Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Prediction: RCB to make an impression

IPL 2025 is here again as Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru face each other. This fixture will be held at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India. Fans can be sure that it will be action-packed and they can stream the action live on Sky Sports, JioHotstar, and Star Sports Network. Who will win this game of cricket?

Mumbai Indians recent form

Based on stats, Mumbai Indians are slow starters in this type of tournament. Last season, they lost their first opening match. The team will be without its captain, Hardik Pandya, who is currently suspended with a match ban from the 2024 season, and Pacer Jasprit Bumrah. They have won five IPL trophies since the inception of the tournament. The strategy Mumbai Indians will be applying to this match is to get redemption for the under-par performances in recent times. To change their current form, these players are key to making an impact: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Ryan Rickelton.

Mumbai Indians predicted line-up

Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur, Trent Boult

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been able to overturn the event and make themselves huge consideration to winning this event. They were able to successfully bounce back from their first match loss and record two straight victories. Only Delhi Capital share this top spot with them in this tournament. The squad of Royal Challengers Bengaluru is strong with the legendary Batter Virat Kohil in it. In this matchup, they will be trusted to utilize his skills and those of Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar to make an impression in their first game. Their strategy will be to ensure that they anchor the innings and utilize the pace of the team. Within the team, there is a new captain to coordinate the plans. Royal Challengers Bengaluru's attacking lineup is youthful and vast. They will be looking to utilize players like Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for pace attack.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted Lineup

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Expert Betting Tips

Mumbai Indians made a great impression in their first match at the IPL 2025 by defeating the reigning champions, Kolkata Knight Riders. However, since then, they have been a shadow of themselves, recording only 1 win out of three matches. Although RCB suffered a recent loss to Gujarat Titans, they have been impressive. I believe they will secure the win.

Our first prediction is Suryakumar Yadav to score over 30.5 runs - 1.827 odds for 1xbet

Our second prediction is Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 2.10 odds for BCgame

Our third prediction is Royal Challengers Bengaluru to win the toss - 1.95 odds for Dafabets