IPL 2019, Match 27: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals - Statistical Preview

Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will meet on Saturday (13th April) afternoon at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). Both teams will play their seventh match in IPL 2019. Meanwhile, MI will play their fourth home match in this season, and RR will play their third away match in this season.

In IPL 2019, MI has earned eight points after winning four matches. On the other hand, RR has won only one match this season.

Teams’ Stats

MI

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest): Won, Lost, Won, Won and Won

RR

IPL 2019 form (in last five matches; oldest to latest): Lost, Lost, Won, Lost and Lost

Head-to-Head records

Overall (20 matches): MI won 11 matches; RR won 9 matches

In IPL (18 matches): MI won 10 matches; RR won 8 matches

At Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (6 matches): MI won 4 matches; RR won 2 matches

In last five matches: MI won 2 matches; RR won 3 matches

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Players’ stats

(MI)

Rohit Sharma

i) The Indian cricketer will lead the MI side for the 100th time. He will become the first MI captain to lead the side in 100 T20 matches.

ii) The right-handed batsman has scored 7,913 runs in T20 career, and he is 87 runs away to complete 8,000 T20 runs. Among the Indian cricketers, only Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli have reached the 8,000 runs landmark in T20 career.

Yuvraj Singh

i) The left-handed batsman has hit 149 sixes in his IPL career. With one more six, he will become the 12th batsman to hit 150 or more IPL sixes.

Jasprit Bumrah

i) The right-arm pacer has picked up 69 IPL wickets for MI. With three more IPL wickets, he will become the third most IPL wicket-taker for this side. Currently, their top three IPL wicket-takers are Lasith Malinga (157 wickets), Harbhajan Singh (127 wickets) and Mitchell McClenaghan (71 wickets).

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Hardik Pandya

i) The right-handed batsman has hit 47 IPL sixes for MI in 56 matches. He is three sixes away to complete his 50 IPL sixes for this side. Among the MI cricketers, Kieron Pollard (171 sixes), Rohit Sharma (135 sixes) and Ambati Rayudu (79 sixes) have hit 50+ IPL sixes till the date.

(RR)

Jaydev Unadkat

i) The left-arm pacer has picked up 149 wickets in 120 T20 matches. He needs to take one more wicket to complete his 150 T20 wickets.

Ajinkya Rahane

i) The right-handed batsman has hit 47 IPL sixes for RR. With three more IPL sixes, he will become the fourth RR batsman to hit 50 or more IPL sixes. Shane Watson (109 sixes), Yusuf Pathan (61 sixes) and Sanju Samson (54 sixes) were the first three RR cricketers to achieve this feat.