Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, the team of Rajasthan Royals (RR) is struggling hard to stay in the playoff race. The team has won only 3 out of 10 matches so far. On May 1, the team is playing its 11th match against Mumbai Indians at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. This is his fourth domestic match of this season.
Sandeep Sharma out due to injury
Rajasthan Royals have suffered a major setback before this important match. The team’s veteran fast bowler Sandeep Sharma is not playing today’s match. Captain Ryan Parag told during the toss that Sandeep has fractured in his finger, and due to this he is out of the match. The fracture takes time to recover, so he has been out of the entire season.
Rajasthan Royals Bowler Sandeep Sharma has been ruled out for the rest of the season after success a fracture in his finger.
He picked up the injury in RR’s Victory Over Gujarat Titans a few days ago.#IPL2025 #Cricketnews pic.twitter.com/aqcbmiuwku
– Sportstar (@Sportstarweb) May 1, 2025
Performance so far
Sandeep Sharma has played 10 matches for Rajasthan Royals this season and has taken 9 wickets. He has played an important role in bowling in powerplay and death overs. However, this time his economy rate has been 9.89, which is slightly higher than his IPL career. He bowled brilliantly in the last two seasons.
Rajasthan’s playoff expectations rest on the rest of the matches
Rajasthan Royals are currently down with 6 points in the points table and the team has lost 7 matches so far. There are still four matches left, including the match against Mumbai. If the team loses one of these matches, then it will be out of the playoff race. In such a situation, all the coming matches will be like ‘do or die’ for Rajasthan.
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