rajasthan in the IPL; (2/26, 2/27 and 2/26 last 3 matches against Rajasthan)
Top Fantasy Picks - Batsmen & Keepers
Scores of 46*, 53, 78*, 53, 23 and 67 prove that de Kock is in a great touch. To go with that, he has inflicted 14 dismissals this season, the 2nd highest by a keeper.
A look at Suryakumar’s score against Rajasthan while representing Mumbai: 79*(this season), 34, 16, 38 and 72. His average of 46.50 against Rajasthan is his personal best against current IPL opponents.
Steve Smith has a batting average of 46.44 against Mumbai, his personal best against current IPL opponents. Also, after a rough patch in the middle, Smith has produced scores of 19, 26* and 57 in the recent matches this season.
Probable XI
Mumbai : Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock(wk), Suryakumar Yadav,Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Rajasthan : Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson(wk), Steven Smith (c), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Kartik Tyagi
Preview
Rajasthan play Mumbai in the second game of the Sunday double header in Abu Dhabi. Mumbai would be flying high after demolishing Chennai on Friday while Rajasthan were humbled by Hyderabad the other night. They need to win this game to keep their hopes alive of making it to the playoffs. Their task is cut out, with just a couple of individuals doing well in batting or bowling. As opposed to Mumbai, who are consistently performing well as a unit. They were without Rohit Sharma on Friday and given that they are in a comfortable position in the points table, the management might just decide to rest Rohit for one more game and allow Kieron Pollard to try and win his 16th T20 game in a row as a captain. A well-oiled unit with pretty much everything going their way, Mumbai look poised to confirm their berth in the playoffs with their 8th win.
Toss : Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat first.