RCB vs MI: For Match number 5 of IPL 2023, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hosting the Mumbai Indians on Sunday evening at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Heading into the tournament, both teams are dented due to injuries.
Both the teams have had contrasting last few IPL seasons. While MI won the 2020 season, they have failed to reach the playoffs in the last two seasons. RCB have shown more consistency than ever, reaching the playoffs of the last three seasons, but failed to reach the final in each attempt in last 3 years.
Players unavailable for RCB vs MI match:
For MI, they have lost the services of fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah (replaced by Sandeep Warrier) and Jhye Richardson. RCB will be without Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood for at least a couple of weeks of the IPL 2023 as both recover from leg injuries, while they have replaced Will Jacks with Michael Bracewell.
RCB will also be without Wanindu Hasaranga until April 9.
Predicted playing XI of both teams:
RCB predicted XI:
Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj
MI predicted XI:
Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Cameron Green, Ramandeep Singh, Jofra Archer, Hrithik Shokeen, Sandeep Warrier/Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff
Who will win the match?
The Cricket Lounge predicts Mumbai Indians to start off on a winning note by defeating RCB.
RCB are depleted signficantly by the unavailability of Hasaranga, Patidar, and Hazlewood, plus their middle and lower-middle order also will be tested by the MI bowlers. MI, despite losing Bumrah, will have Archer and Behrendorff along with Shokeen as the spinner. Mumbai’s batting is looking much stronger than RCB’s.
Squads:
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad for match vs MI:
Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik(w), Anuj Rawat, Manoj Bhandage, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Siddarth Kaul, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Sonu Yadav, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Finn Allen, Himanshu Sharma
Mumbai Indians Squad:
Rohit Sharma(c), Dewald Brevis, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan(w), Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff, Sandeep Warrier, Akash Madhwal, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal
