Mumbai Indians Playing XI against Royal Challengers Bengaluru| MI-W vs RCB-W
WPL 2025 is nearing completion, with just three matches remaining in this season. The upcoming match will be the last group stage match of this season and will be played between the defending champions, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and the inaugural season champions, Mumbai Indians. This article will discuss the Mumbai Indians’ predicted playing XI for the coming match.
Mumbai Indians won their last match against the Gujarat Giants and are currently second in the points table after winning five out of the seven matches played. While RCB is already out of the playoffs race, Mumbai, will be eyeing the win in the upcoming match, which will take the team directly to the finals.
Mumbai Indians predicted playing 11 for the upcoming match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru
| Role | Player | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Captain | Harmanpreet Kaur | , Right-hand Bat |
| Opener | Hayley Matthews | Right-hand Bat/Off-spin |
| Opener | Yastika Bhatia (wk) | Left-hand Bat |
| No. 3 | Nat Sciver-Brunt | All-rounder |
| No. 4 | Amelia Kerr | All-rounder |
| No. 5 | Sanjeevana Sanjana | All-rounder |
| No. 6 | Amanjot Kaur | Right-hand Bat |
| No. 7 | Kamalini Gunalan | Left-hand Bat |
| No. 8 | Shabnim Ismail | Right-arm Fast |
| No. 9 | Saika Ishaque | Left-arm Spin |
| No. 10 | Parunika Sisodia | Right-arm Medium |
Top Order
For the top order, Mumbai Indians have all-rounder Hayley Mathews and Amelia Kerr as the openers. In the last match against the Gujarat Giants, Hayley Scored 27 runs, while Amelia Kerr Scored five runs. For the third no. Mumbai has Nat Sciver-Brunt, the highest run scorer of this season. Nat has scored 347 runs in the seven matches played so far, with an average of 69.40, and is currently the orange cap holder.
Middle Order
For the middle order, captain and star Indian batter Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the team. Harmanpreet got her form back at the crucial time just before the playoffs and scored 54 off 33 against Gujrat Giants. She will be batting along with wicketkeeper Yashtika Bhatia and Amanjot Kaur in the middle order. In the last match against Gujarat, Amanjot scored a quick 27 off 15, hitting three boundaries and 1 six.
Lower order
In the lower order, Mumbai Indians have Sanjeevana Sanjana and Kamalini Gunalan. Both the batters will be responsible for scoring some quick runs in the last few overs.
Bowlers
On the bowling side, the Mumbai Indians have Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews as key bowlers. Hayley is in phenomenal form and took three wickets against Gujarat in the last match. In a nail-biting contest, Hayley bowled the final over when Gujarat needed 16 runs to win, and with her exceptional bowling, she restricted the Gujarat batters, taking three wickets in that over. Along with her, Shabnim Ismail will also play a key role; in the last match against Gujarat, Ismail took two important wickets. Additionally, there are other all-rounders in the team, like Amelia Kaur and Sanskriti Gupta, who will be bowling in the middle overs.
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