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Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 09 May 2026

Simon Lewis 09 May 2026

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru have lost their last two matches in a row.
Mumbai Indians ended a three-match losing streak by beating the Super Giants.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

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Rohit Sharma is back in the runs after injury (Getty Images).

This Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. Mumbai need to win all of their remaining four matches for an outside chance of scraping into the playoffs.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Royal Challengers are third in a congested table that has the potential for them to finish anywhere between 1st and 8th on the table. Both sides have lost three of their last five matches and will be desperate to pick up a win as the playoff fight hots up.

Match Details

Match	Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Mumbai Indians
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	10 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Raipur, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	LWWLL
Mumbai Indians	WLLLW

Despite their recent losses the Royal Challengers don’t have to do much to qualify for the playoffs, but for Mumbai their poor form makes this a must-win match.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2026	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	18 runs	IPL
2025	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	12 runs	IPL
2024	Mumbai Indians	7 wickets	IPL
2023	Mumbai Indians	6 wickets	IPL
2023	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	8 wickets	IPL

The Royal Challengers won their earlier group match this season by 18 runs and have held the upper hand in the last four seasons, but Mumbai lead the historic wins tally 19-16 across their 35 clashes.

Team News

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The injured Phil Salt’s replacement (Jacob Bethell) hasn’t scored above 20 in his four innings this season and could be in line to move down to the bench.

Possible XI: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Tim David, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Jacob Duffy.

Mumbai Indians: Skipper Hardik Pandya sat out the match against the Super Giants with a back spasm but is back in training with the squad. He is expecting to play but will have to first pass a fitness test.

Possible XI: Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Will Jacks, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Corbin Bosch, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma.

Key Stats

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Viray Kohli has scored 81, 23* & 28 in his last 4 innings.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Devdutt Padikkal has scored 318 runs (S/R 200.00).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar has returned figures of 3/26, 3/5 and 3/28 in his last 5 matches.
Mumbai Indians’ Ryan Rickelton has scored 123*, 37 & 83 in his last 3 knocks.
Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma hit 7 sixes in his 44-ball 84 against the Super Giants.
Mumbai Indians’ AM Ghazanfar has taken 12 wickets in his last 7 matches.

Match Analysis

The Royal Challengers have relied a lot on the heavy lifting at the top of the order by Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, but they need the rest of the top order to weigh in consistently. Mumbai’s results have been poor but their opening pairing of Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma are back in tandem again after Sharma’s return from injury and they immediately hit a winning note against the Super Giants.

The pitch in Raipur is likely to offer a high-scoring opportunity and with the respective batting line-ups it should be expected that the two teams should combine to hit around 20 sixes with scores north of 190.

The red soil should provide consistent bounce and pace, which will encourage batters to play their strokes. The smaller than normal boundaries will add to the anticipated high innings scores.

With dew expected in the evening captains are likely to look to bowl first to give their bowlers and fielders the better conditions with which to work with the ball. The weather report is for a clear and hot day with the heat heading over 35°C from the start of the match, with the evening temperature cooling to just below 30°C.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

Both sides have had a poor run in their last five matches, but the Royal Challengers have the better season record, a powerful squad and home ground advantage, even though it’s a ground they don’t play at often. Backing them to avoid three defeats on the trot feels like the right call against a Mumbai side that has lost seven of their eight matches this season.

Best Mumbai Indians Batter

Ryan Rickelton has scored heavily in his last three innings and is 8th in the IPL runs list with 380 runs at an average of 54.3. He looks a good bet to top score for the Mumbai Indians.

Score Over/Under Runs

Devdutt Padikkal has scored 55, 34*, 40 and 34 in his last four innings and is worth backing to score 21 runs or more against Mumbai.

Take Over/Under Wickets

AM Ghazanfar has figures of 2/21, 2/31, 2/17, 2/25, 2/51, 1/40 and 1/50 in his last seven matches and is worth backing to pick up more than one wicket in this match.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Win	1.76
Mumbai Indians Win	1.96
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

Odds with Easybets.co.za

Verdict

Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Mumbai Indians

The Royal Challengers have the stronger squad and should have the beating of the Mumbai Indians, and Devdutt Padikkal is worth backing to score over 20 runs.

Ryan Rickelton is my pick to top-score for the Mumbai Indians, while AM Ghazanfar is a strong pick to take two or more wickets.

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