Mumbai Indians Playing 11 vs RCB- IPL 2024, Match 25

Updated - 11 Apr 2024, 06:02 PM

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, IPL 2024
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Mumbai Indians take on RCB in match 25 of IPL 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The match starts from 7.30 pm IST. After three consecutive defeats Mumbai finally tasted victory at home against Delhi Capitals

Mumbai Indians piled up 235/5 with the bat and their bowlers defended the target. Everything seemed to have fallen into place for Mumbai Indians who finally had a clinical game. 

Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan had a good start with the bat and then their power-hitters Tim David and Romario Shepherd provided the finishing touches. 

At Wankhede where the pitch has even bounce and carry, it is their pacers who will have to make a big impact. The likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, and Akash Madhwal will be key. 

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Mumbai Indians generally have been slow starters in the IPL. However, after getting their first win, they have built on the momentum. Against RCB in 34 matches, MI won 20 matches while RCB 14. Both teams won a game each last year. 

It will be interesting to see after a clinical victory at home, whether Mumbai Indians make any changes to their playing XI. They can very well go with the same side that performed for them in the last match. 

Mumbai Indians Playing 11 vs RCB- IPL 2024, Match 25

Rohit Sharma

Rohit will open the batting for MI. Her scored 49 in the match against DC which is his highest score so far this season. So far he has scored 118 runs at an average of 29.50. Rohit Sharma will be a regular in the Mumbai Indians playing 11.

Ishan Kishan (WK)

Kishan will open the batting with Rohit Sharma. He will play his 96th game in the next match against RCB. He scored 42 in the previous game. He has scored 92 runs in the first four games.

Suryakumar Yadav 

SKY will slot in at three. He was out for a duck in his return game for the Mumbai Indians. He missed the first three games as he was not given the clearance by the NCA. 

Tilak Varma

Tilak can slot in at four. He has been moved up and down the batting order but he has batted best at number four for the franchise. He has scored 127 runs this season so far with a fifty-plus score. 

Hardik Pandya (C)

Pandya can slot in at five. He scored 39 off 33 balls in the last match. He opened the bowling in the first couple of games for MI but has not bowled in the last couple of games. 

Tim David 

David will slot in at six. He finally found some form against DC as he smashed 45 off 21 balls striking at over 200. Mumbai would hope that he continues his form. 

Romario Shepherd

Shepherd will slot in at seven. He changed the game for Mumbai scoring 32 off 10 balls for his side. Before the season, he was traded from Lucknow Super Giants. Romario Shepherd made an instant impact after being named in the Mumbai Indians Playing 11 in the last match.

Mohammad Nabi

Nabi the Afghanistan all-rounder can slot in at eight. His batting at eighth gives the MI batting lineup a good depth and three all-rounders in the top seven. He can be an ideal foil for Piyush Chawla. 

Piyush Chawla 

Chawla can slot in at nine. He can also tonk the ball if required. So far this season, he has picked up two wickets in four games. He picked up 22 wickets last season. 

Jasprit Bumrah 

Bumrah will slot in at 10. So far this season he has picked up five wickets in four games at an average of 19.60. His economy rate has been 6.13 and he got to 150 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah is the leader of the bowling attack in the Mumbai Indians playing 11.

 Gerald Coetzee

Coetzee concludes the likely playing XI for Mumbai Indians. Against DC, he picked up four wickets giving away just 34 runs, The Protean pacer picked up 20 wickets in the World Cup which earned him a contract with MI. 

Impact Sub- Akash Madhwal

Akash Madhwal was the Impact Player in the Mumbai Indians Playing 11 in the last game. he might be used in the same role in this match as well. He went wicketless in the last match but MI has backed him. He picked up 14 wickets last season and made his mark. 

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