Preview:

The 25th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium. In the points table, Mumbai Indians are at 8th position with one win and 2 points from 4 matches and Royal Challengers Bangalore are at 9th position with 1 win and 2 points from 5 matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 6 wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. Batting first, RCB scored 183 at the loss of 3 wickets on the basis of Virat Kohli’s unbeaten inning of 113 runs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals chased the target with 5 balls remaining due to Jos Buttler’s century.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians had won against Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in the last match. In the match, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 234 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. In response, Delhi Capitals, while chasing the target, could only score 205 runs at the loss of 8 wickets.

(Match Details):

Pitch Report:

The pitch at Wankhede Stadium generally seems to provide more support to the batsmen. Here the fast bowlers get good bounce and movement in the beginning. Due to dew at night, the chasing team will get advantage here. Whichever team wins the toss here can decide to bowl first. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 162.

Head to Head Records:

Probable Playing XIs:

Mumbai Indians (MI):

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Tilak Verma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Sourav Chauhan, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mayank Dagar, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.

Probable Best Batter of the Match:

In the last match against Rajasthan Royals, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 113 runs with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes in 72 balls. Virat Kohli can bat brilliantly against Mumbai Indians.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match:

Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs in the last match against Delhi Capitals. Jasprit Bumrah can bowl brilliantly against Royal Challengers Bangalore also.

Who will win today’s match (Today’s Match Prediction):

Scenario 1

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose bowling

Powerplay Score- 50-60

Score of first innings- 180-190

Mumbai Indians won

Scenario 2

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl.

Powerplay Score- 60-70

Score of first innings- 200-210

Mumbai Indians won