IPL 2019 MI vs RCB Preview: After 1st win, can Kohli’s RCB rattle Mumbai?

Virat Kohli’s RCB registered their first victory in IPL 2019 after defeating Kings XI Punjab on Saturday and they’d be high on confidence with first points on the IPL 2019 points table

In match 32 of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Mumbai Indians (MI) will host Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday. Virat Kohli’s RCB registered their first victory in IPL 2019 by defeating Kings XI Punjab on Saturday and they’d be high on confidence with first points on the IPL 2019 points table. On the other hand,

Mumbai Indians lost their last match against Rajasthan Royals despite scoring 187 runs as Jos Buttler’s quickfire 89 overshadowed their efforts. As usual, It will rain runs in Wankhede so both the teams will have to pick bowlers in their playing 11 very carefully because wickets are the only key. RCB is tight on bowlers as they usually keep just enough bowlers to complete the 20-over per side quota, hence, they’d have to bring in some variation to tackle the formidable batting line-up of Mumbai Indians in which a tail-ender can also hit a six or two…

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Mumbai Indians team news: Mumbai’s new recruit Alzarri Joseph, who rattled SRH in his debut match with 6 wickets, sustained shoulder injury in their last match and it is not yet clear if he will be in the playing 11. Almost all Mumbai batsmen are scoring runs and the bowlers are doing a brilliant job, plus, all rounders, Keiron Pollard, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya are their true assets, yet the side tend to leak 15-20 runs here and there during middle overs and it haunts them heavily during death overs.

Mumbai cannot always depend on Jasprit Bumrah alone to save them during death overs, and even though Hardik, Krunal are effective in picking wickets, the side ends up missing one or two weak points unchecked. Mumbai may bring Lasith Malinga in playing 11 if Alzarri Joseph is not fit and if that happens, they’d two two death over specialists. Moreover, they know RCB is heavily depended on skipper Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and if they get an early breakthrough, the side can collapse quickly…