Mumbai batting has underwhelmed throughout this tournament and that should be good news for a struggling RCB bowling attack.
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Bangalore are still getting the feel of things in and around their team. Quinton de Kock won the game for Delhi as Bangalore were undone because of the lack of a quality strike bowler.
For all his batting ability, it’s with the ball that Shane Watson really proves a trump-card for every team he represents.
Mohammed Shami claimed two wickets in his spell of four over conceding 34 runs. He hasn’t been bad with the bat either.
RCB is also considered as one of the favorite side of IPL season 9, as their skipper Virat Kohli is in some superb form and so far the South African master AB de Villiers is also playing a great role for the RCB with bat. Bangalore’s other pace-bowling picks – Adam Milne, David Wiese, Harshal Patel and S Arvind – have been decent, but not as effective as Mitchell Starc might have been.
The 36-year-old cricketer hasn’t done anything noteworthy with the willow for RCB in their first two matches of the season.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is set to miss the next two games for his Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore, after flying out on Sunday to be with his partner for the birth of their first child.
Alternatively, Royal Challengers may look to strength their bowling by including Head’s Adelaide Strikers teammate, Kane Richardson.
We might see some changes in the batting line up for Mumbai. Both teams are coming at the back of defeats and will be keen to return to winning ways.
Possible XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Parthiv Patel (wk), Hardik Pandya, Jos Buttler, Ambati Rayudu, Martin Guptill, Harbhajan Singh, Krunal Pandya, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah.
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RCB’s middle order batsman, Sarfaraz Khan confirmed his departure while the West Indian batsman has also written about his impending fatherhood on Instagram.
