Defending champions of the IPL 2018 Mumbai Indians are yet to have a win on their name even after playing out three matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore have won one match but have lost two. Both the teams will desperately be fighting out at the Wankhede Stadium to register win on their names. Here are how the teams are shaping up for the high-profile clash.
Probable XI Fantasy:
Ishan Kishan (WK), AB De Villiers, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Evin Lewis (BAT), Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Chris Woakes (AR), Mustafizur Rehman, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal (BWL)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
The RCB team which had lost badly in the first game against Kolkata at the Eden Gardens came back strong to pick up a win against Kings XI Punjab playing at home. The joy of the win was soon wiped by Rajasthan Boys as RCB lost while chasing a humongous total.
In the last match, bowling was really disappointing, only spinners returned respectable bowling figures while all the fast bowlers were hit hard. In batting, Kohli looked in great touch while ABD was scratchy. De Kock played a wonderful knock at the top. Mandeep made sure he retained his spot with 47*.
One change that RCB had done in the last match was Negi in place of Sarfaraz. He bowled only one over and scored 3 runs. RCB could think of playing Colin De Grandhomme in but they will have to take out McCullum for that.
Probable XI –
Brendon McCullum, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pawan Negi/Sarfraz Khan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya
Mumbai Indians
The start of the IPL 2018 season has anything but disastrous for the 2017 IPL champions. They have so far lost three heart-stopping encounters. All have been the matches where Mumbai has batted first and lost the match on the last ball. It was Kedar Jadhav for CSK, Billy Stanlake for SRH and Jason Roy for DD.
Against Delhi in the last match, Surya Yadav opened for Mumbai Indians and scored a half-century. Lewis looked good, Ishan Kishan attacked from the onset. The problem areas were Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and the spinners.
MI had brought in Dananjaya in the match, he is likely to be dropped after giving 47 in his four overs. Mitchell McClenaghan is likely to come back.
Probable XI –
Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav, Mitchell McCleanghan, Evin Lewis, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Mustafizur Rahman, Ishan Kishan (wk), Krunal Pandya, Mayank Markande
