Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): The Clash of Titans

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: MI and RCB will face each other for the second time in the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League 2023 season. Overall, these two teams have met 31 times in the IPL history. MI has won 17 matches and RCB has 14 wins under their name.
Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): The Clash of Titans
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Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Match Details

  • Match: Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) TATA IPL 2023 

  • Venue: Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

  • Day and Date: Tuesday, May 9th 2023 

  • Toss Timings: 7 PM IST and Local, 1.30 PM GMT 

  • Match Timings: 7.30 PM IST and Local, 2 PM GMT 

  • Live Streaming Apps: Disney+ Hotstar, and JioCinema

  • TV Channel: Star Sports

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Likely Playing XI of MI

1. Rohit Sharma(c), 2. Ishan Kishan(wk), 3. Suryakumar Yadav, 4. Camron Green, 5. Tilak Verma, 6. Tim David, 7. Jofra Archer, 8. Jason Behrendorff, 9. Hrithik Shokeen, 10. Piyush Chawla, and 11. Sandeep Warrier/Kumar Kartikeya.

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Likely Playing XI of RCB

1. Faf du Plessis(c), 2. Virat Kohli, 3. Glenn Maxwell, 4. Mahipal Lomror, 5. Dinesh Karthik(wk), 6. Shabaz Ahmed, 7. Wanindu Hasaranga, 8. Karan Sharma, 9. David Willey, 10. Harshal Patel, 11. Mohammed Siraj.

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Pitch Report

The two batting heavyweights of the IPL will thrive on a batting wicket like the Wankhde Stadium, which is also a fortress for Rohit and his men. The pitch in Wankhdede will assist the batters and so a run feast is on the cards.

Mumbai Indian Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Weather Report

The climate forecast is good for the 54th match of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. The weather report says that there will be no rain interruptions.

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Team Preview

The five-time IPL winners will take on a team who haven’t won a single trophy in the Indian Premier League so far. In the TATA IPL 2023 season, RCB made a good start by winning two in two matches.

They won the first encounter of this season against MI by eight wickets at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

While MI had lost the starting games. But they have fought back brilliantly. However, both the teams, MI and RCB have issues with fast bowling.

They don’t have quality spinners as well. Apart from Piyush Chawla from MI and Wanindu Hasaranga from the RCB team, both the teams do not have spin bowlers.

Wanindu Hasaranga from the RCB team
Wanindu Hasaranga from the RCB team

Their batting has been good. MI is the only team in the IPL History who have chased down 200-plus scores back-to-back times. But they need to do well as a batting unit when they bat first.

Before this match, MI lost their second game in this season against CSK while RCB lost a match against Delhi Capitals despite scoring a decent total on the board.

RCB and MI are on ten points each. They have played ten matches till now, won five matches and also lost 5 games each. RCB is on the fifth position and MI on in the sixth position.

After this contest, one team can make it to the top three with 12 points. MI looks like the favourite to win this match because they can chase down any score.

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Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Head-to-Head Stats

MI and RCB have been part of this cash-rich league event since the 2008 edition. Both the teams have played 31 matches till now.

MI has won the most matches against RCB. The five-time champion side has won 17 games while RCB has 14 wins under their belt.  

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: 11Sixes Fantasy Team

  • Batters – Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis

  • Bowlers – Mohammed Siraj, Piyush Chawla and Jofra Archer

  • All-rounders – Wanindu Hasaranga and Cameron Green 

  • Wicket-keeper – Dinesh Karthik 

  •  Vice-captain – Tim David 

  • Captain – Glenn Maxwell

By: Kaushal Kowjalgi

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