Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma. Photo by: Ron Gaunt /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

The reigning champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will travel to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) home ground for the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018.

Both the teams are in the bottom half of the points table. Thus, both of them would want to get a much-needed win under their belt.

Indians are coming into the contest after a win against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) whereas, Royal Challengers lost their last match against KKR. Both teams have thus far won two matches out of the seven they have played.

Hence, it is going to be a difficult road ahead for both these teams – to make it to the playoffs stage.

Meanwhile, when these two teams had met earlier in the season, reigning champions were able to win by a mammoth margin of 46 runs.

Here is a look at the Predicted Playing XI of the Mumbai Indians.

Suryakumar Yadav:

Yadav
S. Yadav. Photo by: Ron Gaunt /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Suryakumar Yadav has contributed with the bat in all but every match.

The right-handed batter scored 44 in the last match against CSK. Mumbai Indians opener has scored 274 thus far in the tournament.

Evin Lewis:

Lewis
Lewis. Photo by: Ron Gaunt /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Evin Lewis failed to found his timing in the previous game. Albeit, the combative southpaw scored a vital 47 runs against CSK.

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Indians will hope that Lewis brings out his best in the imperative matches to come.

Ishan Kishan: 

Promising batsman Ishan Kishan didn’t get a chance to bat in the last match.

However, the left-handed batsman Kishan has impressed with his batting as well as his wicketkeeping skills thus far in the tournament.

Rohit Sharma:

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Sharma. Photo by: Ron Gaunt /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Rohit Sharma had scored a fine 94 in their last match against RCB.

Subsequently, the Mumbai skipper will look to repeat his form against Bangalore.

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JP Duminy:

Jean-Paul Duminy was drafted in the final XI in the last game.

Although, the veteran South African batsman didn’t get the chance to bat. Duminy can be instrumental in building the innings.

Hardik Pandya:

Hardik
H. Pandya. Photo by: Prashant Bhoot /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Hardik Pandya hasn’t hit the ground running with the bat in this season.

Furthermore, the all-rounder has been on the expensive side with the ball.

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Krunal Pandya:

Krunal Pandya had a good previous match against the Chennai team.

The southpaw off-spinner was able to bag two wickets and conceded 32 runs in his quota of four overs.

Ben Cutting:

Ben Cutting bowled only a solitary over in the last match. However, the all-rounder is expected to get another shot in the final XI.

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Mayank Markande:

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M. Markande. Photo by: Ron Gaunt /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Mayank Markande has continued to show an upward swing in his improvement graph.

The 20-year-old leg-spinner has scalped 10 wickets thus far in the season.

Mitchell McClenaghan:

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M. McClenaghan. Photo by: Prashant Bhoot

Mitchell McClenaghan had a great last game. The Kiwi fast bowler was able to take two wickets and conceded only 26 runs in his allotted four overs.

Jasprit Bumrah:

Jasprit Bumrah went wicketless in the previous match. However, Mumbai Indians premier fast bowler was economical in his spell.

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