Mumbai Indians Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals in the 51st match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Head 2 head count between RR and MI stands really close at 12-11 in favour of MI. The last time these two teams met in the first leg at Delhi. Playing XI of both teams are:

Rajasthan Royals (RR) - Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Akash Singh/Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Mumbai Indians (MI) - Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult