FANTASY
Follow UsWith Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore already through to the playoffs, champions Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals will be aiming for the lone remaining spot when they face off at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Rajasthan, after a rocky second leg, recovered with a massive win over CSK in their previous game and will look to trounce the defending champions who lost to Delhi Capitals to fall to sixth in the table.
IPL head-to-head
Overall matches: 23 | MI - 12 wins | RR - 11 wins
Last five matches: RR - 3 wins | MI - 2 wins
Suggested team
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Ground details
Sharjah has produced low-scoring thrillers one after the other for nine matches where teams were unable to breach the 150-plus score before the game between Punjab Kings and RCB broke that template. Spinners have claimed 23 off the total wickets so far, but if MI and RR get a good batting pitch, they will have to rely on their wrist spinners. Pacers still hold the sway at Sharjah this season as they have struck every 18.4 balls and bowled at an economy of 7 which is the same as the spinners.
Captain
Sanju Samson has led RR from the front with consistent performers which has been key to their top-four challenge this season. Irrespective of the team's performances the RR skipper has always delivered in IPL 2021 with 480 runs at a strike rate of 139.5.
Our Criclytics player projector predicts Samson could score 33-49 runs in this match.
X-Factors
Yashaswi Jaiswal has struggled for a major part of IPL 2021, but he found his scoring touch with a quickfire 50 off 27 balls which was vital for his side to chase down a big total against CSK. The youngster will mostly likely open the innings against with Evin Lewis against MI.
Our Criclytics player projector predicts Jaiswal could score 30-46 runs in this match.
Jasprit Bumrah has not been the most consistent which was evident in Mumbai's issues with bowling and defending low totals. However, he has shown in the past three matches that he is still MI's go-to bowler for all conditions.
Our Criclytics player projector predicts Bumrah could pick 2-3 wickets in this match.
Trent Boult is a dependable option for MI in the death overs where he has claimed seven wickets from 10 matches this season, the only second MI bowler in the top-10 besides Bumrah. The left-armer will be expected to deliver as Mumbai make the final push for the final play-offs spot.
Our Criclytics player projector predicts Boult could pick 0-1 wickets in this match.
Probable XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Kartik Tyagi/Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav/Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult.