Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the 20th match of IPL 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
MI vs RCB Weather And Pitch Report Of Mumbai- IPL 2025, Match 20:
MI vs RCB, Weather report of Mumbai:
Rain is not expected to interrupt the MI vs RCB match in Mumbai. The temperature is predicted to be in the late 30s throughout the MI vs RCB game.
MI vs RCB Wankhede Stadium Pitch Report:
The team that wins the toss in the Mumbai vs Bengaluru game will look to bowl first, taking into account the role that dew might play in the latter stage of the match, with spinners finding it difficult to grip the ball
If we talk about the record of the matches played at the Wankhede Stadium during the previous IPL seasons, the team batting first has won 54 matches, whereas the chasing team has won 65 games.
Being a red soil wicket, the batters can trust the bounce of the pitch and can play their short right from the start. We can expect a run-fest with batters from both sides targeting the short boundaries.
The surface used for the only game played at Wankhede stadium in IPL 2025 saw KKR getting bowled out for less than 150, which did not reflect the true nature of the wicket, which was a good batting wicket with assistance for both spinners and fast bowlers.
Mumbai and Bengaluru have faced each other in 33 matches, with MI having the upper hand with 19 wins as compared to RCB which have registered 14 wins
It will be a battle between the batting lineups of two teams who have the reputation of decimating the opposition’s bowling attacks with their aggressive batting display
Having said that, a lot will depend on the bowling lineup of RCB if the team has to entertain their chance of winning against MI and would like to replicate the performance the bowling group delivered against CSK.
Wankhede Stadium has hosted 119 IPL games so far and has most of the time witnessed high-scoring encounters, with the highest score of 235/1 scored by RCB against MI in the 2015 edition of IPL.
The lowest score defended at this is 118, a feat that was achieved by SRH against MI in 2018, which suggests that bowlers can also fancy their chances against the attacking approach of batters, which is a silver lining in a match that is expected to be dominated by the batters
Conclusion
For MI match against RCB provides a chance to register their second game of the ongoing IPL edition and get the much-needed momentum for the upcoming matches, along with two crucial points
Meanwhile, RCB will also hope to get back on track after facing defeat in their last game against GT in Bengaluru, and would like for captain Rajat Patidar to lead from the front and score some runs in the middle order
