Star all-arounder Hardik Pandya will participate in his 100th Mumbai Indians (MI) match on Monday when they take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Hardik Pandya, the star all-rounder, will play his 100th game for the Mumbai Indians (MI) on Monday when they face the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Stadium. In an intriguing game between two batting powerhouses, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) will face the Mumbai Indians (MI) for the second time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at their home ground. This will be the Royals’ fifth and final match in Jaipur this season, with three wins and one loss.
Last week, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets. Mumbai Indians defeated Punjab Kings by nine runs in their most recent match at Mohali on Thursday.
Rajasthan Royals maintain their lead in the IPL 2024 rankings with 12 points and a net run rate of 0.677 after winning six matches and losing only one. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians have won three and lost four of their seven games this season. MI is presently sixth in the IPL standings, with six points and an NRR of -0.133.
Hardik, who returned to the Blue and Gold franchise this season following two successful seasons with the Gujarat Titans, will wear the famous colours for the 100th time. Pandya played with MI from 2015 to 21 and was instrumental in the team’s title successes in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Then, in 2022-23, he joined the Gujarat Titans and won the title in their maiden season.
Pandya has 1,617 runs for MI in 99 matches, an average of 26.95 and a strike rate of 153.27, including four half-centuries. His top score is 91*. He also got 46 wickets, with the best statistic of 3.20.He scored 833 runs in 31 matches for Gujarat, with an average of 37.86 and a strike rate of 133.49. He also had six fifties. His greatest score is an 87. He also had 11 wickets for the franchise, with a best spell of 3.17.In total, he has scored 2,450 runs in 130 IPL matches, with an average of 29.88 and a strike rate of over 145, including ten fifties. His best rating is 91. He has also taken 57 wickets, with the best being 3/17.
Since coming back to Michigan, Pandya’s season has not lived up to expectations. With a top score of 39, he has amassed 141 runs at an average of 23.50 and a strike rate of 146.88 in seven games. This season, he has only claimed four wickets.
Mumbai Indians Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Naman Dhir, Luke Wood, Harvik Desai, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar, Nehal Wadhera, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Dewald Brevis, Kwena Maphaka
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Keshav Maharaj, Tanush Kotian, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore.
