Find out team news, TV and streaming information, odds, weather forecasts and much, much more ahead of the next game of the 2021 Indian Premier League season
Rajasthan Royals meet Mumbai Indians in the 2021 Indian Premier League.
The game is scheduled for 6pm UAE (3pm BST, 7.30pm IST) on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
The two sides will meet at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah.
It's a must-win game for both sides in Sharjah. Rajasthan Royals sit sixth in the table, two points outside the playoff places while defending champions Mumbai Indians are on place further back in seventh. The two teams are separated by net run rate.
Rajasthan Royals haven't enjoyed the best of form in the UAE, losing three of the their five matches since the IPL's resumption. However, they head into Tuesday's match with winning momentum after chasing down 189 to defeat Chennai Super Kings.
Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, have lost four of their five matches in the UAE, most recently suffereing a four-wicket defeat at the hands of Delhi Capitals.
In the reverse fixture, Mumbai Indians won by seven wickets.
Dafabet have installed Mumbai Indians as the favourites to win this match, offering odds of 7/10. Rajasthan Royals are available at 11/10.
Sanju Samson has been backed to top-score for Rajasthan Royals, with odds of 11/4, while Rohit Sharma is at 5/2 to top-score for Mumbai Indians.
Sanju Samson has been far and away Rajasthan Royals' best batter this season, scoring a team-leading 480 runs. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal laid down a marker of his talents against CSK, scoring fifty runs off 21 balls and sharing a 77-run partnership with Evin Lewis off just 5.2 overs. It was his maiden half-century and took the 19-year-old to 237 runs - scored at a strike rate of 151.92 - for the season. Not bad for a player ranked 933rd on the T20 Player Index.
For Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar Yadav finally showed some form with the bat against Delhi Capitals, posting 33 runs off 26 balls to top-score for his side. However, the player who is standing out for Mumbai at present is bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile, who has maintained a tidy economy of 6.08 in his three appearances in the UAE. The 33-year-old is forced to bowl at irregular intervals in the Mumbai Indians squad to accommodate Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah but has adapted well to his role.
Liam Livingstone was removed from Rajasthan's top order after scoring just 36 runs in four appearances and will likely remain on the bench following the performances of Samson, Lewis, Jaiswal and co. against CSK.
Both sides are expected to be full strength.
The two teams have played each other 24 times.
Mumbai Indians: 12
Rajasthan Royals: 11
No result: 1
Wall to wall sunshine is forecast is Sharjah, with temperatures expected to peak at 36 degrees Celsius.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, a limited number of fans are allowed to attend games during the IPL's UAE leg.
RCB are looking to add to their two-match winning streak and have playoff qualification in sight. RCB win.
IPL TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports have the rights in the United Kingdom.
You can aso stream the tournament using the Disney+ Hotstar digital platform, though the matches are only available for VIP or Premium subscribers.
Star Sports have the television rights in India.
Streaming service YuppTV have acquired digital streaming rights in a host of markets, including Australia, continental Europe, Malaysia, Southeast Asia with the exception of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Central Asia, and Central and South America.
In the USA, the games will be broadcast on Willow TV and the Willow TV website. Fox Sports have the broadcasting rights in Australia, while Supersport will televise the games in South Africa. In the Caribbean, Flow TV have the rights.
The following broadcasters owning the rights for their respective regions:
Bangladesh: Channel 9
Afghanistan: Lemar TV
Malaysia: Measat
MENA/UAE: BeIN Sport
Hong Kong: Now TV
Singapore: SingTel
New Zealand: Sky Sport
Papua New Guinea: EMTV
Rajasthan Royals squad: Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Glenn Phillips, Oshane Thomas, Tabraiz Shamsi
Mumbai Indians squad: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar, Simarjeet Singh (replace Arjun Tendulkar)
Rajasthan Royals: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewetia, Akash Singh, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
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