Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians will meet each other in match number 45 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season. RR are seventh at the moment with just four wins from 11 games. They need a win to stay alive in the tournament. Meanwhile, facing MI will be difficult. The four-time champions have been on song and have collected 14 points.
RR haven’t quite managed to get a move on in IPL 2020 and you have to point out their batting which is rather inconsistent to their liking. With the ball, Jofra Archer has been terrific with the ball but the support has been missing. RR need an all-round effort.
Meanwhile. MI have been superb to watch this season. Rohit Sharma is expected to be back after missing out against CSK. There are batsmen taking up responsibilities and Quinton de Kock’s consistency at the top has handed them the onus.
Pace-bowling duo of Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah have picked up wickets in a heap.
RR vs MI: Dream11 team prediction
Batsmen: Ishan Kishan, Steve Smith, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav.
Wicket-keeper: Quinton de Kock (c).
All-rounders: Kieron Pollard, Ben Stokes.
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Jofra Archer (vc), Shreyas Gopal.
Rationale behind the Dream11 team
The batting gets the desired punch with Smith and Uthappa getting the berths from RR. MI duo Kishan and Surya lend support to De Kock, who gets the leadership nod.
Pollard and Stokes are the two all-rounders. The bowling gets three wicket-taking pacers in the form of Archer, Boult and Bumrah. Meanwhile, Gopal is the lone spinner.
Probable starting XI
RR – Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, Steve Smith (c), Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (wk), Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, Ankit Rajpoot.
MI – Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah.
Match prediction
One backs MI to get past this RR side.
Head-to-head record
In 22 meetings, MI have won 11 as RR have sealed 10 wins. One match didn’t have any result.