Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
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18th Match:
The match between RCB and MI is the eighteenth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Maharastra Cricket Association (MCA) International Stadium, Pune on April 9th 2022.
RCB vs MI History:
The teams competed against each other 31 times, till date. Out of them, RCB won 12 times including one super over victory in the tied game but lost 19 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against MI WWLW*L.
RCB Home:
The teams faced each other 10 times at the home ground of RCB. The host won just twice. On the other hand, the visitors won 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against MI are LWLLL.
MI Home:
The teams competed 11 times at the home ground of MI. The home team won 7 times and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RCB are WWWWL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. RCB won 6 times including one super over victory in the tied game, whereas MI won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against MI WWLW*W.
Teams and Ranks:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team completed 232 games, out of them the team won 109 times and lost 117 times with 6 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 4 points (in total), victory will bring the team to one of the top four positions with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to any of fifth or sixth position with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are WWLLW.
Mumbai Indians:
The team completed 244 games, out of them the team won 138 times and lost 102 times with 4 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the ninth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 0 points (in total), victory will bring the team to any of the seventh or eighth places with 2 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to any of last two positions with 0 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LLLWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Pune shows the weather would be mostly clear till the interval of the play and then partly cloudy till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 2% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 26 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 4 to 8 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 17 times in 41 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 10 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLWLW.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 14 times and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLLWW.
The first batting team won the matches 20 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 21 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWWLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 24 times and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLWW.
RCB:
The team won the toss 3 times in 6 played games. The team won twice and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWW – -.
The team never lost a match after choosing to bat first.
The team never won a match after choosing to field first.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWW – -.
MI:
The team won the toss 3 times in 6 played games. The team won all 3 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWW – -.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2012.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLW – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 119 runs in 2013. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 196 runs in 2016 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 73 runs in 2017, and the highest total was 211 runs in 2018. For the second inning, the lowest total was 96 runs (completed innings) in 2017, whereas the highest was 198 runs in 2018.
The batting average of the first innings is 28.80 and 23.89 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against MI at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RCB:
The team had a pretty good record as the team won 4 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are LLWWW.
The team never won an outing since 2016.
MI:
The team had a pretty good record as the team won 4 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are LWLWW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team would like to go with G. Maxwell in place of S. Ratherford.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: F. du Plessis, A. Rawat, V. Kohli, G. Maxwell, D. Willey, S. Ahmed, D. Karthik, W. Hasaranga, H. Patel, A. Deep, M. Siraj
Mumbai Indians:
The team would like to go with F. Allen in place of D. Same and J. Unadkat in place of B. Thampi.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: RG. Sharma, I. Kishan, S. Yadav, T. Varma, D. Brevis, K. Pollard, F. Allen, M. Ashwin, T. Mills, J. Unadkat, J. Bumrah
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
