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Toss Rajasthan Royals chose to bowl v Mumbai Indians
Rajasthan Royals announced a new captain just over an hour before their home clash against Mumbai Indians and Steven Smith, the new leader, chose to bowl with three changes to the side.
Smith slotted into the XI for Jos Buttler, who has flown back home for the birth of his child, while Ben Stokes replaced Ish Sodhi, and Riyan Parag took Rahul Tripathi’s place in the XI. Mumbai Indians made only one change: legspinner Mayank Markande came in for offspinner Jayant Yadav, with captain Rohit Sharma saying that the number of right-handers in the Royals’ side was the reason for the switch.
Smith said chasing would be a “good option” whereas Rohit said that he would have opted to bat first anyway. The pitch had uneven patches of grass at both ends.
The two teams are in contrasting positions on the points table: Mumbai are second from top and Royals second from bottom.
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 Ashton Turner, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Riyan Parag, 7 Jofra Archer 8 Stuart Binny, 9 Shreyas Gopal, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni
Mumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Ben Cutting, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Krunal Pandya, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Rahul Chahar, 9 Mayank Markande, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Lasith Malinga
Vishal Dikshit is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo