Preview & Prediction: Match 45 (MI vs RR)

Pitch
Abu Dhabi: Assist for pacers. Last 5 night games have been chased here.


Probable XI
RR: Uthappa, Stokes, Smith, Samson, Buttler, Parag, Tewatia, Archer, Gopal, Rajpoot, Tyagi

MI: Quinton, Kishan, Surya, Pollard, Tiwary, Hardik, Krunal, Rahul, Boult, Bumrah, Pattinson/Nile
 

Head to Head
Head to Head MI are just ahead with 11-10


After losing both the games in 2018-19, MI won the game this season.

Players Match Up

Rajasthan Royals
-Buttler vs express pace this season: 57(42), 3 wkts
-Uthappa vs Legspin this season: 13(19), 3 wkts
-Samson vs express pace this season: 13(20), 2 wkts
-Samson vs Bumrah: 32(35), 2 wkts
-Smith vs express pace this season: 50(35), 3 wkts
-Smith vs Bumrah: 46(43), 3 wkts
-Stokes vs express pace in IPL: 66(59), 5 wkts

Mumbai Indians
-Kock vs express pace this season: 78(40), 0 wkts
-Pollard vs express pace this season: 68(28), 0 wkts
-Hardik vs Archer: 32(26), 2 wkts
-Kishan vs Tewatia: 18(5), 0 wkts

Fantasy Team
-Absence of Rohit lets you have peak pace attack.

HTH Records
Samson overtook Rahane in the last game for the leading run-scorer.