Rajasthan vs. Mumbai Indian Today

Rajasthan Royal needs to win the match to remain in the playoff
Rajasthan vs. Mumbai Indian Today
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Today is the 36th match of the 12th edition of Indian premier league of 2019 in which Rajasthan Royal face Mumbai Indian in their home ground of Rajasthan at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Today.

Rajasthan Royals is also struggling with poor form and trying, again and again, to get their campaign back on track by registering their third win against Mumbai on Saturday. Prior, Rajasthan's team defeated Mumbai Indians on the same ground in the previous match. The team will try to repeat the same performance at home.

This battle between the two teams show all ups and down for the team in the league, on the one hand, Ajinkya Rahane the captain of Rajasthan lead the team and stuck on the seventh position in the IPL 2019 Points Table with just two wins in eight matches while Rohit Sharma's captain of Mumbai Indians are on the second position with six wins in nine matches.

Rajasthan is virtually out of IPL 2019 title's contention. With players such as Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Sanju Samson, Steve Smith and skipper Rahane himself, the side had one of the best batsmen-bowler combinations in IPL 2019 but they missed out on fixing minor issues that came to haunt them later on.

At the same time, with the enthusiasm of defeating Delhi in his home, Rohit Sharma's team also want to reach the playoffs by converting Rajasthan in the same house and matching the account. Due to the poor record of Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, the team's way will not be easy.

In addition to registering the only win against this field against Bangalore, the team has lost all their three home matches in the current season of IPL 2019.

Here are the playing 11 Probables of both the teams

Rajasthan Royals: Ajiknya Rahane, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Ashton Turner, Staurt Binny, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jayadev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ish Sodhi

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav/ Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Ben Cutting/Jason Behrendroff, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah

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