Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians: Head-to-head and probable XI
What's the story
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians will go all in when they lock horns tonight at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. These two sides are languishing in the second half of the table with just two wins under their belt and tonight's fixture is almost a must-win for both sides. So who holds the edge? Here are our head-to-head records and probable playing XI.
Key bowler
Umesh Yadav: Key to RCB's hopes tonight
Umesh Yadav has bagged the most wickets (8) in the power-plays so far and he will be Kohli's trump card tonight. If the speedster rattles MI's top order early, RCB would have a good chance to win tonight. However, Mumbai Indian boast the best win record against Royal Challengers Bangalore. For RCB, either Virat or ABD will have to play a 'special' knock today.
Head-to-head
History favors Mumbai Indians
The two sides have met each other on 22 occasions with Royal Challengers Bangalore winning just 8 of those matches as compared to Mumbai Indians emerging victorious 14 times. Despite the Chinnaswamy being home to RCB, Kohli's side have beaten Mumbai Indians just once here, while Rohit Sharma's men have walked away victorious in 7 matches.
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Royal Challengers: Probable Playing XI
Quinton de Kock (Wicket-keeper), Virat Kohli (Captain), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Murugan Ashwin, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj.
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Mumbai Indians: Probable Playing XI
Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, JP Duminy, Krunal Pandya, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande and Jasprit Bumrah.