Hardik Pandya To Drop Piyush Chawla? MI's Probable XI For IPL 2024 Match Vs RCB

Aashay Chopade

Mumbai Indians players in IPL 2024 (X.com)Mumbai Indians players in IPL 2024 (X.com)

Mumbai Indians registered a much-needed win against Delhi Capitals in their previous game after losing initial three games, and would be looking to continue that winning momentum against a struggling RCB unit. 

The Faf du Plessis-led unit have won only one game out of the five they have played, and would be low on confidence as they take on five-time champions at the iconic Wankhede Stadium.

So, let's see what could be the possible changes in the MI team combinat ahead of the high-ticket encounter.

In the last game against DC at Wankhede, their batting clicked as a unit and they ended up smashing 234 on the board. The fact that no batter scored over 50, talks a lot about the collective effort with Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, David and Romario Shepherd all playing impactful knocks.

The return of Shepherd especially was a game-changer as the Caribbean lad slammed 39 off 10 balls and took an important wicket as well, to put MI on the front foot. Akash Madhwal had a rare bad game but Gerald Coetzee and Bumrah picked six wickets between them which are great signs for MI.

However, there is a scope of bringing in Kumar Kartikeya in place of Piyush Chawla. The leg-spinner has not been in best of form this season and gave away 32 runs in two overs against DC.

Also, RCB have lot of right-handers who tend to struggle against left-arm spinners, so Kumar Kartikeya might finally get his first game against on 11th of April.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah.


Impact Subs:  Naman Dhir, Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera.