MI vs RCB 2023 IPL today match: Mumbai Indians clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to maintain ir recent dominance over Mumbai Indians when two teams clash in ir opening match of Indian Premier League season here on Sunday.

Having recorded three consecutive wins against Mumbai Indians in ir last five meetings since IPL 2020, RCB, who are once again in search of ir maiden title win in league, would want to make a winning start in front of ir loyal fans at M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.

However, it remains to be seen how RCB will cope without players like Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood, who both have been sidelined for at least first half of this IPL due to injuries. Australian Glenn Maxwell is also unlikely to feature in Sunday's game.

While England’s Will Jacks will miss full season, it is to be seen how Maxwell shapes up given that he missed last two ODIs for Australia against India in recent series after playing first match in Mumbai.

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Patidar was RCB’s third highest-scorer last year with 333 runs in eight matches at 55.50, including two fifties. He hit fastest century by an Indian in IPL in Qualifier 1. On or hand, Australia’s Hazlewood was team’s second most successful bowler with 20 wickets in 20 matches.

RCB will also have to wait for ir Sri Lankan spin ace Wanindu Hasaranga, who is in New Zealand on national duty. He will miss a few opening games.

Neverless, late inclusion of New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell is expected to provide RCB with an aggressive batter lower down order. presence of Dinesh Karthik down order also makes RCB a fearful side.

While captain Faf du Plessis and former skipper Virat Kohli are expected to do heavy lifting in top-order batting, pacers Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj will be strike bowlers.

Du Plessis finished inaugural SA20 as second most prolific batter with 369 runs last month, whereas Kohli will look to light up IPL st once again, having tasted success in white-ball cricket in recent months.

inclusion of Reece Topley has provided a shot in arm to RCB’s bowling with a quality left-arm pacer who has a lot of specialities for shortest format in ranks.

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Mumbai Indians ended last IPL at last spot in points table with only four wins to show from 14 matches. most successful team in IPL history with five trophies in ir cabinet, Mumbai will aim to put ir best foot forward against a formidable RCB side.

Without ir ace bowler Jasprit Bumrah and Jhye Richardson who are ruled out for season, MI’s hopes will be pinned on Jofra Archer to fill void and guide or bowlers that team manment has marked out. Archer will have Australia’s Jason Behrendorff for company along with Akash Madhwal.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma and experienced Suryakumar Yadav will be linchpins in batting department, which w features young players such as Tilak Verma, Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs and Tim David. Ishan Kishan will be expected to attain consistency with bat as he is also team’s earmarked wicketkeeper.

While Cameron Green is a valuable addition to team, Mumbai Indians look a bit light on spin front with former India spinner Piyush Chawla leading pack that also features Kumar Kartikeya who auditioned for m last year with four matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad 2023

RCB Team IPL 2023: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudesai, Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Maj Bhand, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Michael Bracewell.

Mumbai Indians squad 2023

MI Team IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vid, Cameron Green, Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Arshad Khan, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal Match Starts at 7:30 pm IST.