MI vs RCB IPL 2024 Toss and Pitch Report: Smart bowling needed on a batting-friendly wicket!

MI vs RCB IPL 2024 toss and pitch report with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians will clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 25th match of the IPL 2024 in Wankhede on Thursday. With the first ball scheduled to be delivered at 7 30 PM, Wankhede promises a run feat this evening.

MI vs RCB: Pitch

Even the previous match between MI and DC saw more than 430 runs getting scored in 40 overs. Wankhede is one of the better batting venues of the IPL. With its short boundaries, very fast outfields and shorter dimensions square of the wicket, the turf offers great help to batting. In the last game, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Romario Shepherd played superbly on this wicket and helped Mumbai Indians post a massive 200 plus score.

RCB’s batting will face matching Mumbai man-to man but their top recruits in Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, the have the firepower to score big.

The other peculiar thing about the Wankhede’s pitch is that it offers sharp turn to the spinners. Piyush Chawla is a veteran on these wickets and will seriously challenge RCB batters. As far as fats bowling goes, Wankhede offers some early bounce but leaves it smart fast bowl rather than raw pace.

MI vs RCB: Toss

The Wankhede stadium is the only venue to have hosted more than 100 IPL matches. It has hosted 111 games, and the number keeps growing.

Of the 111 matches, 51 games have been won batting first while 60 times teams batting second have won the match. With a 55 percent success rate for chasing as compared to 45 percent for batting first, it seems that the team winning the toss on Thursday would like to field first.

Even in the previous game, DC won the toss and elected to field. Though they lost the match, the trend is clear – win the toss and field first.

Both teams are eager to win and move up the ladder on the points table. MI look confident at home while RCB also have some stats to fall back on – they have beaten Mumbai 4 times in their last 5 encounters. They need to win this one too so that they don’t become an early casualty if IPL 2024.