Rajasthan vs. Mumbai, IPL: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

The Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians continue the starts to their Indian Premier League campaigns as they collide in Ahmedabad.

So far, the Royals have a perfect two wins from two games, while Mumbai have lost both their opening games, meaning both have had very differing fortunes so far.

Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Date: Tuesday April 14

Start time: 8 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. BST

Live on: Sony Six and Set Max (India), IMG (Caribbean), PCCW (Hong Kong), Maasranga TV (Bangladesh), Sky NZ (New Zealand), Sky Sports (UK), EMTV (Papua New Guinea), Measat (Malaysia), OSN Network (Middle East), StarHub (Singapore), Super Sports (Sub-Saharan Africa), Geo Super (Pakistan), Carlton Sports Network (Sri Lanka), Sportsnet (Canada), Willow TV (USA).

Weather: According to Weather.com, Ahmedabad promises to be mostly sunny with temperatures peaking at 36 degrees Celsius.

Overview

Rajasthan have enjoyed a strong start to this year’s IPL, having won two games from a possible two and being kept off the top spot on net run rate alone.

In their first match, the Royals dispatched Kings XI Punjab by 26 runs in what was a strong start for stand-in captain Steven Smith.

Rajasthan scored 162 up first with the bat and then kept Punjab to 136-8 to take the win and ensure their tournament got off to the best possible start.

In the following game against the Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan conceded 184-3 to their opponents who batted first.

However, they managed to get over the line off the last ball by three wickets to continue their strong start to the year.

At the other end of things, the Mumbai Indians have struggled and find themselves winless from their opening two games.

First up against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Rohit Sharma blitzed 98 not out to lead his side to 168-3, but it was not enough as Kolkata lost just three wickets in overhauling their target.

The following game, Kings XI won by 18 runs as they managed to prevent the Indians from chasing down 178 to win.

Having both had very different tournaments so far, it promises to be an intriguing game between these two IPL giants.

Team News

Rajasthan Royals (from): Shane Watson (capt), Ankit Sharma, Brainder Sran, Rajat Bhatia, Stuart Binny, Ben Cutting, James Faulkner, Deepak Hooda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Vikramjeet Malik, Chris Morris, Karun Nair, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Pardeep Sahu, Dinesh Salunkhe, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Tim Southee, Pravin Tambe, Rahul Tewatia, Rusty Theron, Sagar Trivedi, Dishant Yagnik
 
Mumbai Indians (from): Rohit Sharma (capt), Corey Anderson, Aiden Blizzard, Jasprit Bumrah, Unmukt Chand, Marchant de Lange, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, Josh Hazlewood Siddhesh Lad, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Hardik Pandya, Parthiv Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nitish Rana, Ambati Rayudu, Lendl Simmons, Jagadeesha Suchith, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Vinay Kumar, Akshay Wakhare

Key Players

James Faulkner

Australian all-rounder James Faulkner remains a crucial part of the lineup for the Rajasthan Royals.

He struggled last time out against Delhi, but against Kings XI Punjab he took wickets and scored runs to show just how useful he is with both bat and ball.

Rohit Sharma

Indian batsman Rohit Sharma is crucial for Mumbai if they are to be successful in this game.

He has already scored 98 not out and a duck in his two innings so far, and he will need to be on top form for Mumbai if they are to stop their losing streak.