MI vs. RCB (Mumbai Indians vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore) Prediction

Kings XI Punjab faced the first defeat of the tournament from the underdogs, Mumbai Indians, and that was the sixth game for both teams in the IPL 2014. MI started gathering their points from that match and will try to keep up the scenario in their coming encounter at their home ground against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The latter has played six won three, they lost an even number of matches and are currently placed at no.4 position on the table.

Players to watch

Gautam, Rohit Sharma, Corey Anderson and Kieron Pollard were their main batsmen who were instrumental in their win vs. KXIP. Lasith Malinga is their leading bowler while Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are improving.

AB de Villiers was the ‘Player of the match’ with a classic unbeaten burst of 89 for RCB in their last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Virat Kohli is required badly to score runs for his team whereas Yuvraj Singh and Parthiv Patel are assisting nicely with the willow. Varun Aaron, Mitchell Starc and Yuzvendra Chahal are their match winning bowlers.

Time & Venue

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 @ 14:30 GMT, 20:00 local at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Weather

A bright day with temperatures around 28-34ᵒC

Toss

The winner to field

The Pitch

Comfortable for batting

Teams

Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma (C), Ben Dunk, Chidhambaram Gautam, Corey Anderson, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Aditya Tare, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah.

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli (C), Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel, Rilee Rossouw, Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Harshal Patel, Mitchell Starc, Varun Aaron, AB Dinda, Yuzvendra Chachal.

Prediction

RCB are the predicted winners