Bangalore vs. Mumbai Indians, IPL: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore welcome Mumbai Indians to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with both teams desperate to pick up points in the Indian Premier League.

The hosts have a 50 percent record after two games, while the struggling Indians are still yet to get off the mark in 2015 after suffering four straight defeats.

Date: Sunday, April 19

Time: 8 p.m. local/3:30 p.m. BST/10:30 a.m. ET

Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Weather: AccuWeather.com forecasts a small possibility of a thunderstorm in the area, though the conditions are expected to be warm.

TV Info and Live Stream: Sony Six, Star Sports HD, Star Sports 1 (India), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), SuperSport (South Africa), OSN (UAE), SkyTV ( New Zealand), Network Ten (Australia), Channel 9 (Bangladesh), Sportsnet and Omini (Canada), Sports Max (West Indies), Geo Super (Pakistan), Starhub (Singapore).

Overview

After a slow start to their season, Bangalore will begin a run of four games in eight days with the clash against Mumbai on Sunday.

The Royal Challengers have so far played twice, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in their opener before then suffering an eight-wicket loss at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

They have invested heavily on batsmen in their squad; skipper Virat Kohli has so far opened the innings with Chris Gayle, with AB de Villiers coming in at four in the order.

Mitchell Starc was due to be the leader of the Bangalore attack. However, the Australia paceman has not appeared yet, instead remaining at home to rest a niggling knee injury, per ESPN Cricinfo.

Mumbai, meanwhile, find themselves propping up the rest in the table.

Their miserable start to the campaign continued on Friday when they were unable to defend a total of 183 for seven against the Chennai Super Kings.

They recovered from 12 for three to post what appeared to be a challenging score, skipper Rohit Sharma hitting an even 50 after back-to-back ducks, but their bowlers proved unable to stop Chennai.

At least the Indians know it is not too late to turn things around. In 2014 they lost their opening five matches, yet still went on to qualify for the knockout stages. 

Key players

Bangalore

The Royal Challengers' star-studded batting lineup should make sure they don't lack for runs. The key to success will be how the bowling unit holds up until Starc is fit to play.

To that extent, Varun Aaron needs to step up and perform. The India seamer has so far picked up one wicket at a cost of 74 runs, figures that need to improve as the games come thick and fast. 

Mumbai

Lasith Malinga has yet to fire in the competition this year, so far managing just four wickets in 16 overs of work.

The Sri Lankan has an economy rate of 8.87 and recorded figures of one for 40 in the defeat to Chennai. Mumbai require better than that from their premier paceman.

Squads

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Varun Aaron, Sean Abbott, Abu Nechim, S Badrinath, Shishir Bhavane, Manvinder Bisla, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Ashok Dinda, Chris Gayle, Iqbal Abdulla, Dinesh Karthik, Sarfaraz Khan, Nic Maddinson, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Harshal Patel, Rilee Rossouw, Darren Sammy, Sandeep Warrier, Jalaj Saxena, Mitchell Starc, Yogesh Takawale, David Wiese, Vijay Zol

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Corey Anderson, Aiden Blizzard, Jasprit Bumrah, Unmukt Chand, Marchant de Lange, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Gopal, Harbhajan Singh, Siddhesh Lad, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Hardik Pandya, Parthiv Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nitish Rana, Ambati Rayudu, Lendl Simmons, Jagadeesha Suchith, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Vinay Kumar, Akshay Wakhare