Mumbai: Mumbai Indians (MI) will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) today in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The 20th match of the 18th season will start at 7:30 PM at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Mumbai had to face defeat in 3 out of 4 matches in the beginning of this season. Whereas, Bangalore won 2 out of 3 matches and lost 1 match. Bangalore has not been able to win against Mumbai in Wankhede for 10 years. The team’s last victory here was in 2015.
Match details, 20th match
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
Date: April 7
Stadium: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match start- 7:30 PM
MI has the upper hand in head to head. So far a total of 35 matches have been played between the two teams in IPL. Mumbai won 21 and Bangalore won 14. At the same time, both the teams have faced each other 10 times at the Wankhede Stadium. Out of these, MI has won 7 times and RCB 3 times.
Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 171 runs in 4 matches. Surya played a half-century innings of 67 runs in 43 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. Hardik Pandya is on top in bowling. Hardik has taken 8 wickets in 3 matches. He took 5 wickets in 4 overs against Lucknow. Bowler Vignesh Puthur is in second place. He has taken 5 wickets in 3 matches.
Pitch Report
Wankhede pitch proves to be helpful for batsmen. Fast bowlers get some help here. So far 117 IPL matches have been played here. In 54 matches, the team batting first in the first innings has won and in 63 matches.
Weather Conditions
The weather in Mumbai will be very hot on Monday. There will be bright sunshine here today. There is no hope of rain at all. The temperature can remain between 26 to 37 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 15 kilometers per hour.