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Bengaluru, April 30: Struggling sides Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will have a fight for survival when they lock horns in Bengaluru on Tuesday (May 1).

Having beaten Chennai Super Kings in their adopted home ground in Pune, MI will go out with their tails up with confidence to take on a strong batting line-up of RCB, which has the likes of Virat Kohli and Brendon McCullum.

On the other hand, the heartbreaking back-to-back defeats at the hands of CSK and Kolkata Knight Riders in their backyard would have devastated the team's confidence, but RCB will have to play out of their skins to stay in the competition.

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It has been an almost identical journey for both teams so far. Mumbai and Virat Kohli-led RCB have managed just two wins in seven matches each, but the visitors are ahead at sixth place due to better net run rate.

Mumbai would like to take a cue from their last encounter against RCB, which they had won by 46 runs at the Wankhede Stadium with Rohit Sharma and Evin Lewis hitting 94 and 65 respectively.

Barring Suryakumar Yadav, who has 274 runs under his belt in seven matches, most of the Mumbai batsmen have been inconsistent. Captain Rohit, who has failed to get past 20 runs in five games, will try to play yet another impact innings.

Left-handed Pandya + Right-handed Pandya = Double Trouble 😉 #CricketMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/B0DmCYqid8

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 30, 2018

The team would like Rohit, who has scored 196 runs in seven matches, to bat either one-down as he did in the last game or open the innings to give the much needed time for him to settle down.

Pandya brothers - Hardik and Krunal - who have been good in their bowling would like to get a big knock with the bat as they have managed to score just 61 and 113 runs in seven matches.

Mumbai also have been struggling with the ball as they have failed to prosper as a unit. Young Mayank Markande has been a revelation for them and has bagged 10 wickets from seven games with his leg-spin.

Death-over specialist Jasprit Bumrah and Mustafizur Rahman have bagged seven and six wickets respectively so far, and if Mumbai want to restrict the likes of Kohli and McCullum, they will have to play their role to perfection.

👑 Kohli's knock was uplifting but sloppy fielding leaves us searching for the all important win.
Read how our #RCB boys performed ➡️ https://t.co/rYUVifR7zU #PlayBold #RCBvKKR pic.twitter.com/JpEWjbJuKV

— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2018

RCB are struggling at the seventh position after two wins and five defeats. RCB would be praying for the return of AB de Villiers, who did not play the last game due to viral fever. The South African star has been in prime form this season, smashing 68 off 30 balls against CSK and singlehandedly defeating Delhi Daredevils with his unbeaten 39-ball 90.

Kohli would be keen to produce another special knock in this crunch situation, especially after getting two unbeaten knocks of 92 and 68 against Mumbai and KKR, respectively. Opener Quinton De Kock, who has scored 194 runs so far, would like to carry on with his good performance for RCB.

Teams: Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Mustifizur Rahman, Adam Milne, Suryakumar Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Evin Lewis, Saurabh Tiwary, Ben Cutting, Pradeep Sangwan, JP Duminy, Tajinder Singh, Sharad Lumba, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Mayank Markande Akila Dhanajaya, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh and Mitchell McClenaghan.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Captain), Quinton de Kock, Brendon McCullum, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel, Tim Southee.

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