Jasprit Bumrah Returns As Pandya Puts Patidar's Boys To Bat First In RCB vs MI IPL 2025 Match

Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bowl [Source: JioHotstar]

On April 7, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) locked horns with Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 20th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. At toss, MI captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajat Patidar's boys.

Talking about the changes, MI have made two changes; Tilak Varma and Jasprit Bumrah comes in place of Raj Angad Bawa and Ashwani Kumar. Meanwhile, RCB have made no change in their playing XI.

RCB vs MI: Captains' Thought

Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru Captain): "We would have chased as well but the surface looks hard and good to bat. Typical Mumbai wicket so good to bat.

For us it's not important to look at the points table but important to play good cricket. The bowling unit. It's very difficult to bowl at this track but I am pretty much confident with our bowling unit."

Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians Captain): "We are gonna bowl first. This looks like a good track. Dew might come in later. Keeping safe. When the wicket is cool, it's stays good. Sometimes when dew comes, it gets better. I haven't seen it otherwise.Definitely. It's time for us to take some rhythm. We are playing good cricket but at some moments, we are missing on some things."

RCB vs MI: Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Mumbai Indians Playing XI: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Vignesh Puthur, Jasprit Bumrah

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