IPL 2019: Rajasthan opt to bowl, MI skipper Rohit Sharma returns from injury

In-form Mumbai Indians, who have won their previous three games are placed at the third position in the points table an will look to attain fourth straight win. On the other hand, Royals have just won a single game this season and will look to get a morale-boosting win

It will be the battle of the titans between the West Indian duo of Kieron Pollard and Alzarri Joseph when Mumbai Indians lock horns with a struggling Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match at Wankhede Stadium in which Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma's return from injury will also be awaited. In-form Mumbai Indians, who have won their previous three games are placed at the third position in the points table and will look to attain fourth straight win. On the other hand, Royals have just won a single game this season and will look to get a morale-boosting win. Coming to the Toss, Rajasthan won the toss and opted to bowl with a few changes as injured Stokesky replaced by Liam Livingstone and Gowtham is back in the playing XI as well.

The @rajasthanroyals have won the toss and look to bowl first against the @mipaltan.#MIvRR pic.twitter.com/d7ewzREVMU

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2019

After winning the toss, Rahane said,” Not sure how this pitch will play, but it will get better under lights. We have been playing some good cricket, but in T20s, we need to play well in the crunch situations.” Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma returns from injury, replacing Siddesh. “It's a 4 PM game, should help the spinners. The pitch shouldn't be much of a factor. We need to play some good cricket, we are in a roll as a team and need to continue doing It.”, said Rohit. Teams (Playing XI): Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Liam Livingstone, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Alzarri Joseph, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah