Rajasthan Royals will play Mumbai Indians in their first away game of the Indian Premier League 2024 campaign at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.
The MI vs RR match on April 1 is scheduled to start at 7.30 PM IST. TheIPL 2024 game will be available to watch on live streaming for free in India.
The Royals continued their unbeaten run at home winning the second game against Delhi Capitals by 12 runs on Thursday. Riyan Parag was the architect of the Royals’ win with an unbeaten 84 off just 45 balls powering the team to a competitive total.
Parag hit seven fours and six sixes to score his third fifty en route to record his highest score in the history of the IPL. Nandre Burger and Yuzvendra Chahal picked up two wickets each to slow down the Capitals’ chase. Avesh Khan produced a brilliant final over to ensure that the Royals kept their successful home run intact.
The Royals have four points from two matches with a net run rate of +0.800 and are one among three teams that have won all their matches in IPL 2024 so far.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians, which lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad last week in a high-scoring game, are yet to open their account this year.
RR vs MI form in IPL
Rajasthan Royals have won four of their last five matches coming into this match whereas the Mumbai Indians have won two out of their last five.
Rajasthan Royals last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
DC | Jaipur | Won | March 28, 2024 | 12 runs |
LSG | Jaipur | Won | March 24, 2024 | 20 runs |
PBKS | Dharamsala | Won | May 19, 2023 | 4 wickets |
RCB | Jaipur | Lost | May 14, 2023 | 112 runs |
KKR | Kolkata | Won | May 11, 2023 | 9 wickets |
Mumbai Indians last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
SRH | Hyderabad | Lost | March 27, 2024 | 31 runs |
GT | Ahmedabad | Lost | March 24, 2024 | 6 runs |
GT | Ahmedabad | Lost | May 26, 2023 | 62 runs |
LSG | Chennai | Won | May 24, 2023 | 81 runs |
SRH | Wankhede | Won | May 21, 2023 | 8 wickets |
The two teams have played each other 28 times in the IPL. The Royals have come up victorious on 12 occasions, with the Mumbai Indians winning 15 and one match abandoned without any result.
Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians met each other last time in the IPL 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where the Mumbai Indians were victorious by six wickets.
MI vs RR venue: Wankhede Stadium records
Rajasthan Royals scored 222/2 in their IPL 2022 match against Delhi Capitals to record their highest aggregate at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Highest team total | 235/1 by RCB vs MI, 2015 |
Lowest team total | 67/10 by KKR vs MI, 2008 |
Highest individual score | 133* by AB de Villiers, RCB vs MI, 2015 |
Best bowling figures | 5/18 by Harbhajan Singh, MI vs CSK, 2011 |
Highest partnership | 215* by Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, second wicket, RCB vs MI, 2015 |
Win rate batting first | 30% (3 Won; 7 Lost) |
Average first innings score | 186 |
Average winning score | 216 |
MI vs RR, IPL 2024: Players to watch out
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a brilliant century against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in their IPL 2023 encounter. His 124, which came off just 62 balls at a strike rate of 200.00, included 16 fours and eight sixes and powered the Royals to 212/7.
Though the Royals lost the match by six wickets, Jaiswal was awarded the Player of the Match for his exploits. Ravichandran Ashwin had picked up two wickets for 27 runs off his four overs.
Sanju Samson, who is 15 runs short of reaching 4000 runs in the IPL, and Riyan Parag have been in good nick during IPL 2024 scoring unbeaten half-centuries in their wins against Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals respectively.
Jos Buttler with 746 runs at an average of 35.50 and a strike rate of 146.30 will look to extend his good run at the Wankhede Stadium.
Trent Boult and Burger have picked up wickets with the new ball whereas Avesh and Sandeep Sharma have played the death bowlers’ role to perfection.
Chahal and Ashwin who lead the wicket charts, in the current Royals squad, at the Wankhede Stadium with 17 wickets apiece, have served the team’s cause well picking wickets in the middle overs.
MI vs RR stats and milestones to watch out
- 4000: Sanju Samson needs 15 runs for 4000 runs in IPL
- 200: Ravichandran Ashwin needs 1 match for 200 matches in IPL
- 50: Avesh Khan needs 1 match for 50 matches in IPL
- 100: Shimron Hetmyer needs 2 catches for 100 catches in T20s
- 500: Sanju Samson needs 2 boundaries for 500 boundaries in IPL
- 200: Yashasvi Jaiswal needs 3 boundaries for 200 boundaries in IPL
Where to watch Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2024 live
Live streaming of the Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals match will be available on the Jio Cinema App and website. The MI vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India. The match will start at 7.30 PM IST.
MI vs RR squads
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Shivalik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Piyush Chawla, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Romario Shepherd, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara, Luke Wood
