MATCH DETAILS:

The 45th match of the 2020 Indian Premier League ( IPL) will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians.

This game is scheduled to begin at 07:30 PM IST (local time at 06:00 PM) (UTC at 02:00 PM). Star Sports Network (available in English, Hindi, Telugu , Tamil, Kannada and Bengali) will telecast the game. On Disney+ Hotstar, live streaming will also be available.

PREVIEW FOR DREAM11 FANTASY:

The Rajasthan Royals (RR) are still bogged down by many questions about the composition of their squads, even at this point of the tournament. There are numerous doubts expressed about their batting order and the loss to the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) only added fuel to the fire in their last game. With just three more games left in the tournament, in their upcoming match, the Royals are expected to take on the Mumbai Indians (MI).

Mumbai Indians managed to put up a comprehensive performance despite missing Rohit Sharma in the last game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). To regain the top spot on the points table, they registered a comfortable 10-wicket victory. In this tournament, they look to be a team to beat and will start this game as the firm favourites.

WEATHER REPORT:

The weather is expected to be sunny tomorrow. The visibility would be about 10 km, i.e. 6 miles, and 1013 mb of atmospheric pressure. The temperature during the day is going to hit 33 ° c and at night the temperature is going to drop to 23 ° c. With no precipitation and cloud covering 0 percent of the atmosphere, it will be dry, the moisture will be about 29 percent.

PITCH REPORT:

At this venue, the team that wins the toss might opt to bat second. With a target in mind, batting at this venue is simpler. The chasing teams have won on 8 occasions in 14 games so far.

INJURY AND AVAILABILITY NEWS:

There are no availability and injury issues regarding players from both sides.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF RAJASTHAN ROYALS:

Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith (c), Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot/Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi/Jaydev Unadkat.

BENCH:

David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Manan Vohra, Tom Curran, Shashank Singh, Oshane Thomas, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mahipal Lomror, Andrew Tye, Kartik Tyagi/Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Rajpoot/Varun Aaron.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF MUMBAI INDIANS:

Rohit Sharma (c)/Saurabh Tiwary, Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile/James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.

BENCH:

Dhawal Kulkarni, Rohit Sharma/Saurabh Tiwary, Nathan Coulter-Nile/James Pattinson, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai.

CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN OPTIONS:

1. Captain Options– Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav.

2. Vice-Captain Options – Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer.

DREAM XI TEAM FOR RAJASTHAN ROYALS Vs MUMBAI INDIANS:

1. Wicket Keeper– Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock (c), Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler (vc).

2. Batsmen– Suryakumar Yadav, Steve Smith and Robin Uthappa.

3. All-Rounders – Ben Stokes.

4. Bowlers– Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Jofra Archer.

*Disclaimer: A team here is picked based on the perception, analysis, and gut feeling of the author. When you select your team, analyze the points mentioned to arrive at your own decision.*