MI vs RCB, MCA Stadium. Unlucky Mumbai Indians are searching for their first win of the IPL 2022. In comparison, Royal Challengers Bangalore is having a good IPL season, and MI has lost all three games. Call it a piece of bad luck; MI has a lot of it.
MI was in the same table situation in 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2018. MI players are performing very well, but weaker death bowling options cost them three games. The addition of Dewald Brevis is good for the batting unit, but MI needs a solid death-over specialist who can support Bumrah. If not the death bowler, a spinner would be helpful in the middle overs. Bumrah dismissed Kohli four times in the T20s; he will be given the same task again. Tymal Mills become a very important bowler to dismiss Faf du Plessis. Boult dismissed Plessis in the last few innings against MI.
Glenn Maxwell is back and available for selection. He will now bat at number 4 and give batting some more strength. However, Bumrah dismissed him seven times in the T20s! On the other hand, Plessis never got dismissed by Bumrah in the T20s! He will reduce the batting pressure from Kohli and DK. The significant advantage for RCB is that Maxwell can bowl against two left-hand batters, Kishan and Varma. Willey can be used against Rohit Sharma.
At MCA Stadium:
| Matches | Won | Lost | |
| MI | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| RCB | 6 | 4 | 2 |
H2H Stats:
| Batting 1st Won | Batting 2nd Won | |
| MI | 10 | 9 |
| RCB | 6 | 6 |
H2H Stats:
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| V Kohli | 31 | 30 | 779 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 28.85 | 125.85 |
| K Pollard | 27 | 26 | 553 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 32.53 | 158.91 |
| R Sharma | 21 | 20 | 540 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 30.00 | 144.00 |
| Faf du Plessis | 17 | 17 | 399 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24.94 | 124.69 |
| G Maxwell (vs MI overall) | 14 | 14 | 349 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 24.93 | 151.08 |
| G Maxwell (for RCB) | 2 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47.50 | 146.15 |
| D Karthik (vs MI overall) | 24 | 22 | 338 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22.53 | 126.12 |
| D Karthik (for RCB) | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 163.64 |
| S Yadav | 9 | 9 | 218 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27.25 | 144.37 |
| I Kishan | 7 | 7 | 182 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26.00 | 152.94 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| J Bumrah | 17 | 17 | 24 | 7.58 |
| H Patel | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7.03 |
| K Pollard | 27 | 15 | 12 | 8.21 |
| J Unadkat | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9.26 |
| M Siraj | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.70 |
| M Ashwin | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7.53 |
| M Markande | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.60 |
| B Thampi | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10.25 |
| J Hazlewood | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7.10 |
Venue Stats:
(Overall T20 stats)
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| V Kohli | 8 | 8 | 236 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29.50 | 115.69 |
| S Yadav | 7 | 7 | 190 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38.00 | 124.18 |
| R Sharma | 6 | 6 | 184 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46.00 | 124.32 |
| D Karthik | 5 | 5 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.25 | 109.38 |
| G Maxwell | 6 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.80 | 145.10 |
| I Kishan | 4 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 97.83 |
| T Varma | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.00 | 140.74 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| J Unadkat | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7.03 |
| J Bumrah | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6.91 |
| M Ashwin | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8.57 |
| B Thampi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7.14 |
| D Willey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8.00 |
| G Maxwell | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7.00 |
Probable Playing 11:
Fabian Allen is likely to come in for Daniel Sams.
MI: R Sharma, I Kishan, D Brevis, S Yadav, T Varma, K Pollard, D Sams/F Allen, T Mills, J Bumrah, M Ashwin, B Thampi/J Unadkat
Unavailable: J Archer
Glenn Maxwell is available for selection.
RCB: Faf du Plessis (C), A Rawat, V Kohli, G Maxwell, D Willey, D Karthik (WK), S Ahmed, H Patel, W Hasaranga, M Siraj, A Deep
Fantasy Picks:
WK – A Rawat
Batters – S Yadav, V Kohli, Faf du Plessis, T Varma
AR – D Brevis, W Hasaranga, G Maxwell
Bowlers – J Bumrah, H Patel, M Ashwin, T Mills
Punt picks – T Varma, K Pollard, W Hasaranga, A Deep
Common C/VC – I Kishan, V Kohli, Faf du Plessis, S Yadav
Punt C/VC – D Brevis, H Patel, T Varma, J Bumrah
RCB Batters vs MI Bowlers:
Faf du Plessis:
vs Unadkat – 1W
vs Pollard – 1W
vs F Allen – 1W
V Kohli:
vs Bumrah – 4W
vs Pollard – 3W
vs Sams – 1W
vs F Allen – 1W
G Maxwell:
vs Bumrah – 7W
vs Sams – 2W
D Karthik:
vs Pollard – 1W
MI Batters vs RCB Bowlers:
R Sharma:
vs H Patel – 2W
vs Maxwell – 1W
vs Behrendorff – 3W
vs K Sharma – 2W
vs S Kaul – 1W
I Kishan:
vs H Patel – 1W
vs Siraj – 1W
vs S Kaul – 1W
S Yadav:
vs Hasaranga – 1W
vs H Patel – 1W
vs Siraj – 1W
K Pollard:
vs H Patel – 2W
vs Siraj – 1W
vs Hasaranga – 2W
vs Hazlewood – 1W
vs Behrendorff – 1W
Interesting Records:
- Virat Kohli was dismissed ten times by the left-arm bowlers while playing against MI.
- Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Glenn Maxwell 7 times in the T20s.
- Rohit Sharma is just 51 runs away from completing 10,000 T20 runs.
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