MI vs RR Score Highlights: Mumbai Indians Won The Match By 7 Wickets, Rajasthan Royals Slip Down In Points Table
New Delhi's Arun Jaitely Stadium will host Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021 on Thursday. Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first on a batting friendly Delhi wicket. MI made one important change, they swapped in a bowler for a batsman. Will this change in strategy work for Mumbai Indians?
Background
IPL 2021: Mumbai Indians will face Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday afternoon. The match will be played at the Arun Jaitely Stadium which was formely called Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. Mumbai Indians Captain, Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. He made one change in the side; Ishan Kishan makes way for Natan Coulter-Nile in the team. Rohit has gone in with an extra bowler. On th other hand, Rajastha skipper Sanju Samson did not make any canges in his side.
Both teams had an aaverage IPL sofar, they have won 2 out of the 5 matches played so far. There are problems in both the teams. Top order batting is a cause of concern for both RR and MI. The pith in Delhi looks good for batting. It was expected that the captain winning the toss would look to chaase as the pitch will get better as the match progresses.
The Mumbai Indians are coming into this match after a six day long break. The team that wins today will make their position further solid in the league. Rohit Sharma, at the toss said, "We want to play fearless cricket, hopefully the guys take the responsibility."
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
MI vs RR: De Kock in good form
IPL 2021: MI vs RR
Mumbai Indians need 53 runs in the last 6 overs with eight wickets in hand.
Not a difficult task for the MI batsmen, ut they will have to bat well. Especially, de Kock and Pandya, who are set need to bat a little longer and take MI to a non-risky position in the chase.
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