IPL 6: Royals to bat against Mumbai

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat against Mumbai Indians in the second IPL qualifier at the Eden Gardens stadium on Friday.

Rajasthan made no change while Mumbai Indians brought in Rishi Dhawan for Munaf Patel. Sachin Tendulkar missed the second qualifier due to injury.

Though the toss held an hour late due to rain, the number of overs was not reduced.

They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians.

On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be high on confidence after their four-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, are coming here after a 48-run thrashing by Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier. They had been defeated in their last league match as well, suffering a 50-run loss to Kings XI Punjab.

Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma*, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Pragyan Ojha, Rishi Dhawan

Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid*, Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Sanju Samson, Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Dishant Yagnik, Kevon Cooper, James Faulkner, VS Malik, Siddharth Trivedi

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