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The high-octane Indian Premier League action continues today with a blockbuster clash between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Wankhede Stadium. These two heavyweight franchises have served up many thrillers over the years and today’s contest promises to be another cracker.
Mumbai Indians started their IPL 2024 campaign in impressive fashion, winning their opening three matches. However, Rohit Sharma’s men have stuttered a bit lately with a couple of losses. They will be keen to get back to winning ways against a dangerous RCB side.
The Mumbai batting has fired in patches with the likes of Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma and Tim David providing the fireworks. However, their bowling unit led by Jasprit Bumrah has been their biggest strength so far. A lot will depend on how Mumbai’s famed pace attack handles RCB’s explosive batting lineup.
For Royal Challengers, it has been a campaign of underachievement so far. Despite boasting match-winners like Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik in their ranks, inconsistency has plagued them. RCB need to start putting together a string of victories to keep their playoff hopes alive.
There will be plenty of sub-plots with the Kohli vs Bumrah battle whetting the appetite of fans. Both players have been instrumental in many IPL battles between the two sides over the years.
With two quality bowling attacks on show, the Wankhede pitch is expected to provide some assistance to the pacers. However, the dew factor in the evening could bring the batters into the game during the second innings.
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While Mumbai start as favorites based on current form, RCB have the capability to upstage any opposition on their day. A cracking IPL humdinger is on the cards today!
