The five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) haven’t got their form in IPL 2024, as they ended up losing their first two matches of the season to Gujarat Titans (GT) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) respectively. Hardik Pandya, who replaced Rohit Sharma as the skipper of the franchise hasn’t been proved effective both as a skipper and a player so far.
Now, MI will host Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Wankhede Stadium on 1st April. RR are looking in great form after two wins from their first two matches of the season at their home ground, Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. First they defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 20 runs and then Delhi Capitals by 12 runs to find themselves at top three of the points table. On the other hand. MI are currently at the ninth position and will be looking for a win against RR in front of their home crowd to get their IPL 2024 campaign back on track.
Carrying all the criticism and booing from the fans, Hardik Pandya will also be looking to lead MI to their first victory of the season and shut the haters with his performance with both bat and ball. He also has a convincing record against RR and the fans will expect from him to lead from the front and guide MI to their first win. Let’s have a look at his IPL stats and records against Rajasthan Royals.
Hardik Pandya IPL Stats and Records against RR
Hardik Pandya has played 13 times against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. In these 13 matches, the all-rounder has scored 414 runs averaging at 82.80 with a strike rate of 173.95, and taken 11 wickets at an economy rate of 8.03. His highest score against RR came while playing for Gujarat Titans at Dy Patil Stadium on 14th April, 2022. The right-hander scored an unbeaten 87 runs off 52 balls as GT defeated RR by 37 runs. Pandya’s best bowling figure against RR came during the final of IPL 2022 at Narendra Modi Stadium on 29th May, 2022. He registered the figures of 3/17 taking big wickets of Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer as GT defeated RR by 7 wickets to lift the title in their maiden.