RR vs MI: Rajasthan Royals to feature with one change as Riyan Parag opts to bowl against Mumbai Indians

Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in the 50th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, taking place at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. As Sports Tak earlier reported, RR skipper Sanju Samson is missing the clash against MI and apart from Samson, Sandeep Sharma is also missing the clash as he has broken his finger before the clash.

RR are coming after registering a dominating win in their last clash against Gujarat Titans (RR), the franchise looks to repeat the same in the clash against MI. On the other hand, MI are making a comeback in the ongoing edition after getting a poor start. The Hardik Pandya-led side has won their last five consecutive matches, and they will be confident enough to register their sixth.

MI vs RR IPL head-to-head

MI and RR have faced each other in 30 matches in the IPL. Out of these 30 games, MI have won 15, whereas RR have come out victorious on 14 occasions. 1 match ended without a result. This is their first outing against each other in IPL 2025.

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Captains at Toss

Hardik Pandya (MI) captain: We would've bowled first as well. It has always been about how we can play good cricket. The conversation was always about how we can get better, we've spoken about the same and nothing changes. We want to be fearless and not let fear of failure kick in. Don't decide how much we need to put on, have a set marker but we need to analzye the wicket. Quite confident about batting on this wicket. There hasn't been much dew around. We go with the same team.

Riyan Parag (RR) captain: We'll bowl first. We might see some dew later. Usually the wicket settles down a little later at night. Want to exploit that. We've kept it very simple regardless of winning or losing. Rahul sir has made it clear, we keep it simple whether we go high or low. Three games ago, the message was we take it one game at a time. If we play to our potential, we know how good we can be. Just want to give everyone the freedom to play their game. Couple of changes, Hasaranga has a niggle, Kumar Kartikeya comes in, Sandy (Sandeep Sharma) bhai has broken his finger so Madhwal comes in.

MI vs RR playing XIs

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi