Match 31 - Bangalore vs Mumbai: CrickingDuels Fantasy Guide

This CrickingDuels Fantasy guide is for the match 30 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season which will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI). M Chinnaswamy Stadium will host the game as both the sides meet at a very crucial juncture in their journey this season. They have a similar number of victories after playing 7 matches and would be wanting to get on a roll with a win in this match. However, it won’t be easy for either of the sides as the bowlers will be under fire on a small ground.

Only the fact that Mumbai are coming off a victory against CSK makes them the favourites for his game as they will be riding high on confidence. Their opponents and the home side require this victory more than anyone else with their home comfort running out fast. Their bowlers have been lacklustre and too many changes in every game hasn’t helped their cause either. Here we bring to you the CrickingDuels Fantasy guide for the game:

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians

Batsman

It goes without saying that the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would walk into any fantasy side on any given day. The former bats at number 3 or even can any open the innings for his side. While it could be argued that Rohit comes to bat at 4 and doesn’t get to bat more balls, it is also a risky proposition to not pick him. AB de Villiers didn’t play the last game due to a viral fever and is not sure if he will play this game. But again if he plays can make a lot of impact with the form he is in so I go ahead take a risk of picking him in my team.

Here we have the option of going in with 5 batsmen as the uncertainty around RCB all-rounders makes life a bit easy. Suryakumar Yadav and Evin Lewis are the two in-form batters. So they too make it into my team.

All-rounders

Krunal Pandya has to be there when it comes to picking the all-rounder in any fantasy as he contributes heavily with both bat and ball. Now, it is a rule here to pick 2 all-rounders in the team and so I have to go for Colin de Grandhomme. There is also an option of going in with JP Duminy, Ben Cutting and Hardik Pandya but only 6 players form one team could be included and we still have to pick bowlers.

Wicketkeeper

Ishan Kishan looks to be the fine prospect to go with here or one can even go for Quinton de Kock as he is also available for only 100 credits more than him. With the gut feeling, I would go with the youngster as it covers the top four Mumbai’s batting and I already have Virat and ABD who perform always for RCB.

Bowlers

I have gone for three bowlers in current form. Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin and Mohammed Siraj are the players which I have selected in my team. We have to take care of our budget too as Siraj and Ashwin are available cheaply for me and are also performing well for the team. One can go for Tim Southee as well as I still have 100 credits with me but again he can go for runs some day.

So here’s our final CrickingDuels Fantasy team for this game: