Yes, yes, that is exactly what could happen if Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh make it happen. But, the centre of attraction is bound to be Indian cricket’s blue-eyed boy Virat Kohli who is making a comeback after a layoff due to a freak shoulder injury. In that case, RCB will be almost full strength in today’s match, sans KL Rahul. AB de Villiers has already announced himself in this IPL and with his friend Virat making a comeback, things are looking up in the right direction for RCB.
Mumbai Indians, as usual, will bank heavily on Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah for death over demolition. Rohit Sharma will be desperate to get going this IPL, he one feels is just one inning away from striking good form.
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Posted by Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, 13 April 2017
Mumbai have an 11-8 winning record against Royal Challengers in the IPL. At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Mumbai have won six of seven games against RCB. With the match being played at MA Chinnaswamy we can expect a run fest.
The match is the first of the double-header today and starts at 16:00 hrs. You can watch it on Sony Max and Sony Six also live stream it on Hotstar.
The likely XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Virat Kohli, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Kedar Jadhav, 6 Mandeep Singh, 7 Stuart Binny, 8 Pawan Negi, 9 Tymal Mills, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Aniket Choudhary
Mumbai Indians: 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
