RR vs MI IPL Match 51: Dream11 Playing XI Predictions, Top Picks

The reigning Mumbai Indians champions will make a last-ditch attempt to get their thwarted Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign back on track when they face the confident Rajasthan Royals in their penultimate league match on Tuesday in Sharjah.

The five-time champions were aiming for a hat-trick, which would be a first in the tournament’s 14-year-history, but a poor show by their batsmen led the team down.

Team Form
Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan Royals stunned Chennai Super Kings with a superlative batting performance from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shivam Dube. Rajasthan Royals kept their playoff hopes alive by beating toppers Chennai Super Kings in their previous match by 7 wickets with 15 balls left in the game. The tournament is still wide open and Rajasthan need to win their remaining 2 matches to make it to the playoffs.

Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians are seventh at -0.453. The loser on Tuesday will be out of the tournament, but then Kolkata Knight Riders are already on 14 points with a positive net run-rate of +0.294. Even if Mumbai win against Rajasthan and then happen to thrash laggards Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final match to reach 14 points, there’s no guarantee that they would be able to go through.

Match Details
Match 51: Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians

Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Date & Time: October 5th at 7:30 PM IST, and at 6:00 PM local time

Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar

Pitch Report
Sharjah’s surface in the second leg of the Indian Premier League has been sluggish. But the wicket looked comparatively better to bat on in the last match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. Anything over 150 is a defendable score on this wicket.

Head-To-Head
Matches played: 26

Rajasthan Royals won: 12

Mumbai Indians won: 13

No Result: 1

Top Picks
Yashasvi Jaiswal: The Mumbai southpaw has redeemed himself in the second leg of the Indian Premier League. He scored his maiden IPL half-century against Chennai Super Kings. He scored his 50 in just 19 deliveries. In 8 matches in this tournament, he has scored 237 runs at an average of 29.62.

Jasprit Bumrah: Jasprit Bumrah is the only shining light in the Mumbai Indians star-studded line-up. The speedster has bagged 17 wickets in 12 matches at an economy of 7.59.

Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya, Akash Singh, Mustafizur Rahman

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar/Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah