Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI) will face Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, trying to eliminate each other from the Indian Premier League’s playoff berth.
Both Mumbai Indians, who are in No. 4 position, and sixth-placed Rajasthan Royals have 10 points each from 11 matches and are very much in contention to be in the top four at the end of the round-robin stage.
Top-placed SunRisers Hyderabad, who have 18 points from 11 games, are the only team to have booked a place in the playoffs. Second-placed Chennai Super Kings are second with 14 points from 11 games, while Kings XI Punjab are third with 12 points from 10 games.
The Wankhede game on Sunday evening is crucial because the winning side will keep the losing team away from the race to the playoffs.
Mumbai are coming into the game on the back of a hat-trick of wins over Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders, who played them twice.
In Mumbai, they defeated Kolkata by 13 runs, defending a total of 181/6, before the side travelled to Bengal and condemned the hosts to a 102-run victory, riding on Ishan Kisdhan’s 21-ball 62 blast.
These wins have seen three-time champions Mumbai jump to the fourth spot despite a disastrous start to their campaign.
Ahead of the clash, here is everything you need to know:
Date: Sunday, 13 May 2018.
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Telecast: Star Network.
Time: 8 pm IST.
Live streaming: Hotstar.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians (From): Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Ben Cutting, Pradeep Sangwan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Akila Dananjaya, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Adam Milne
Rajasthan Royals (From): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Heinrich Klaasen, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin, D Arcy Short, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ish Sodhi, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera
-With IANS inputs.