Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing their fourth win in IPL 2025 as they take on Hardik Pandya’s MI on Thursday. Riyan Parag and co. stunned GT in their previous game, with 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi creating history with a blazing ton. RR will be aiming to carry forward the winning momentum as the face a formidable MI.
RR predicted playing XI vs MI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (C), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma
Impact player: Shubham Dubey
Sanju Samson is unlikely to return to action as he continues to recover from a side strain. In his absence, Jaiswal and Suryavanshi have done an excellent job at the top of the order. Once again, all the attention will be on the 14-year-old, with the team having given him the license to thrill.
Captain Parag hasn’t been in the best of his form in the ongoing season. Along with Rana, the RR captain will have to go all guns blazing should the team’s openers fail to fire in the game against MI.
RR are unlikely to make any changes to their bowling line-up. After all, the surface at Jaipur is more batter friendly and hence the bowlers will have a tall task at hand in stopping the flow of runs.
RR will most likely use Shubham Dubey as an impact player to strengthen their batting. However, if things turn out to be like how it was against GT, then Parag and co. could turn towards Akash Madhwal as an extra bowler.
RR squad for IPL 2025
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Shubham Dubey, Kumar Kartikeya, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma
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