Toss & Conditions

Wankhede pitch No. 6 is IPL mein teesri baar aur February se paanchvi baar use hogi. Kyunki yeh afternoon game hai, agar surface grippy ho aur match ke saath slow hoti jaaye, to batting first ek viable option dikh raha hai.

Head-to-Head

Last teen meetings mein RR MI ke against 2-1 se lead karte hain. Most recent clash mein RR ne 150 defend kiya aur MI ko 123/9 tak rok kar 27 runs se jeet gaye. Defining detail yeh tha ki chase karte hue MI 9 down finish hue, isliye target se short reh gaye. Baaki do results mein dono taraf swings dikhe, ek heavy MI win aur ek RR win by nine wickets with eight balls remaining.

RRRajasthan Royals 150/3

MIMumbai Indians 123/9

2026-04-07 · RR won by 27 runs

RRRajasthan Royals 117/10

MIMumbai Indians 217/2

2025-05-01 · MI won by 100 runs

RRRajasthan Royals 183/1

MIMumbai Indians 179/9

2024-04-22 · RR won by 9 wickets (With 8 balls remaining)

Mumbai Indians

MI regular season mein 9th pe 8 points ke saath hain. Unke last teen games sab tight finishes rahe hain, jisme ek one-ball win aur do narrow defeats shamil hain. Most recently, Kolkata Knight Riders ke against chase karte hue woh 1 run se short reh gaye.

MIMumbai Indians 147/8

KKKolkata Knight Riders 148/6

2026-05-20 · KKR won by 4 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

MIMumbai Indians 205/4

PBPunjab Kings 200/8

2026-05-14 · MI won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

MIMumbai Indians 166/7

RCRoyal Challengers Bengaluru 167/9

2026-05-10 · RCB won by 2 wickets (with 0 ball remaining)

Rajasthan Royals

RR 5th pe 14 points ke saath hain aur abhi playoff zone mein. Unke last teen matches mein Lucknow Super Giants ke against high-scoring win ke baad Delhi Capitals ke against close loss aaya. Latest result mein 220 concede karne ke baad bhi unhone seven-wicket win with five balls remaining nikaal liya.

RRRajasthan Royals 225/3

LSLucknow Super Giants 220/5

2026-05-19 · RR won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

RRRajasthan Royals 193/8

DCDelhi Capitals 197/5

2026-05-17 · DC won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

RRRajasthan Royals 152/10

GTGujarat Titans 229/4

2026-05-09 · GT won by 77 runs

Playing XI

News & Facts

Key Stats

Prediction

Chaaro models RR ko favour karte hain, model average RR 63% vs MI 37% (RR ke liye range 59–70%). Bookmakers models se alag ja rahe hain aur near parity dikha rahe hain: MI 51% (1.90) vs RR 49% (1.91). Key stats mein RR ki clean sweep 7-0 hai, jo points, NRR, Elo, recent H2H, aur phases ke across better economy rates se driven hai. Outcome ka frame RR ke playoff qualification equation aur Bumrah vs Sooryavanshi rematch se banta hai, unki is season pehli meeting ke baad.

Archer’s powerplay punch

Jofra Archer set the tone early, and Rajasthan Royals never let it slip, sealing a 30-run win over Mumbai Indians. After RR’s innings threatened to drift in the middle, they exploded at the death to post 205/8, then watched Archer and company shred MI’s top order before the chase could find rhythm. Mumbai did mount a brief counterpunch through Suryakumar Yadav, but the asking rate kept climbing and the finish line stayed distant.

Powerplay wrecks the chase

The match swung hardest in the first six overs of MI’s reply. They stumbled to 49/4 in the powerplay, a hole too deep against a 206 target, and it forced their middle order to hit at nearly 11 an over just to keep pace. Even with a 63-run stand between Will Jacks and Suryakumar stabilising the innings, the required rate never dipped enough. The squeeze tightened at the back end: MI managed only 25 in the death overs, losing three wickets as boundaries dried up.

Archer, Surya, and RR’s finish

Archer’s 3/17 was the defining spell: hard lengths, late movement, and no freebies when MI needed a fast start. Suryakumar’s 60 off 42 briefly made the chase feel alive, especially through the middle overs, but he lacked sustained support once the asking rate spiked. For RR, Dhruv Jurel’s 38 off 26 kept the innings ticking before the late-overs burst — 57 in the final phase — turned a competitive total into a commanding one.

Numbers pointed to RR’s phases

Pre-match indicators leaned towards RR because they’ve generally controlled games through tighter phase bowling and better overall momentum, and this contest followed that script. Mumbai’s vulnerability up front — flagged by their higher powerplay economy and recent inconsistency — showed up with the bat instead, as early wickets dictated a riskier chase. The bookmakers’ near-even call hinged on MI’s star power and home comfort, but RR’s ability to finish innings strongly proved the bigger separator.