WPL 2025 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians - Key Players

Updated At: 2025/02/20

In the 7th fixture of the WPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Mumbai Indians on Friday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians contest will be a thrilling one because these two teams have won a single title each and they would be willing to dominate each other in the ongoing season.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, the defending champions, are currently leading the point table with 2 wins and they are yet to witness their first loss. Their net run rate stands at +1.440. Bangalore started their WPL 2025 campaign with a win against Gujarat Giants and established positive winning odds at the WPL betting sites in India.

Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, are currently at the 3rd spot in the point table with a single win and a single loss. Their net run rate stands at +0.783. Mumbai started their WPL campaign with a loss against Delhi Capitals but immediately bounced back by winning the 2nd fixture against Gujarat Giants.

The two teams are evenly matched when it comes to the quality of players. Royal Challengers Bangalore has a good depth in their batting unit and it is their actual strength. Their bowlers have also done a fair job in the last 2 fixtures.

Mumbai Indians are lacking when it comes to their batting unit but their bowlers have kept things positive for the team. For the upcoming fixture, the team management will be dependent on the bowling unit for a win.

In this article, we bring you the key players who will be part of the betting tips of every match prediction. We have also listed down the winning odds for both teams.

WPL 2025 - RCB vs MI - Key Players

1) Hayley Matthews - Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians are dependent on their all-rounder from West Indies - Hayley Matthews for wickets. She is the leading wicket-taker in the league as of now and has been a consistent performer in T20i cricket. Her major achievement came in the 2nd fixture against Gujarat Giants where she picked up 3 wickets in 4 overs at an economy of 4. As an all-rounder, she is also involved in scoring runs for the team. However, with bat, she has not been as effective as expected and has collected 17 runs in 2 matches.

WPL 2025	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Hayley Matthews	2	5	9.6	6

T20i Stats 2024-25	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Hayley Matthews	18	17	23	6.3

2) Nat Sciver-Brunt - Mumbai Indians

Nat Sciver-Brunt has come out as a run-scoring machine for Mumbai Indians and the whole team is dependent on her to score the majority of the runs. She is currently the 2nd highest run-scorer in the league and the highest run-scorer for Mumbai Indians. She started her WPL 2025 on a strong note by scoring 80 off 59 balls at a strike rate of 135.59 in the first game against Delhi Capitals. Unfortunately, Mumbai lost the game but Nat Sciver-Brunt got a major boost in her confidence for the upcoming fixtures.

WPL 2025 - Batting	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Nat Sciver-Brunt	2	137	137	139.79

WPL 2025 - Bowling	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Nat Sciver-Brunt	2	3	21.33	8

3) Renuka Singh - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Renuka Singh has come out as the shining light for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the bowling unit. The pacer has been in brilliant form since the start of the league and she now stands as the 2nd highest wicket-taker in the league. Her best numbers came against Delhi Capitals in the 2nd fixture as she scalped 3 wickets in 4 matches at an economy of 5.75. Against Mumbai, Renuka will play a key role at the start of the game for Bangalore.

WPL 2025	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Renuka Singh	2	5	9.60	6

T20i Stats 2024	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Renuka Singh	19	20	22.90	6.27

4) Smriti Mandhana - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper - Smriti Mandhana, has continued her T20 international form in WPL as well. She is the leading scorer for Bangalore and 4th highest run-scorer in the league. Smriti Mandhana has yet to make an impact in the league but her presence is always a threat to the opposite bowling unit. She is a world-class batter who can score quick boundaries at the start of the match and can provide an advantage to Bangalore against Mumbai.

WPL 2025	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Smriti Mandhana	2	90	45	166.66

T20i Stats - 2024	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Smriti Mandhana	23	763	42.38	126.53

WPL 2025 - RCB vs MI - Who Will Win?

	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai Indians
1xBet	1.998	1.848
Parimatch	1.96	1.79
4Rabet	2	1.9
10Cric	2	1.75
Melbet	2	1.851

WPL 2025 - RCB vs MI - Head-to-Head

Royal Challengers Bangalore	Matches (5)	Mumbai Indians
2	Wins	3
3	Loss	2
132.2	Average Runs	132.8
155	Maximum Runs	155
115	Minimum Runs	115