Jasprit Bumrah returned as Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in an IPL 2025 match on Monday (April 7).

Also read: PBKS vs CSK preview: Chennai, Dhoni under pressure

Also returning to MI’s team was Rohit Sharma, who had missed the previous game due to an injury. Rohit has been listed among the Impact Subs. RCB have gone in with the same team at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Bumrah is playing his first competitive match since January when he was ruled out of a back injury during the fifth Test between India and Australia in Sydney.

RCB are third in the IPL 2025 points table with two wins from three games while MI are eighth with one victory from four outings.

What captains said

MI skipper Pandya said, “We are gonna bowl first. This looks like a good track, dew might come in later. When the wicket is cool, it stays good. When dew comes, it gets better. It always plays well for both teams. It’s time for us to get some rhythm, get some good cricket behind us, take the smarter options and do the right things. We are playing good cricket, but it’s just that at certain moments, we are missing out on certain things. If we can look after those, we’ll be able to get the rhythm. Mumbai has been always supporting us. We have made sure that this is our fortress and we kinda defend it. Playing at home makes it different. The crowd is behind you and you are aware of the conditions. Jassie (Bumrah) is back and so is Ro (Rohit). Bot of our experienced campaigners are back in the side, that gives us added fuel.”

“Of course(would have chased), but it’ll not make too much of a difference. The surface looks hard and good to bat on. It’s a typical Mumbai wicket, it will be good for batsmen. For us, it’s not important to look at the points table. It’s important to play good cricket, looking forward to it. It’s very difficult to bowl at this venue, but I am pretty confident about the bowling unit that we have. We have played a lot of cricket, in every venue in India. It’s pretty clear at what venue what we have to do. We are playing with the same team,” said RCB skipper Rajat Patidar.

Teams

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

Impact Subs: Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar, Swastik Chikara, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.