IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians' IPL Records and Stats against Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will be up against each other in the 38th match of the IPL 2024. Both teams have been involved in some of the most thrilling games in the past. In the ongoing season, RR have dominated the league so far with their brilliant performances. On the other hand, the five-time champions have had a mixed bag in the league so far. While RR are placed in the top spot, MI are placed in the sixth position in the table.

The match between the two sides is set to take place at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 22, 2024, at 7:30 PM (IST). The last time these two sides faced each other in the league, RR dominated MI in a low-scoring game. The spell of Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal reduced MI to a score of just 125 runs. The visiting side has a bigger challenge ahead of them, given how RR is high on confidence. RR has arguably the best bowling lineup.

RR have some top players in the world in their lineup like Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, and many other talented players. Likewise, MI have some great players too. The five-time champions have the likes of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Nabi, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, and others in their lineup. That promises to be a good game between the two sides.

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Let’s look at the MI IPL Stats and Records against RR in IPL history:

RR vs MI Head-to-Head Record:

RR and MI have faced each other in the league in 29 instances and the five-time champions have a slight upper hand with 15 wins to their name. On the other hand, RR have 13 wins to their name, just two less than MI. One of their games ended without a result. The home side has a good chance of bettering their record against the visiting side. 

Top Run Scorers for MI against RR

Suryakumar Yadav has notched up the most runs for MI against RR in the IPL. The right-handed batter has scored 414 runs in ten innings at a batting average of 46.00 and a strike rate of 147.86, including four fifties. The star batter has smashed 12 sixes and 48 fours against RR in the league with a best score of 79.

Top Wicket-Takers for MI against RR

Jasprit Bumrah has the most wickets for MI against RR. In 13 matches, the right-arm pacer has claimed 17 wickets at a bowling average of 18.59, a bowling strike rate of 17.65, at an economy rate of 6.32, including a four-wicket haul to his name. 

MI's Highest Team Totals against RR

In 2023, MI registered 214 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which is their highest score against RR in the league. MI ended up losing the thriller by six wickets. Tim David won the match for MI. 

MI's Lowest Team Totals against RR

In 2013, MI was dismissed to just 92 by RR at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. To date, it remains their lowest total against the 2008 champions. 

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MI IPL Records and Milestones against RR:

1. At Wankhede Stadium in 2023, MI scored 214 while chasing 213. It is the second-highest target successfully chased against RR in IPL history, and the third-highest chased by MI. 
   
   
2. In the aforementioned 2023 match, Tim David scored 45* from 14 deliveries at a strike rate of 321.42, in an innings of minimum 25 runs, this is the third highest both for MI and against RR.
   
   
3. At Sharjah in 2021, Nathan Coulter-Nile took 4/14 which is the 6th-best bowling figure against RR in IPL. 
   
   
4. At the DY Patil Stadium in 2008, Yogesh Takawale inflicted 4 dismissals as a wicketkeeper which is the joint most in an innings both for MI and against RR. 
   
   
5. At Ahmedabad in 2014, Ambati Rayudu took 3 catches which is the joint second most in an innings both for MI and against RR.
   
   
6. The unbeaten partnership of 163 between Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith at Jaipur in 2012 is the highest for the first wicket, the second-highest for any wicket for MI, and the third for both the first and any wicket against RR. 
7. In the aforementioned match from 2012, MI successfully chased the target of 163 with ten wickets remaining, which is the fourth-highest total successfully chased in that manner in the IPL. It is also the highest by MI and highest against RR. 
   
   
8. In Jaipur, 2018, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan put up 129 for the second wicket. It is the fourth-highest partnership for the 2nd wicket both for MI and against RR.
   
   
9. At the Brabourne Stadium in 2010, Saurabh Tiwary and Ambati Rayudu had a partnership of 110, while at Ahmedabad in 2015, Kieron Pollard and Corey Anderson put up 104. These two partnerships are the third and fourth highest for the fourth wicket respectively for MI. They are also the fourth and fifth highest fourth wicket partnerships against RR respectively.