Bangalore (RCB) cross swords with Mumbai Indians (MI) in this game. The match will be played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and is slated to begin from 7:30 PM (IST).
An IPL game will be held at the Chinnaswamy Stadium after a hiatus of 3 years and the sea of RCB fans draped in Red and Gold would be hoping to see their idol Virat Kohli perform well in today’s game against Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians’ skipper might be missing a few IPL games as he is looking to manage his workload ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final and the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore are the only team to have qualified for the playoffs in the IPL for the past 3 seasons continuously. They have been playing extremely well and the mood in the camp is extremely positive.
Furthermore, Virat Kohli is in red hot form and has been playing extremely well. He scored the most number of runs in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. In the last 6 months, Virat Kohli has smashed 5 hundreds and is in rich vein of form.
In the bowling department, all eyes will be on the likes of Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Siraj and Josh Hazlewood (when he is fit). RCB have also signed Michael Bracewell as a replacement player for Will Jacks.
Mumbai Indians
When the Mumbai Indians franchise signed Jofra Archer in the IPL 2022 mega auction, they had one eye on the future. They were looking at the deadly duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer to bowl in tandem at the IPL.
While Archer missed IPL 2022 because of an injury, Jasprit Bumrah will be missing IPL 2023 with a back injury. And Mumbai’s wait to see both of them at the same time, continues.
Mumbai would be banking on their newly-bought all-rounder Cameron Green to fire on all cylinders.
Head-to-Head IPL 2023 Record of SRH vs RR
5-time IPL champions lead the race in this epic rivalry with 4 more wins than their opposition. However, RCB would draw confidence from the fact that they had won the fixture in IPL 2022.
Total: 30
RCB: 13
MI: 17
List of matches played between RCB and MI since IPL 2008
| Date | Winner | Won by | Venue |
| 9-Apr-2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 wickets | Pune |
| 26-Sept-2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 54 runs | Dubai |
| 09-Apr-2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 Wickets | Chennai |
| 28-Oct-2020 | Mumbai Indians | 5 Wickets | Abu Dhabi |
| 28-Sep-2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Super Over | Dubai |
| 15-Apr-2019 | Mumbai Indians | 5 Wickets | Mumbai |
| 28-Mar-2019 | Mumbai Indians | 6 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 01-May-2018 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 17-Apr-2018 | Mumbai Indians | 46 Runs | Mumbai |
| 01-May-2017 | Mumbai Indians | 5 Wickets | Mumbai |
| 14-Apr-2017 | Mumbai Indians | 4 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 10-May-2016 | Mumbai Indians | 6 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 19-Apr-2016 | Mumbai Indians | 6 Wickets | Mumbai |
| 09-May-2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 39 Runs | Mumbai |
| 18-Apr-2015 | Mumbai Indians | 18 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 05-May-2014 | Mumbai Indians | 19 Runs | Mumbai |
| 18-Apr-2014 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 Wickets | Dubai |
| 26-Apr-2013 | Mumbai Indians | 58 Runs | Mumbai |
| 03-Apr-2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 13-May-2012 | Mumbai Indians | 5 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 08-May-2012 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 Wickets | Mumbai |
| 26-May-2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 43 Runs | Chennai |
| 11-Apr-2011 | Mumbai Indians | 9 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 20-Apr-2010 | Mumbai Indians | 35 Runs | Mumbai (DY) |
| 16-Apr-2010 | Mumbai Indians | 57 Runs | Bengaluru |
| 19-Mar-2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 Wickets | Mumbai (BS) |
| 09-May-2009 | Mumbai Indians | 16 Runs | Port Elizabeth |
| 02-May-2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 9 Wickets | Johannesburg |
| 27-May-2008 | Mumbai Indians | 9 Wickets | Bengaluru |
| 19-Apr-2008 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 5 Wickets | Mumbai |
Most runs in RCB vs MI fixtures
Virat Kohli (RCB)- 769 runs
Most wickets in RCB vs MI fixtures
Jasprit Bumrah (RCB)- 24 wickets
Squads
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Bracewell, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav.
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod, 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, Sandeep Warrier
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