Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians will face Faf du Plessis’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match 54 of Indian Premier League 2023 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Monday, May 9, 2023. Keep reading to find out IPL 2023 54 MI vs RCB Match Preview.
The Mumbai Indians have played five wins and as many losses thus far. After losing to Chennai Super Kings in their previous encounter, they are into this contest on a losing streak. MI’s problems with batting first were once again made clear, something they need to address right now.
The Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore both have the same number of wins and losses. Additionally, they had lost their prior game against the Delhi Capitals. Although the team has a nice balance, Faf du Plessis and his players need to become more reliable.
MI vs RCB Head to Head
Let’s have a look at the head-to-head record for MI vs RCB today match. Which will help us to understand who will win today’s IPL match. Know who has higher chances of winning between Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore?
Total Matches Played: 31
Mumbai Indians Won: 20
Royal Challengers Bangalore Won: 11
Tie: 0
No Result: 0
Players to watch out for
Mumbai Indians
Cameron Green
He opened the innings for the first time this season in the previous game, but he was unable to significantly contribute. His strike rate in T20Is when he opens the innings is 187.67. Green has taken five wickets and scored 272 runs with a strike rate of 150.27 in ten innings.
Suryakumar Yadav
With 293 runs in ten innings at an average of 29.3 and a strike rate of 175.44, he is MI’s top run-scorer this year. In his last five games, Suryakumar has scored three half-centuries.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli
In the most recent game, he reached his 50th half-century in the IPL and reached 400 runs for the season. In ten innings, Kohli has scored 419 runs overall, averaging 46.55, with a strike rate of 135.16, including six half-centuries this year.
Faf Du Plessis
He is the only player in the competition to have over 500 runs scored. Du Plessis has five half-centuries and a strike rate of 157.71 while scoring 511 runs in ten innings.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Playing XIs:
Tilak Varma missed the last game due to an injury. He should be back for the next match if he’s fit. MI could go back to their previous combination to accomodate Varma.
RCB included Kedar Jadhav for the first time in the XI for the game against DC. There might not be much help for the spinners and so, Karn Sharma might be replaced by Shahbaz Ahmed who offers batting skills too.
Here are the predicted playing XI’s of Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore for the IPL 2023 Match 54
Mumbai Indians Predicted Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal <> Suryakumar Yadav, Arshad Khan
Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Playing XI:
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Kedar Jadhav <> Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
* <> indicates Impact Player replacement
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