Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians
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51st Match:
The match between RR and MI is the fifty-first meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on October 5th 2021.
RR vs MI History:
The teams competed against each other 26 times, till date. Out of them, RR won 12 times but lost 13 times. 1 match was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against MI are LWLWW.
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.
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.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 9 times at the neutral venue. RR won thrice, whereas MI won 5 times. 1 game was abandoned without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against MI are LWLWL.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Rajasthan Royals:
RR is at sixth rank in the table and will come to fourth of fifth position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will go down to seventh position in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WLLLW.
Mumbai Indians:
MI is at the seventh position of the table and will come to fourth of fifth position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will stay at the same position in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LWLLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Sharjah shows the weather would be sunny and clear throughout the game. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 4% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 32 to 34 Celsius. The wind would be between 7 to 19 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 17 times in 24 matches. The selection favors the teams, as the teams won 11 times and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first just 7 times, and the team won the match thrice and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLLWW.
Overall, the teams, who won the toss, won 14 times and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWL.
The first batting team won 9 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 15 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLLW.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 125 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 224 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 114, and the highest total was 228 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 112 runs, whereas the highest was 226 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.48 and 29.89 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against MI at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RR had 4 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an average record, as the team won 2 times and lost also 2 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LWWL -.
MI got 5 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has a below average record, as the team won 2 times and lost 3 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are LLWWL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with winning XI.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: Y. Jaiswal, E. Lewis, S. Samson, S. Dube, D. Miller, G. Phillips, R. Tewatia, A. Singh, M. Markande, C. Sakariya, M. Rahman
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with the unchanged XI despite the defeat.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: R. Sharma, Q. de Kock, S. Yadav, S. Tiwari, H. Pandya, K. Pollard, K. Pandya, N. Coulter-Nile, J. Yadav, J. Bumrah, T. Boult
*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.
