Match Preview Mumbai vs Rajasthan

Match Preview Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals.

Date: 13th March 2010
Time: 13:30 DXB 15:00 IST
Venue: Brabourne Stadium Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians

Finished 7th last season.
Playing against the champions of the first season first up.
Having injury concerns as JP Duminy and Dilhara Fernando are out. Pollard and Bravo are back home playing against Zimbabwe.
Only Four foreign players playing Sri Lankan duo of Jayasuriya and Malinga, Ryan Mc Laren and Graham Napier.
Sachin Tendulkar comes back to T20 and will need Harbhajan, Zaheer and Nayar to fire to help Mumbai start season 3 with a win.

Rajasthan Royals

Finishing a disappointing 6 last season.
Famous match between Warne and Tendulkar in the first match.
Have no big injury concerns only Watson missing in the squad.
First choice foreign players include Smith,Tait and Warne with the fourth place a choice between Martyn and Lumb.
Kamran Khan comes back into the squad again and have a strong Indian line up with Yusuf Pathan, Trivedi and Munaf Patel but will miss Ravindra Jadeja.


Head to Head Mumbai 2 Rajasthan 1 with one washed out.

Last meeting: Rajasthan won a nail biting thriller by 2 runs inspite of needing just 4 runs in the last over losing 3 wickets in the process.