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It will be the Mumbai Indians up against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 54th game of the IPL.
Both these teams are currently sitting in the middle of the table and are vying for the top four.
Furthermore, looking back at their previous games, the Mumbai Indians lost to Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets at Chepauk.
Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets at Delhi and will now look to redeem themselves.
Moreover, looking at the points table, the Mumbai Indians are in 6th place with 10 points and an NRR of -0.454.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore is in 5th place with 10 points and an NRR of -0.209.
Therefore, we will get an electrifying game between these two sides tomorrow at Wankhede Stadium.
Match Details
Match: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 54
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date: 9th May 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
The wicket at Wankhede favors batters more than bowlers. A total of 9 matches have been played at this venue in the ongoing season where the team batting first has won 4 games and the team bowling first has won 5 games. Moreover, the average first innings score at this venue is 185. Therefore, the team winning the toss should bowl first at this venue.
Full Squads for Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 54
Mumbai Indians
Dewald Brevis, Nehal Wadhera, Ramandeep Singh, Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tristan Stubbs, Cameron Green, Raghav Goyal, Shams Mulani, Tim David, Ishan Kishan (wk), Vishnu Vinod (wk), Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Riley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Kedar Jadhav, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandge, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, R Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Finn Allen (wk), Akash Deep, Avinash Singh, Harshal Patel, Himanshu Sharma, Josh Hazelwood, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Wayne Parnell
Probable Playing XI for Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 54
Mumbai Indians
Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Rohit Sharma (c), Nehal Wadhera, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Anuj Rawat, Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazelwood
Probable Winner
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that this will be an even contest between these two sides.
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