The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Mumbai Indians take on Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
The game will be played on Saturday, April 2. The first ball will be bowled at 3.30pm local time (11am GMT).
The game will be held at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians kicked off their pursuit of a sixth title with a defeat to Delhi Capitals in a repeat of the 2020 final.
Marquee auction addition Ishan Kishan hit 81 not out as MI put on a formidable 177 for 5 from their 20 overs.
But Capitals, without a number of their stand-out overseas players, stormed to victory with 10 balls to spare thanks to quick runs from Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel.
Rajasthan Royals have also only played one game so far as well, but their fortunes were somewhat different beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs to top the table.
They made the highest score so far, hitting 210 for 6 with captain Sanju Samson smashing a 27-ball 51.
In the chase, Hyderabad were reduced to 9 for 3 and then 78 for 6 as Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna took two wickets each.
Tymal Mills (Randy Brooks/Getty Images)
There was much excitement around Mumbai Indians' pace attack, after an auction during which they added Jofra Archer and Tymal Mills to Japrit Bumrah.
Archer will not be available until 2023 at the earliest, but the match against Delhi Capitals was the first opportunity to see Mills and Bumrah in tandem.
But it was a far from an ideal maiden outing for the pair, after they went for nine fours and two sixes from 6.2 overs.
They'll be faced with a Royals line-up that hit form against Hyderabad, with all of the top six reaching double figures.
Shimron Hetmyer hit two fours and three sixes on his way to scoring 32 from 13 balls - a strike rate of 246.15.
The West Indies batter has picked up from where he left off at the end of the last IPL, when he struck 242 runs at a strike rate of 168.05.
Matches played: 25
Mumbai Indians wins: 13
Rajasthan Royals wins: 11
No result: 1
Though there will be some clouds around it will still be a warm and sunny day in Mumbai, with temperatures sitting around 31 degrees Celsius throughout.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, N Tilak Varma, Sanjay Yadav, Jofra Archer, Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Aryan Juyal, Fabian Allen
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Jimmy Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell
Shimron Hetmyer (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, M Ashwin, Tymal Mills, Jasprit Bumrah
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jimmy Neesham, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna
Mumbai Indians start as the favourites for victory with the bookies at 8/11, with Rajasthan Royals available at 11/10.
Royals were thoroughly dominant in victory over Sunrisers and with Mumbai Indians yet to hit top gear they are favourites here.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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