Today (April 11) in IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru – here is the predicted XI for the match, team news and today’s IPL match prediction for MI vs RCB.
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MI vs RCB, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
The match will begin at 7:30 pm IST.
MI vs RCB: Toss updates
MI won the toss and elected to field first.
MI vs RCB: IPL 2024 team news
Both teams have won one match each, but Mumbai Indians have a match in hand. MI have also won their last match, and have been on the ascent. Their net run rate (-0.704) is also superior to Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s -0.843.
Mumbai’s best bet will be a slow, low surface – in other words, an uncharacteristic Wankhede surface – for their spin attack is significantly superior to Bengaluru’s. If they do not produce that, it will be a contest between two power-hitting units. MI’s batters are collectively in better form than their RCB counterparts.
Eyes will be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who will be pitted against each other as non-captain opening batters. Whether Hardik Pandya has managed to win over the Wankhede crowd after the win against Delhi Capitals also remains to be seen.
IPL 2024: Upcoming matches
LSG vs DC – 7:30 pm IST
IPL 2024: Yesterday’s IPL match
RR vs GT, Match 24 – GT won by 3 wickets with 0 balls to spare
MI vs RCB: Probable XIs for today’s IPL match
MI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal. Impact Player – Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Shams Mulani.
RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj. Impact Players – Suyash Prabhudessai, Himanshu Sharma.
MI vs RCB: Prediction for today’s IPL match
Home advantage tilts the balance in favour of MI over RCB, but only slightly.
