IPL 2025 Mumbai Indians (MI) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Best Playing 11
Depleted Mumbai Indians in focus against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in our MI vs RCB best playing 11 for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
It’s time for match number 20 of the Tata IPL 2025, and we have the Mumbai Indians team taking on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team in Mumbai. Both teams are coming off a loss in the last match. While Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost their last match against the Gujarat Titans, the Mumbai Indians team lost a close encounter against the Lucknow Super Giants team.
The Mumbai Indians team were one of the strongest teams on paper for IPL 2025, but not much has gone right for them so far in the tournament. Right from the batting order to the player performance, it has been a below-par performance from a Champion team. What’s more, the team has suffered 2 losses due to tactical blunders. With 3 losses from 4 games, the start hasn’t been so good for the Mumbai Indians team.
Talking about Royal Challengers Bengaluru, they started superbly with two wins from the first two matches, but suffered a defeat in their third match against the Gujarat Titans. Even as RCB suffered a defeat against GT, there is not much to worry about for them. They have a solid team on paper, and even after their top-order failed, RCB managed to give a tough fight to the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Key Match Details
Tournament: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025
Match Details: Match 20 – MI vs RCB
Where: Mumbai
When: April 07, 2025, 7:30 pm IST
The Mumbai Indians will be back in their home den where they secured their first victory of the season. This should boost the home team’s confidence, but RCB is no mug. They have one of the strongest batting lineups in the competition, and without Jasprit Bumrah, expect a much better performance from RCB than what KKR did here. Meanwhile, Wankhede usually offers a lot to the batters after the first few overs, so expect the same for this match as well.
IPL 2025 Final Updated Squad and Players List for Mumbai Indians (MI)
Batters: Bevon Jackobs (o), Tilak Varma, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav & Shrijith Krishnan
WKs: Robin Minz & Ryan Rickelton (o)
All-rounders: Arjun Tendulkar, Corbin Bosch (o), Mitchell Santner (o), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Hardik Pandya (c) & Will Jacks (o)
Bowlers: Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Karn Sharma, Mujeeb ur Rahman (o), Reece Topley (o), Satyanayarana Raju, Trent Boult (o) & Vignesh Puthur
It is no secret that Mumbai Indians need a revamp in their batting order. Playing Tilak Varma at 5 as a middle-order finisher won’t help the Mumbai Indians team much. Will Jacks looks terribly out of form, and with Rohit Sharma back for the next match, MI should utilize Jacks as a finisher. Dropping Jacks won’t be a wise idea, but an ideal batting lineup for MI is where we see Rohit and Rickelton as openers, Tilak at 3, SKY at 4, Jacks at 5, and Haridk and Naman as floaters.
Meawhile, for the bowling, the Mumbai Indians team is badly missing Jasprit Bumrah. Without Bumrah, MI are currently forced to play one of Vighesh Putur or Ashwani Kumar; thus compromising 4-6 overs. The team needs their main man back soon, and once he is back, the confidence of the bowling lineup will shoot up sky-high. But until then, MI will have to rely on the inexperience of Puthur and Ashwani.
IPL 2025 MI vs RCB Best Playing 11 for Mumbai Indians
- Rohit Sharma
- Ryan Rickelton (wk)
- Tilak Varma
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Will Jacks
- Hardik Pandya (c)
- Naman Dhir
- Mitchell Santner
- Deepak Chahar
- Trent Boult
- Ashwani Kumar
Best Impact Player: Vignesh Puthur
IPL 2025 Final Squad and Players List for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Swastik Chikara, Tim David (o) & Virat Kohli
WKs: Jitesh Sharma & Phil Salt (o)
All-rounders: Jacob Bethell (o), Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Mohit Rathee, Romario Shephard (o) & Swapnil Singh
Bowlers: Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood (o), Lungi Ngidi (o), Nuwan Thushara (o), Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma & Yash Dayal
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Best Playing 11
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru team have got a settled playing 11 combination in the three matches that we have seen so far. However, the team will be concerned about Devdutt Padikkal’s form. Even after batting at 3, Padikkal has not been able to grab the opportunity that has come his way. While dropping him won’t be a wise call, the management will have to instill more confidence in Padikkal to get the best out of him.
In the bowling department, RCB should mostly bring-in Suyash Sharma for Rasikh Dar. A wicket-taking wrist spinner is always better than a medium-pacer, whose only role is to contain runs. Hopefully, RCB realize this, and bring in their key spinner, who could well be lethal on the Wankhede pitch, which offers something for the spinners as well.
IPL 2025 MI vs RCB Best Playing 11 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Phil Salt
- Virat Kohli
- Devdutt Padikkal
- Rajat Patidar (c)
- Liam Livingstone
- Jitesh Sharma (wk)
- Tim David
- Krunal Pandya
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Josh Hazlewood
- Yash Dayal
Best Impact Player: Suyash Sharma
Top Fantasy Playing 11 for MI vs RCB Match 20 of IPL 2025
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma & Rajat Patidar
Wks: Phil Salt & Ryan Rickelton
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Mitchell Santner & Liam Livingstone
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood
CVC Choice: Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma
So, that’s about the best playing 11 for the MI vs RCB match 20 of IPL 2025. Overall, this is going to be an epic clash as both teams are wounded, and looking to get back to winning ways. RCB will start as favorites for this match, considering their settled combination. However, if Mumbai Indians can rectify their batting-order, they can as well be the better team on that particular day.
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