Mumbai Indians will be looking forward to win their 5th match of this season to get some momentum for the rest of their matches. Mumbai Indians have played 7 matches till now, in which they’ve won only 4 matches and are at 4th spot in the points table. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore will now have a big task to win all the rest of their matches. So, they will like to look give their best to keep their chances alive in the competition.
Pitch Conditions
The match is scheduled to be held at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The pitch at the Wankhede always supports batsmen and is expected to be good for batting and a high-scoring match can be anticipated today. Dew will play a huge role in the match. Bowlers will merely get any help from the pitch. The temperature will not be on the higher side throughout the game, but the humidity will be at its peak during this period. No rain is in the forecast.
Average 1st innings score: 188
Average 2nd innings score: 184
Team Analysis: Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians will be all set to get two points in their account to put them to a more commanding position. Considering the team combination for this game, in place of Alazarri Joseph, who got shoulder injury in the last match, Lasith Malinga can be included in the playing XI. Other than this Mumbai Indians will most probably go unchanged in the match.
Team Analysis: Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore, due to their outstanding performance against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali will not like to do any changes to their Playing XI. They will like to repeat the same performance in Wankhede.
Here is the Probable Playing XI of both the teams
MUMBAI INDIANS |
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE |
Rohit Sharma ( C ) |
Virat Kohli ( C ) |
Quinton De Kock(WK) |
Parthiv Patel (WK) |
Suryakumar Yadav |
AB De Villiers |
Kieron Pollard |
Marcus Stoinis |
Ishan Kisan |
Moen Ali |
Hardik Pandya |
Akshdeep Nath |
Krunal Pandya |
Pawan Negi |
Rahul Chahar |
Umesh Yadav |
Jason Behrendoff |
Yuzvendra Chahal |
Jasprit Bumrah |
Mohammad Siraj |
Lasith Malinga |
Navdeep Saini |
Let’s see what happens in this match whether Royal Challengers Bangalore will register their second win of this season or Mumbai Indians will vanish RCB’s hopes to qualify for playoffs. Stay tuned to MyTeam11 for more information and updates about the upcoming fixtures.