Rajasthan Royals

"We would like to bat first. It's a bit hard to read this pitch. Let's bat a few overs and figure it out later. The standard of cricket we are playing is really good. We were expecting something like this from Jaiswal with the prep he had been putting in. Zampa comes in place of Holder," RR skipper Sanju Samson said at the toss.

"I watched him (Jaiswal) last year, this year he's taken his game to the next level. I asked him 'where did you get the power from'. He said he's been going to the gym, that's good for him, good for Indian cricket and RR as well," Rohit said at the post-match presentation.

Mumbai looked in trouble when they were 104/3 in 12 overs. But Suryakumar smashed 20 runs off the 13th over from Kuldeep Sen and from there on, he never looked back, hitting eight fours and two sixes while David was brilliant in hitting two fours and five humongous sixes for Mumbai to go to seventh place at the points table.

In the 1000th IPL game, Jaiswal shined the brightest by mixing solidity in technique and power in shots which were conventional and innovative while using the crease well in hitting 16 fours and eight sixes at a strike-rate of 200 in an innings where the next best score was just 18.

Sunday's match also marks the 1000th game of the IPL, with Rohit Sharma captaining Mumbai Indians for the 150th time in the competition apart from turning 36. While Rajasthan Royals sit in third place at the points table, Mumbai are placed in ninth position. After winning the toss, Samson said left-arm pacer Trent Boult comes back into the playing eleven.

Jaiswal's attacking fifty (77 off 43) followed by clinical bowling performances by Adam Zampa (3-22), and Ravichandran Ashwin (2-35) led Rajasthan Royals to a convincing 32-run win over Chennai Super Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, here on Thursday. "Yashasvi batted really well, important to go after the bowlers, and took calculated risks. It was slightly easier against our bowlers because we had to assess the right lengths. Even then Yashasvi batted well at the top and at the end, Jurel batted really well," said Dhoni at the post-match presentation.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal attacking fifty (77 off 43) propelled Rajasthan Royals to 202/5 in 20 overs. Apart from Jaiswal, the likes of Dhruv Jurel (34 off 15), Jos Buttler (27 off 21), and Devdutt Padikkal (24 off 12) contributed to the Royals' big score on a batting-friendly pitch.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler gave Rajasthan a flying start, scoring 60/0 in the Power-play. Jaiswal took on Akash Singh in the very first over, hitting the pacer for three boundaries. His batting partner Buttler targeted Tushar Deshpande and got two boundaries in an over.

The Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan made one change in their playing XI as Adam Zampa came in place of Trent Boult, who has a niggle. "We would like to bat first. We like to stick to our strength, which is to defend. It feels really great to play RR's 200th game, it feels great to be playing for 10 years," said Samson at the toss.

As this was RCB's second offence this season, the stand-in skipper Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 24 lakh while each member of the playing XI will be fined Rs 6 lakh or 25 per cent of their match fee, whichever is lesser. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who had named Mr. Virat Kohli as their captain for their game against Rajasthan Royals.