Mumbai Indians after winning their last match in Wankhede is set to play their next match with Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
After the last win of Mumbai Indians they finally begin their account in the points table. Romario Shepherd in the last over scored 32 runs and this single over turned around the whole fate of the match for Delhi Capitals. The Mumbai Indians top order batsmen were not performing. Their bowling lineup were also pretty weak but in the last match both the batting and bowling lineup played their best. The collaborative effort helped the team to won their first ever match of IPL 2024.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru having a hard time in the IP 2024. They lost their single match out of 5. People are accusing Virat Kohli and the other popular players for such a poor performance. The real problem that our cricket experts have realized is that the RCB’s bowling lineup is the main reason for such a poor performance.
Let’s look at the Playing 11 of Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru for IPL 2024.
| Playing 11 of Mumbai Indians | Playing 11 of Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Hardik Pandya (C) | Faf du Plessis (C) |
| Rohit Sharma | Virat Kohli |
| Tilak Varma | Glenn Maxwell |
| Ishan Kishan | Dinesh Karthik (WK) |
| Romario Shepherd | Mohammad Siraj |
| Tim David | Lockie Ferguson |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Mayank Dagar |
| Gerald Coetzee | Cameron Green |
| Piyush Chawla | Tom Curran |
| Naman Dhir | Rajat Patidar |
| Akash Madhwal | Yash Dayal |
Pitch & Weather Report
The Wankhede pitch is batters paradise as the surface is flat giving a good bounce allowing batsman to hit big shots. However, boundaries are shorter as compared to other ground allow the batting team to have more boundaries on scoreboard.
A little advantage is given to the bowlers especially to the spin bowlers. However, the dew factor also play its role in the second innings. Usually, The team to bowl first will have an upper hand in the game but in the last MI V/S DC match they choose to bat first and score their highest in Wankhede and MI won their first match.
The Wankhede Stadium Weather is roughly 32 degree Celsius in the day and goes down to 29 degree Celsius in the night. The dew factor is also there after the sunset.
Team Analysis of Mumbai Indians
From the start, The Mumbai Indians were loosing consecutively. It took time for the MI to address the issue in their lineup. The Mumbai Indians top order fall very early in the overs which builds pressure in the middle order. The batting order consist of Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd.
The bowling lineup of Mumbai Indians in this IPL is not looking so strong. A good bowling lineup helps the team to reduce the pressure of target chase and especially in the maiden and death overs. As in the T20 format, young batsmen took the responsibility and hit winning shots. One such example is Shashank Singh who hit boundaries and turn around the whole match. So, bowlers are more important as the dew factor plays its role in the tropical country.
Mumbai Indians Squad for IPL 2024
Batters
Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, and Vishnu Vinod.
Bowlers
Kwena Maphaka, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood, Dilshan Madhushanka, Shreyas Gopal, and Nuwan Thushara.
All-Rounders
Hardik Pandya, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohamad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, and Shivalik Sharma.
Team Analysis of Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Having a great batting lineup consist of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, and many more helps the team to score big runs. Virat Kohli in his last match made his first century of IPL 2024. But the problem lies in the bowling lineup of Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Having a great batting order helps the team to score big targets but a great bowling lineup helps you to reduce pressure on your team overall. In the 2024 IPL, having a great bowling lineup is important and teams who took more wickets have higher probability in winning the match.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad
Batters
Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash S Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, and Saurav Chuahan.
Bowlers
Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, and Rajan Kumar.
All-Rounders
Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, and Manoj Bhandage.
Fantasy Picks
Our best picks for the fanstasy sports are Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Siraj, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Tim David, Piyush Chawla, Ishan Kishan, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik. These players will have a great chance of winning you a good rank.
Where can you watch the live scores?
You can watch the IPL live scores on IPL official website and on our website too. If you enjoy live streaming then you can enjoy the live streaming on JioCinema app along with their Hero Cam feature. For our T.V. audience, they can watch the match live on Star Sports Network.
Match Umpires
The on-field umpires for today’s MI V/S RCB match are Nitin Menon and Vineet Kulkarni and the Third Umpire is Virender Kumar Sharma.
Match Venue & Timing
Today’s match of MI V/S RCB will be played at Mumbai’s home ground Wankhede Stadium and the match will begin in 7:30 P.M.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Rohit Sharma came as a opener and scored 49 runs against Delhi Capitals at Wankhede Stadium.
Well, Hardik Pandya had been the captain of Gujarat Titans and he took the team to finals and won the title championship. Rohit on the other hand also took Mumbai Indians to finals and won IPL title multiple times. So, both are good at their captaincy.
Hardik Pandya is the new captain of Mumbai Indians succeeding Rohit Sharma.
