The ongoing 15th edition of the Indian Premier League has been going on in full swing with eight games of the tournament already done and are now in history. In Match number 9, the fans are going to see five-times champions locking their horns at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai. Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals will be flying high after registering a thumping win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their season opener. Royals would be hoping to build on the fantastic start.
Meanwhile, ahead of every edition, the main focus of every franchise has always been regarding the combination of players in their team, and this time the Rajasthan-based franchise seems to have got a very formidable combination already.
In the presence of Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, who is one of the most experienced bowlers in their squad, and Yuzvendra Chahal, the Pink team offers a great variety in their bowling line-up and their batting line-up has also been very impressive m
However, not many are aware of the fact that today most of the players in Rajasthan Royals’ squad have a solid connection with the Mumbai Indians team.
Well, a popular Twitter user and cricket analyst – Sarang Bhalerao shared an amazing piece of fact via his official Twitter handle, wherein he highlighted how almost 6 cricketers from Rajasthan Royals have been a part of Mumbai Indians in the past. He wrote:
“RR has:
Yuzvendra Chahal who made his IPL debut for MI under Rohit
Trent Boult who was Player of the Match for MI in IPL 2020 final
Coulter-Nile who was Player of the Match for MI in last MI v RR encounter
Lasith Malinga who took 170 IPL wickets for MI. Now RR bowling coach
Jos Buttler who made his IPL debut for MI in 2016
Jimmy Neesham who took 3/12 for MI in the last MI-RR encounter”
Here, check out the Tweets:
Jos Buttler who made his IPL debut for MI in 2016
Jimmy Neesham who took 3/12 for MI in the last MI-RR encounter
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) April 2, 2022
Mumbai Indians Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma(C), Ishan Kishan(wk), Anmolpreet Singh, N Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, M Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI:
Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(capt&wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna
