Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Blog Highlights @
54th Match:
The match between MI and RCB is the fifty-fourth meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 9th 2023.
MI vs RCB History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 33 times, till date. Out of them, MI won 19 times and RCB won 14 times including one super over victory in the tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RCB are LLLLW.
@ MI Backyard:
The teams competed 10 times at the home ground of MI. The home team won 6 times, whereas the visiting team won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RCB are WWWWL.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (MI):
The team completed 265 games, out of them the team won 147 times and lost 114 times with 4 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the seventh place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the third or fourth place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the seventh (same) or eighth place with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI are LWWLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for MI are WLWLW.
The Visiting Team (RCB):
The team completed 255 games, out of them the team won 121 times and lost 128 times with 6 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the sixth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total),victory will bring the team at any of the third or fourth place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the seventh or eighth place with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are LWLWW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results of RCB are LWWLL.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be partly cloudy throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 3% to 7% as of now, so there would be extremely less chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 30 to 31 celsius throughout the engagement. The wind would be between 9 to 14 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature, both would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 30 times in 108 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 14 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 43 times and lost 35 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWWL.
The first batting team won the matches 49 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 59 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 57 times including a tied outing and lost 51 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWL.
The Home Side (MI):
The team won the toss 43 times in 75 games. The team won 26 times including a super over victory and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWLW.
The team never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2016.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2019.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the MI at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLLWW.
The team never lost a match while chasing the target after losing the toss since 2015.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 214 runs in 2023 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.59 and 26.25 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other 9 times at the venue. MI won 6 times, whereas RCB won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI against RCB at the venue are WWWWL.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (MI):
The team had a very good record at the venue, as the team won 46 times including a super over victory in a tied outing and lost 29 times in 75 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of MI at the venue are WLWLW.
The Visiting Unit (RCB):
The team had an average record at the venue, as the team won 8 times and lost also 8 times in 16 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are WWWWL.
The side has never lost an outing since 2021.
The team never lost any outing after losing the toss since 2018.
The side never lost an outing after choosing to bat first since 2017.
The team never lost any outing after being sent to the bat after losing the toss since 2019.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Mumbai Indians:
The team may go with T. Varma, if fit, in place of T. Stubbs and A. Tendulkar in place of A. Khan.
Mumbai Indians Eleven: RG. Sharma, I. Kishan, C. Green, S. Yadav, + T. Varma, T. David, N. Wadhera, J. Archer, A. Tendulkar, P. Chawla, A. Madhwal, + R. Goyal
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team may go with V. Vyshak in place of K. Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: V. Kohli, F. du Plessis, G. Maxwell, M. Lomror, D. Karthik, + A. Rawat, K. Jadhav, W. Hasaranga, + H. Patel, V. Vyshak, J. Hazlewood, M. Siraj
*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. *Notes: "***" means the match was tied and the first super over was also tied and the match was decided through the second super over. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/ipl-live-score-updates-2023-royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-mumbai-indians-from-m-chinnaswamy-stadium/liveblog/99190346.cms
