The match will take place at the Barsapara Stadium, in Guwahati. As any team can down any team on a given day, neither MI nor RR will enter the field with an edge, setting up the stage for an intriguing clash.

Rajasthan Royals will once again bank upon the destructive opening pair of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Should they provide the ideal start at the top then batters like Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, and Shimron Hetmyer are immensely capable of capitalising. They have vastly experienced Ravindra Jadeja and Dasun Shanaka as well, who can influence the game with both bat and ball. When it comes to bowling, they have arguably the best lineup, which includes the likes of Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, and Tushar Deshpande, who bowled a brilliant final over against Gujarat Titans to seal the victory for RR.

Mumbai Indians on the other hand have Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton as openers. Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Sherfane Rutherford as batters who can consolidate. Also, Hardik Pandya is expected to return to the playing XI tonight after missing out against DC. They have a quality spinner in the form of Mitchell Santner, who is a capable batter as well. In the bowling section, they have the ever reliable Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, and Deepak Chahar.

Let's see what transpires in the match tonight.

Mumbai Indians playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (capt), Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dhir, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, AM Ghazanfar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah

MI bench: Ashwani Kumar, Sherfane Rutherford, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa

Rajasthan Royals playing XI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (capt), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

RR bench: Ravi Bishnoi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Shubham Dubey

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