Rajasthan Royals choose to chase in must-win game against Mumbai Indians

Rajasthan Royals gained the toss and chose to bowl against Mumbai Indians of their IPL 2025 fixture in Jaipur. Coming into this sport from the excessive of their 14-year-old opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi scoring a match-winning century, they needed to cope with a big setback. Sandeep Sharma, one in every of their key gamers, has been sidelined with harm (damaged finger), very similar to their common captain Sanju Samson (belly pressure) leaving the staff under-strength at an vital time.

RR must win all of their video games to remain in playoff rivalry. Riyan Parag, who’s standing in as captain, confirmed one other change as properly with Wanindu Hasaranga (niggle) out for Kumar Kartikeya. He most popular to chase as a result of he anticipated some dew later within the night time.

Hardik Pandya felt the identical manner. He shall be main MI at a floor the place they have not gained since 2012 however they’re on a scorching streak, they form they usually get on through the enterprise finish of the IPL. Ought to they flip 5 wins in a row to 6 on Thursday, they’ll go top of the table. Pandya additionally confirmed an unchanged XI.

MI batting-first XI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Will Jacks, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya (capt), 7 Naman Dhir, 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

MI’s Affect Participant choices: Karn Sharma, Raj Bawa, Reece Topley, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju

RR bowling-first XI: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Riyan Parag (capt), 5 Dhruv Jurel, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Jofra Archer, 8 Maheesh Theekshana, 9 Kumar Kartikeya, 10 Akash Madhwal, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi

RR’s Affect Participant choices: Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Kunal Singh Rathore, Yudhvir Singh, Kwena Mphaka