IPL 2022, RR vs MI: Rajasthan Royals aim to continue winning momentum against struggling Mumbai Indians

Rajasthan Royals are reaping benefits of getting it right in the mega auction. After several years, the franchise can boast of a attack high on experience and talent. The last three outings perfectly explain the massive role Royals’ bowlers have played in winning them the games. Runs or no runs, bowlers have done a splendid job in defending totals ranging from 144 to 222 this IPL. With Yuzvendra Chahal in possession of the Purple Cap with 18 wickets from eight matches, other bowlers have complemented him pretty well and the team has altogether affected 61 dismissals, most by any team so far. Strikingly, as the tournament is progressing, Ravichandran Ashwin too has started having a bigger impact with important breakthroughs. The 35-year-old is more than just a run-stopper and does not look like a bowler who until recently was labelled as being ‘defensive’ in the T20s.

The off-spinner has often had the upper hand on the batters with his technically superior game and his ability to keep them guessing with his variations this season.

The veteran offie has so far seven scalps to his name, six of those coming in the last three matches. After the game against Kolkata Knight Riders when Jos Buttler had slammed 103 and Chahal had taken a fifer, Ashwin just had a solitary wicket to his name.

But captain Sanju Samson knew its importance and acknowledged the pearler which had Andre Russell castled. It was a carrom ball that was pitched on the middle, but deviated marginally to beat the outside edge, dislodging Russell’s off-stump. The team is bubbling with positivity and energy. Taking on a depleted Mumbai Indians, who are yet to open their account, at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, Royals will have in sight their fourth win on