IPL 2024: The Mumbai Indians (MI) will play against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the IPL 2024 match today. It will be the fifth game for MI and the sixth game for RCB.
Date and Venue
The RR versus GT IPL 2024 match will happen at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 11, starting from 7:30 pm IST. Each team has won only one match this season. However, RCB has played one more match than MI. Both teams aren’t happy with where they are on the points table and want to win their second match in IPL 2024.
IPL 2024 Match 25 Preview: MI vs RCB
Mumbai Indians
The Mumbai Indians won their first home match, showing they are getting back to winning ways. They scored a good total of 235/5 against DC, with their batsmen playing well again.
MI’s opening batsmen, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan, started strong against the bowlers, mostly scoring boundaries. Sharma got 49 runs, and Kishan added 42 runs. This strong start was just what MI needed this season.
Tim David also played well, hitting many big sixes. But the star player was Romario Shepherd, who scored 32 runs in the final over bowled by Anrich Nortje and took a wicket during his bowling.
MI Probable Playing-11
Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Romario Shepherd
Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB still faces difficulties as they lose their fourth game out of five this season. Even though Virat Kohli scored a century in the last match against RR and RCB managed to score 183 runs, their bowlers couldn’t defend this target well.
The team is waiting for their captain, Faf du Plessis, and Glenn Maxwell to perform well. Maxwell has had a tough time, getting out without scoring in two out of five games and not taking enough responsibility. Also, Siraj hasn’t been consistent in his bowling and is struggling with accuracy.
RCB needs to develop a better game plan to end their losing streak.
RCB Probable Playing-11
Faf du Plessis©, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Mayank Dagar, Saurav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Himanshu Sharma, Yash Dayal
MI vs RCB: Dream 11 Picks
- Keeper: Ishan Kishan
- Batsmen: Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli ©, Rohit Sharma (vc), Faf du Plessis
- All-rounders: Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya, Glenn Maxwell
- Bowlers: Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Reece Topley
MI vs RCB head-to-head stats
In the IPL, MI and RCB have played 34 matches together. Among these, Mumbai won 20 times against RCB, while Bengaluru won 14 times against MI.
Weather and Pitch
The weather outlook for the MI vs RCB match shows clear skies and a temperature of 28°C, which sets up perfect conditions for an exciting game.
Wankhede Stadium is usually good for batsmen who want to score many runs. The team batting first will try to take advantage of this and score a big total. But, as the evening progresses, dew may make it harder to grip the ball.
Typically, teams score around 175 runs in the first innings at Wankhede Stadium. So, both teams will have to adjust their game plans accordingly.
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