The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has reached it’s the half-way mark now and still, all the teams are looking in the contention for qualifying into the playoffs. The next match will be played between the teams who have won just two games so far in the tournament out of their first 7 matches, still, they are looking forward to qualifying into the layoffs, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in Bangalore. One loss for any of the teams and that will be game over for them in the tournament as they need to win six out of seven remaining matches in the league stages. One thing is for sure that the fans will be witnessing another nail-biting encounter.

Despite the fact that MI and RCB have won just two games so far in the cash-rich league, they are no short of match-winners in their respective squads who can help them to turn their fortunes in the tournament. Let us have a look at 5 such players from both the teams.

1. Jasprit Bumrah (MI)

Since the last couple of matches, Jasprit Bumrah has seemed to be getting into the groove as in the earlier games he not at his very best. In the last games against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), he bowled like a miser as he conceded just 25 runs and helped his team to restrict the men in yellow on a low score. MI still needs to will 6 of their remaining 7 matches in order to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2018 and Bumrah needs to perform well for his team to qualify.