Mumbai Indians will lock horns against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 25th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Thursday. MI have got off to a slow start but they were able to register their maiden win of the season in the last game against Delhi Capitals, registering a 29-run win.
For Royal Challengers Bengaluru, there are plenty of problems, which have surfaced in the first phase of the tournament. Their batting has been too reliant on the shoulders of their talisman – Virat Kohli whereas the bowling unit has looked toothless.
Kohli scored 113 runs in the last game against Rajasthan Royals but he didn’t get the support from the other end. RCB foreign players have failed to fire so far and they can think of adding Will Jacks to the playing XI. The franchise will need to sort out its issues before it gets too late for them as they have managed a solitary win in five matches.
On the other hand, there were plenty of positives for MI in their last game. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gave a brisk start to their team whereas Romario Shepherd smashed 39 off just 10 balls to put his team in front. But MI bowlers will need to give more support to gun fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
Match Prediction: Mumbai Indians will enter the contest as favorites against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
MI Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Luke Wood, Kwena Maphaka.
