Today is the 31st match of the 12th season of IPL 2019. For the first time in this edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will go into a game as favourites. After a convincing win against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), RCB will now take on Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.
Mumbai's 3-match winning streak was broken by Rajasthan on Saturday as they slumped to a 4-wicket loss while Bangalore finally put an end to their string of defeats when they overhauled Punjab's target of 174 with 8 wickets to spare on Saturday.
Despite their respective results, nothing changed on the points table. Bangalore is still languishing at the bottom while Mumbai is on the 3rd spot.
From Bangalore's point of view, every game is a knockout from here on. On the other hand, Mumbai wouldn't want to stall their momentum and get back to winning ways when they host Kohli's men at the Wankhede on Monday.
Whenever Bangalore and Mumbai are in action, there is no shortage of power as both teams possess big T20 stars. On the bowling front, Bangalore's Chahal has had an outstanding run while Bumrah has had a decent time for Mumbai.
If you are sitting down to pick your fantasy team, you will have plenty of selection dilemma. Hardik Pandya has to be the first man on that list due to his power in all 3 disciplines of the game. After a lackluster start, Kohli is back to his usual self, scoring runs with minimum fuss while de Villiers has also found his range after an indifferent start.
There will be plenty to choose from but remember there is a cap on credits. Players like Moeen Ali and Stoinis – who both had a wonderful outing in the last game – could prove to be effective options.
While Mumbai Indians are seated third on the points table with four wins from seven games, they lost their last match against Rajasthan Royals at the same venue on Saturday.
On the other hand, even though RCB is placed last on the table with just one win in seven outings, the fact that they beat KXIP at home on Saturday will surely motivate them further.
It was a second chance for Bangalore to hit the ground again with the second consecutive match and to win the match and to prove themselves in this IPL season. When he waited for a long time win in this season of 2019.
