Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Today, Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians and Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bangalore are face to face at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. MI captain Hardik Pandya has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore will go to batting first.

Star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah has returned in Mumbai Indians team. Also, former captain and star batsman Rohit Sharma has also returned to the team. However, Rohit is not part of the playing eleven. He will be seen playing as an impact player. Mi’s team is now looking very balanced. RCB has not made any changes in its playing eleven.

Hardik Pandya said after the toss that we will bowl first. It looks a good track, may be dew later. When the wicket is cold, it is good. When dew comes, it becomes better. It always plays well for both teams. It has come for us to get some rhythm, play some good cricket, choose better options and do the right things. We are playing good cricket, but on some occasions we are missing some things. If we can pay attention to them, we will be able to get rhythm. Playing at home is different. Jassi (Bumrah) is back and Roh (Rohit) too. Both our experienced players are back in the team, this gives us additional energy.

Rajat Patidar said after the toss that this is a common wicket of Mumbai, it will be good for batting. It is important to play good cricket. It is difficult to bowl here but I am very confident. We have played a lot of cricket, it is absolutely clear what we have to do everywhere. We are playing with the beans team.

Playing XI of Mumbai Indians- Will Jacks, Ryan Ricelton (wicketkeeper), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Michel Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Bolt, Jaspreet Bumrah and Vignesh Puthur

RCB’s playing XI- Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood and Yash Dayal

Impact Substitute of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minj, Ashwini Kumar, Raj Bawa

Royal Challengers Impact Substitute of Bangalore: Rasikh Dar Salaam, Suyash Sharma, Swastik Chikara, Jacob Bethle, Swapnil Singh

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The 20th match will be played today in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League. The teams of Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be face to face. IPL 2025 Nothing is passing for Hardik Pandya’s Mi. At the same time, Virat Kohli’s RCB has also lost the previous match. This season RCB has once again descended with the new captain.

RCB’s team ranks third in the points table. Rajat Patidar’s team has won two matches in three matches. At the same time, Hardik’s Mumbai is bad. Mi’s team has won only one match in four matches and is at number eight in the points table.

The match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be played today at Mi’s Home Ground Wankhede Stadium. In such a situation, a high scoring match can be seen between the two. Also, there can be a thorn in the match, because there are many match winner players in both the teams.

MI and RCB head to head figures

Talking about the head to head in Mumbai and Bengaluru, the figures of Hardik Pandya’s team are better. Mi has won 19 matches from RCB. At the same time, only 14 wins have won in the part of Bengaluru. Since 2022, both these teams have clashed four times so far. During this time, Mumbai has won two matches, so Bangalore has won two matches. However, Mi’s record in Wankhede is much better. Here Mi’s team is ahead of RCB 8-3.

Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of Wankhede Stadium is considered a paradise for the batsmen. There are high scoring matches here. It is better to chase the target on this ground. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can take the decision to bowl first.

Match prediction

Both teams are on par in our match against the preridation meter. However, Mi will definitely get home advantage. Talking about victory, goal. The team chasing has more chances.

Mumbai Indians potential playing XI- Rohit Sharma, Ryan Ricelton (wicketkeeper), Will Jax, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Naman Dhir, Michel Santner, Deepak Chahar, Jaspreet Bumrah, Trent Bolt and Vignesh Puthur

Impact Player- Ashwini Kumar

RCB’s possible playing XI- Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal

Impact Player- Suyash Sharma