Mumbai Seeking Better Bowling Returns Against Confident Rajasthan

NAVI MUMBAI: Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians will be seeking better bowling returns when they go up against a confident Rajasthan Royals in their second match of IPL 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium here on Saturday.

Both teams head into their second match of the championship with contrasting results in their first match. While Mumbai were stunned by Delhi Capitals in a late come-from-behind performance by Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel, Rajasthan buried Sunrisers Hyderabad under a heap of runs and eventually won by 61 runs.

Mumbai will again be looking at Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan to give them a good start. Kishan was impressive in blazing his way to an unbeaten 81 against Delhi. Their middle-order batting has been given a huge boost by the return of flamboyant batter Suryakumar Yadav, who is available for selection after missing the opener against Delhi due to a hairline fracture in the thumb.

What Mumbai will be mainly concerned about is their bowling. After having reduced Delhi to 104/6, Mumbai were unable to take out either Yadav or Patel as they were unable to defend 177. With Rajasthan's bowling unit comprising Jasprit Bumrah, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin and Tymal Mills has its task cut out in dismissing the batters early. Bumrah and Sams went wicketless against Delhi and will be itching to bounce back against Rajasthan. IANS

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