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. The IPL 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