RR vs MI, IPL 2024 Toss result and playing XIs for today’s match, umpires list and pitch report
Rajasthan Royals (RR) are up against Mumbai Indians (MI) in match number 38 of IPL 2024 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday, April 22.
RR and MI experienced contrasting fortunes in the first half of the tournament. While Rajasthan are atop the points table, with six wins from seven matches, Mumbai are seventh, winning three of their seven matches.
Rajasthan Royals' only loss so far came against Gujarat Titans by three wickets in Jaipur. Since then, they have registered two close wins against Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets and two wickets respectively. Against KKR, they broke the record for the highest successful chase in the IPL.
Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, have resurrected their IPL 2024 campaign after a disastrous start, winning three of their last four games. In their previous match against PBKS, they registered a nine-run win. MI went down to RR by six wickets in the first half of the competition, so they would be keen to make amends.
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Today's RR vs MI toss result
MI have won the toss and have opted to bat first. Captain Hardik Pandya said:
“Looks like a good wicket. It might slow up, did not see a lot of dew during the practice days, and so wanted to bat first.”
Mumbai have made three changes to their team. Nuwan Thushara, Nehal Wadhera and Piyush Chawla are in for Romario Shepherd, Akash Madhwal and Shreyas Gopal. For Rajasthan, Sandeep Sharma is back, while Kuldeep Sen misses out.
RR vs MI - Today's match playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan subs: Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Keshav Maharaj, Navdeep Saini
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai subs: Naman Dhir, Dewald Brevis, Shams Mulani, Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara
Today's RR vs MI pitch report
According to Brian Lara, the pitch looks very beautiful - it's dry, hard and even. There's not a lot of moisture in this pitch, which creates bounce, he added. It's difficult to play the bowlers that are bowling directly at the stumps, which is why the scores have been around 180-190, Lara concluded.
Today's RR vs MI match players list
Rajasthan Royals squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Keshav Maharaj, Tanush Kotian, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore
Mumbai Indians squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Dewald Brevis, Kwena Maphaka, Harvik Desai, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar
RR vs MI - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Saidharshan Kumar, Anil Chaudhary
TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee: Manu Nayar