IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Squads, Probable Playing 11, Impact Player, Fantasy Picks, Live Streaming & Telecast, Head-To-Head, Match Timings in IST, Match Prediction, Best Batter, Best Bowler, Tickets, Pitch Rep – Cricket.com

Mumbai Indians (MI), who have lost three of their four matches, have just one thing on their mind heading into this clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Wankhede on April 7 (Monday), and that is to get two points.
RCB, on the other hand, had a minor blip agianst Gujarat Titans (GT) and will hope to get back to winning ways here. Which team will emerge on top?

Mumbai Indians
Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur, Trent Boult, Tilak Varma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju, Karn Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Reece Topley, Bevon Jacobs, Krishnan Shrijith, Arjun Tendulkar, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara

MI probable playing XI
Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur, Trent Boult
Impact Player– Tilak Varma
RCB probable playing XI 
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact Player– Rasikh Dar

You can catch live-streaming of MI vs RCB and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).

The MI vs RCB match will begin on April 6 (Sunday) at 7:30 PM IST.

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Safe options: Suryakumar Yadav (MI), Hardik Pandya (MI), Josh Hazlewood (RCB), Virat Kohli (RCB)
Risky options: Naman Dhir (MI), Vignesh Puthur (MI), Jitesh Sharma (RCB), Tim David (RCB)

MI have the edge over RCB, having won 19 of their 33 matches. However, RCB have won three of the five matches between them, with MI winning the last two. 

MI have not been firing on all cylinders, but will be happy to have their skipper Hardik Pandya back in form with bat and ball. They are further boosted by Jasprit Bumrah joining the squad. However, at home, they could be favourites against RCB.

Suryakumar Yadav has been in good form in the tournament, having hit 171 runs at a strike rate if 161.32 so far. Moreover, he has 477 runs at a SR of 160 against RCB. 

Josh Hazlewood has picked up six wickets in three games so far at an economy rate of 7.26, out of which three have come in the powerplay at an ER of 5.2. MI will have to be wary of the Aussie quick, especially in the first six overs.

The pacers have taken three-fourths of the wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in the IPL since 2023. However, it is the spinners who have fared much better when it comes to keeping the runs down, with an economy rate of 7.8, compared to the the pacers, who have gone for 9.8 an over. 
The average first innings score here since IPL 2023 has been 179.

There's zero chances fo rain in Mumbai during the match. The temperatures will hover between 30-35°C and we should have a full game in.
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