Mumbai Indians will be up against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday in an encounter that is very crucial for both the sides. Both the teams are desperate for a win to acquire momentum in the second leg of the IPL.The tounament has entered the stage where a sole loss can knock you out and even wins on trot does not guarantee a berth in the playoffs. Mumbai in the past have had their backs against the wall but being a champion side they are well aware and equipped to tackle the tricky situations but the same cannot be said about Bangalore who have lost last seven games on a trot in UAE but the spirit of RCB skipper is a well known fact in the cricketing fraternity and this being his last season as a skipper of RCB, he would want to finish on a high.
The game promises to be a thriller considering the batting prowess on both the sides as the pitches in Dubai have favored the batsmen, an interesting game is on the cards, so buckle up your seat belts.
When: RCB vs MI, September 26, 2021 at 19:30 IST
Where: Dubai International Stadium
Head to Head: MI 19-11 RCB
Point of Concern: You live by the sword,you die by the sword. Batting has won games for RCB and poor show in the last two games must have raised some questions in the RCB camp regarding their approach.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Devdutt Padikkal, 2 Virat Kohli (capt), 3 Glenn Maxwell, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Rajat Patidar, 6 Kyle Jamieson, 7 Srikar Bharat (wk), 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Navdeep Saini/Shahbaz Ahmed, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Point of Concern: Despite being the best bowling side along with DC, MI has leaked too many runs in the death overs.
Mumbai Indians: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma (capt), 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Ishan Kishan, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Hardik Pandya/Saurabh Tiwary, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Rahul Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Fun Fact: Kohli needs thirteen more runs to reach to 10000 runs in T20 cricket.
RCB have lost seven games on trot in UAE.
Last 5 head to head battles
RCB 2021
MI 2020
RCB 2020
MI 2019
MI 2019
