Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
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24th Match:
The match between MI and RR is the twenty fourth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on April 29th 2021.
MI vs RR History:
The teams competed against each other 25 times, till date. Out of them, MI won 12 times and lost 12 times, too. 1 match was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RR are LWLLL.
MI Home:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of MI. The home team won 6 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RR are LLWWW.
RR Home:
The teams faced each other 8 times at the home ground of RR. The host won 6 encounters. On the other hand, the visiting team won just twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against MI are WWWWL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 8 times at the neutral venue. MI won 4 times, whereas RR won thrice. 1 game was abandoned without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RR are LWLWW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Mumbai Indians:
MI is at the fourth position of the table and will stay at the same position (fourth) with earning 2 points after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LLWWL.
Rajasthan Royals:
RR is at seventh rank in the table and may earn 2 points and will come at the fourth position after winning the match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WLLWL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Delhi shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the game. The precipitation percentage would be 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 36 to 41 Celsius. The wind would be between 9 to 17 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease with the match progress.
Toss and Pitch:
Record of Last IPL (2019):
Teams prefer to bat first 4 times in 7 matches. The selection behaves neutral to the teams, as the team won twice and lost twice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LWWL -.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, which happened thrice out of 7 matches, won all three times, including once in one over eliminator in a tied game and never lost, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWW* – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 5 times including a tied game and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWWW.
The first batting team won the matches twice. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won also 5 times including a victory in a super over.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLWL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 168 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 164 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 115, and the highest total was 187 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 121 runs (chased down the target), whereas the highest was 185 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 22.79 and 25.68 is for the second innings.
Record of IPL 2021:
Teams prefer to bat first in an only played match. The selection didn’t favor the team, as the team never won and lost the outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are L – – – -.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first never happened, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are – – – – -.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, never won the match, yet and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are L – – – -.
The first batting team never won the match, yet. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won once.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are L – – – -.
Score:
The highest successful chase is 172 on the ground.
The first inning total was 171 runs. For the second inning, the total was 173 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 57.00 and 57.67 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other just once at the venue. MI won the outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against MI at the venue are L – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
MI got 14 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an average record, as the team won 7 times and lost 7 times, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are WLWLL.
RR had 10 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has a below average record, as the team won 4 times and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LLWWL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with A. Milne in place of J. Yadav.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: R. Sharma, Q. de Kock, S. Yadav, I. Kishan, H. Pandya, K. Pollard, K. Pandya, A. Milne, R. Chahar, J. Bumrah, T. Boult
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with winning XI.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: Y. Jaiswal, J. Buttler, S. Samson, S. Dube, D. Miller, R. Tewatia, R. Parag, C. Morris, J. Unadkat, C. Sakariya, M. Rahman
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
