RCB, who advanced to the IPL final for the first time since 2016, would not want to play the MI in the championship match, according to Ravichandran Ashwin.
One of the most competitive teams in the IPL playoffs is MI. They have won the championship five times and advanced to the playoffs eleven times. On Friday, May 30, in Mullanpur, the Hardik Pandya-led team will play Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Eliminator after finishing fourth in the IPL 2025 points standings. In Qualifier 1, RCB defeated Punjab Kings by eight wickets to advance to the final.
“The Gujarat Titans should defeat the Mumbai Indians if the RCB is required to win the IPL. On his YouTube channel “Ash Ki Baat,” Ravichandran Ashwin stated, “MI is one team that you cannot allow to enter the final; you have to stop them at all costs.”
Ravichandran Ashwin believes that MI is the only squad capable of stopping the Rajat Patidar-led RCB, even if he supported them to win. The former cricket player for India stated that he would like to play Gujarat in the summit match if he were a member of the RCB lineup.
“RCB will cross their fingers that the Mumbai Indians won’t be in the championship game.” The only team with a chance against RCB is the Mumbai Indians. Although it appears that RCB is persevering, anything can happen in cricket. The Gujarat Titans would be my top choice for a finalist if I were the RCB.
I would like to play the Gujarat Titans if I were RCB,” Ravichandran Ashwin continued.
In 34 IPL games, RCB and MI have faced one another. MI has won these matches 19 times, compared to 15 victories for RCB. The two well-liked teams faced off once this season in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. The visitors defeated a 222-run target by 12 runs in a high-scoring thriller.
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