IPL 2021, Preview: Mumbai Indians Look To Get Back To Winning Ways

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After two successive losses, Mumbai Indians (MI) would like to turn it around when they face Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an afternoon encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday.

MI was thrashed by Punjab Kings by nine wickets. Prior to that, they lost to Delhi Capitals by six wickets. RR, on the other hand, has also been inconsistent this season. Like MI, they have won just two out of their five games. But they are coming off a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders.

RR has very limited overseas options to fall back on. A couple of their overseas players, Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes left the shores due to injury. Liam Livingstone left due to bio-bubble fatigue while Andrew Tye departed due to fear of getting locked out of Australia.

The Rajasthan franchise is now left with only four foreign players - David Miller, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, and Jos Buttler. Unlike RR, MI has a lot of overseas players to pick from. However, their problem has been their middle-order which struggled to get going on a spin-friendly pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

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