Mumbai Indians Playing 11 vs Rajasthan Royals- IPL 2024, Match 14

Mumbai Indians take on Rajasthan Royals in match 14 of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium on April 1, Monday. This is the first home game for MI and the third game each for the two teams.

Mumbai Indians are heading into this game after back-to-back losses against Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai Indians bowlers went for 277 runs in their previous game against SRH. They reached 246 in the chase making the match the highest ever in terms of runs as 523 runs were scored in the game.

The match gave alarming signs and glimpses of the weakened MI bowling lineup. Jaspeit BUmrah has returned to the side. However, there is a lot of pressure on him to deliver. Gerald Coetzee too went for plenty as dis the replacement for 16-yer-old Kwena Maphaka. The only positive sign with this pace attack is all of them are good bowlers and should come good in the remaining games.

Hardik Pandya’s captaincy has been the talking point in both of MI’s losses. He did not start with Jasperit BUmrah in both the games which was a surprise call. He did not use him well throughout the bowling phase as well. Piyush Chawla too went for plenty as did Hardik who went for 46 off his four overs.

The batting lineup looks good and is expected to deliver at home. Rohit Sharma now freed of captaincy gave glimpses of his old self as he scored a quickfie 26 off 12 balls. Ishan Kishan and Yilak Varma need to take more responsibility in the absence of Suryakumar Yadav.

A BCCI official said that he is still progressing well in his fitness and might miss a few more games for Mumbai Indians. In his absence, Tim David also needs to take more responsibility. In this article, we predict the possible Mumbai Indians playing XI.

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Mumbai Indians Playing 11 vs Rajasthan Royals- IPL 2024, Match 14

Rohit Sharma

The former MI skipper will open the batting. He scored 26 off 12 balls against SRH. He needs to have a big game for his team. The last time he scored over 400 in the IPL was in 2019. He is one short of 100 catches in the IPL.

Ishan Kishan (WK)

Kishan will open the batting with Rohit. He scored a duck against GT and only 34 of 13 balls against SRH. Discarded from the Indian team, he needs to have a big season for a comeback.

Naman Dhir

Naman will slot in at three in the absence of SKY. He scored a good-looking 30 off 14 balls and added an 84-run stand with Tilak Varma. He will get another chance in Suryakumar Yadav’s absence.

Tilak Varma

The southpaw slots in at four. He scored 64 off 34 balls but was dismissed at the wrong time. He scored 397 in IPL 2022 and 343 in IPL 2023 which paved his path into the Indian team.

Hardik Pandya (C)

Hardik will bat at five, He had two opportunities to perform with the bat but he could not. With the ball, he was expensive in both games. He had a real chance to finish the game against GT, his former franchise. He is and will be under pressure as captain in the next game.

Tim David

David will slot in at six. In both the games, he did not get enough balls to face and thus make his presence felt. He hopes to be promoted to the batting order. He is inching closer to 500 runs for Mumbai Indians.

Piyush Chawla

Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah will bat at eight in the lineup. However, his main job is to bowl. He has been underused as a bowler by his skipper Hardik Pandya. So far he has picked three wickets in the first two games. He is two short of 150 wickets in the IPL for Mumbai Indians.

Shams Mulani

Mulani will be the specialist left-arm spinner. He recently won the Ranji Trophy with Mumbai. He went for 22 off his two overs against SRH. He is yet to pick his first IPL wicket.

Gerald Coetzee

Coetzee will be the second overseas player in the XI. He made his IPL debut against GT and picked up 2/27. Against SRH, he went for 57 off his four overs and picked up a wicket.

Kwena Maphaka

The 16-year-old South African pacer completes the possible XI for Mumbai Indians. He made his IPL debut in the last game and went for 66 in his very first game after bowling the first over for just seven runs. He was roped in as a replacement for Dilshan Madushanka who was ruled out with an injury.

Impact Sub: Romario Shepherd / Dewald Brevis

Either Shepherd or Brevois can be used as the Impact Sub depending on the opposition and the match situation. Brevis is a specialist batter while Romario is an all-rounder. Brevis was Used as an Impact Sub in the first game and Shepherd in the second.

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