{"id":2211,"date":"2026-04-12T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/mi-choose-to-bowl-first-at-wankhede-make-two-changes-for-rcb-match"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:15:23","slug":"mi-choose-to-bowl-first-at-wankhede-make-two-changes-for-rcb-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/mi-choose-to-bowl-first-at-wankhede-make-two-changes-for-rcb-match","title":{"rendered":"MI Choose to Bowl First at Wankhede, Make Two Changes for RCB Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toss is often a major talking point in IPL night matches at the Wankhede Stadium, and Mumbai Indians got that advantage on this occasion. They opted to bowl first and, as expected, planned to chase the target later in the evening. Mumbai also made two alterations to their XI: Mitchell Santner returned to the playing group, taking the spot of AM Ghazanfar, while Mayank Markande came in for Deepak Chahar.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Challengers Bengaluru would also have preferred to chase after their recent experience, but their last outing ended with them unable to hold on to a score above 200. That said, they will still back their chances against a Mumbai batting unit they view as more controllable than the top-order they faced previously\u2014one that included Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashavi Jaiswal.<\/p>\n<h2>RCB make a pair of tweaks<\/h2>\n<p>Bengaluru\u2019s line-up saw one notable change at the top level. Josh Hazlewood was left out despite a return of 44 runs from his first match of the season, and Jacob Duffy was named in his place. 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