MI vs RCB Playerzpot Prediction IPL Preview, Team News, Playing 11

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Playerzpot Prediction IPL Preview, Team News, Playing 11

MI vs RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore finally won one game after six consecutive losses and that must have come as a morale-booster for them.  Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, are returning off a loss against Rajasthan Royals and they would be aiming to claw back to winning ways when they host the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Wankhede.

RCB is primarily dependent on Kohli and AB de Villiers and both of them would be keen to create an impact in Wankhede. Although RCB won their last match against KXIP, they are still languishing at the bottom of the points table and they need to win all the matches from here to keep their hopes of reaching to the playoffs alive.   Mumbai Indians have pulled this Houdini act before and moving forward, RCB can take some inspiration from their opponents.

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Match Details

When: 15 April 2019, 08:00 pm IST

Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Head to Head:

MI won: 15

RCB won: 09

TEAM NEWS MI vs RCB

• Alzarri Joseph injured himself while fielding in the last game and if he does not gain fitness in time, Lasith Malinga could be brought in.
• RCB is expected to go with their winning combination.

Pitch Report

Dew is likely to play a role in the run-chase and the pitch is expected to behave the same way as it did in the previous games.

Squads MI vs RCB 

Mumbai Indians

Pankaj Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Mitchell McClenaghan, Jason Behrendorff, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Jayant Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Barinder Sran, Siddhesh Lad, Yuvraj Singh, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard, Mayank Markande, Krunal Pandya, Aditya Tare, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Alzarri Joseph, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Salam

Royal Challengers Bangalore 

Parthiv Patel, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Yuzvendra Chahal, Marcus Stoinis, Navdeep Saini, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Akshdeep Nath, Milind Kumar, AB de Villiers, Tim Southee, Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Kulwant Khejroliya, Devdutt Padikkal, Prayas Barman

Playing XI MI vs RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore 

Parthiv Patel (wk), Umesh Yadav, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jason Behrendoff, Alzarri Joseph/Lasith Malinga

Fantasy Picks Mumbai Indians

• Quinton de Kock has amassed 238 runs in seven matches for the Mumbai Indians. In the last natch, he stitched a successful partnership off 92 runs with skipper Rohit Sharma.
•  Hardik Pandya has taken 6 wickets in 7 games for Mumbai Indians and has scored 149 runs in as many games at a strike rate of 183.95. He is an unmissable fantasy pick.
• Jasprit Bumrah has taken 16 scalps against RCB which is more than any other opposition. He has also taken the prized wickets of  Kohli and de Villiers twice.

Fantasy Picks Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Virat Kohli has scored 270 runs in the tournament so far. He scored 67 runs off 53 runs to set the stage for the first victory for RCB this season along with ABD who scored 59 runs off 38 balls.
• Yuzvendra Chahal is the highest wicket-taker for RCB. He has taken 11 wickets so far at an economy rate on 7.70.