Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians: The fifth match of IPL 2023 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians on 2 April. This match between the two teams will be held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The RCB team has consistently performed well in the IPL for the last few seasons. The Bangalore team has continuously reached the playoffs for the previous three seasons. At the same time, the performance of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022 was very embarrassing. The Mumbai team won only four out of 14 matches in the last season.
But this season, the Mumbai team is better than before. There will be fierce competition between the two teams in the match between Bangalore and Mumbai on 2 April. Let us talk about the possible playing XI, pitch report and match prediction of both teams for this match.
RCB vs MI Head to Head
If we look at the overall statistics of the IPL matches played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, then Mumbai’s team is heavily outnumbered. So far, 30 matches have been played between the two groups, in which RCB has won 13 and Mumbai has won 17 games. But if the last five matches are seen, the Mumbai team has won only one.
Pitch Report
The pitch at M Chinnaswamy Stadium is batsmen-friendly. The bowlers do not get any help here. This is the graveyard for them. The average first innings score in Bangalore is 170 runs. Here the batters can be put under pressure only by scoring more runs. The team fielding first after winning the toss will be an advantage.
Match Prediction
Anything can happen in cricket. It is difficult to say which team will win this match. But seeing the way Royal Challengers Bangalore have established their dominance against Mumbai Indians in the last five matches, it seems that the RCB team will be able to win the game.
Possible Playing 11 Of RCB and MI
Possible playing 11 of Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf Du (Plessis captain), Finn Allen, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Mike Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Karan Sharma, Reece Topley, Mohammad Siraj.
Possible playing 11 of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Cameron Green, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya, Arshad Khan, Jason Behndorff.
