IPL 2024: Match 38, RR vs MI - Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Mumbai Indians (MI) in match 38 of the 17th edition of the IPL 2024 on Monday, April 22, 2024, at the Sawai Mansingh Cricket Stadium, in Jaipur. In the ongoing tournament, the Royals have started the season with a bang, as the Royals have won six matches and lost just one match so far. They are currently at the top of the points table, thus, the Royals would like to continue their winning momentum. On the other hand, the Indians have started the season slowly as always but they are coming into the winning rhythm in the second half as always as Indians have won three matches and lost four matches so far.

They are currently in seventh place in the points table. Thus, the Indians also would like to continue their winning momentum. Indians would like to take revenge for the previous encounter between these two held in Wankhede stadium earlier this tournament. This will be an important game for both teams with respect to the future of the tournament.

Speaking about the last game of the Royals, Jos Buttler 107*(60), who came as an Impact Player, played magnificent Impactful innings and single-handedly took Royals to the victory. His innings helped the Royals to chase the huge target in the penultimate ball of the match. This was the joint-highest successful chase in the IPL. Riyan Parag 34(14) and Rovman Powell 26(13) played superb innings but failed to convert good starts into huge innings. 

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Speaking about the bowlers, Trent Boult (4-0-31-1) was excellent and economical, especially in Powerplay. Avesh Khan, (4-0-35-2) who bowled beautifully, gave excellent support to Boult. But all the bowlers were expensive. The Royals will hope all these players continue their good form and also get good support from other bowlers as well.

Speaking about the last game of the Indians, Surya Kumar Yadav 78(53) played magnificent innings in the slow two-paced wicket that helped the Indians to post a huge total of 192. Rohit Sharma 36(25) played superb innings but failed to convert a good start into a huge innings. In the end, Tilak Verma 34(18) played fantastic finishing innings which helped the Indians to post a huge total. Speaking about the bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah (4-0-21-3) was excellent and economical as always. His spell was game game-changing spell. Gerald Coetzee (4-0-32-3) bowled beautifully and gave excellent support to Bumrah. Ashutosh's wicket was game game-defining moment. The Indians will hope all these players continue their good form.

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Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians clash:

RR vs MI Head-to-Head: RR and MI have met each other 28 times in the tournament’s history with the Royals winning on thirteen occasions and the Indians clinching fifteen victories.

1 - Yuzvendra Chahal (199) needs one wicket to reach 200 wickets in IPL.

7 - Sanju Samson (193) needs another seven sixes to reach 200 sixes in IPL.

27 - Jos Buttler (3473) needs another twenty-seven runs to reach 3500 runs in IPL.

50 - Hardik Pandya (2450) needs another fifty runs to reach 2500 runs in IPL.

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52 - Tilak Varma (948) needs 52 runs to reach 1000 runs in IPL. 

82 - Riyan Parag (918) needs 82 runs to reach 1000 runs in IPL. 

17 - Shimron Hetmyer (3983) needs 17 runs to reach the 4000-run landmark in the T20s.

5 - Ravichandran Ashwin (45) needs five catches to complete 50 catches in India's biggest cricket carnival.

5 – Mohammad Nabi (345) needs five scalps to reach the landmark of 350 wickets in the T20 format

2 - Mohammad Nabi (348) needs two fours to reach 400 fours in T20s.