Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
Blog Highlights @
42nd Match:
The match between MI and RR is the forty-second meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 30th 2023.
MI vs RR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 28 times, till date. Out of them, MI won 15 times and RR won 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RR are WLWWL.
@ MI Backyard:
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.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (MI):
The team completed 262 games, out of them the team won 145 times and lost 113 times with 4 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the ninth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 6 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fifth to seventh place with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the ninth (same) place with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LLWWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for MI are LWLWW.
The Visiting Team (RR):
The team completed 209 games, out of them the team won 106 times and lost 98 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the second place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team at the top place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the second (same) to fifth place with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WLLWW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results of RR are LWWWL.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 2% to 4% as of now, so there would be rare chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 29 to 30 celsius throughout the engagement. The wind would be between 6 to 12 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the play and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 29 times in 107 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 14 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 15 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 43 times and lost 35 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWWL.
The first batting team won the matches 49 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 58 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 57 times including a tied outing and lost 50 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWLW.
The Home Side (MI):
The team won the toss 43 times in 74 games. The team won 26 times including a super over victory and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWLW.
The team never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2016.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2019.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLWWL.
The team never got a chance to chase the target after losing the toss since 2017.
The team never lost a match while chasing the target after losing the toss since 2015.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.56 and 26.08 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other 7 times at the venue. MI won 4 times, whereas RR won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RR at the venue are LLWWW.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (MI):
The team had a very good record at the venue, as the team won 45 times including a super over victory in a tied outing and lost 29 times in 74 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are LWLWL.
The Visiting Unit (RR):
The team had an average record at the venue, as the team won 9 times and lost also 9 times in 18 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WLWWL.
The side has never won the toss since 2021.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
The side never lost an outing after being sent to the bat after losing the toss, till date.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with J. Archer, if fit, in place of R. Meredith.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: RG. Sharma, I. Kishan, C. Green, S. Yadav, + T. Varma, T. David, N. Wadhera, J. Archer, A. Tendulkar, P. Chawla, + J. Behrendorff
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with T. Boult in place of A. Zampa.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: Y. Jaiswal, J. Buttler, S. Samson, + D. Padikkal, S. Hetmyer, D. Jurel, R. Ashwin, J. Holder, T. Boult, S. Sharma, Y. Chahal, + K. Yadav
*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. *Notes: "***" means the match was tied and the first super over was also tied and the match was decided through the second super over. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.news9live.com/sports/cricket-news/ipl/ipl-2023-mi-vs-rr-weather-and-pitch-report-at-the-wankhede-stadium-in-mumbai-today-au2213-2122264
