The Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will meet for the second time in the IPL 2023 tournament. This time their fixture – the reverse one – will be held at the iconic Wankhede stadium on Tuesday.
On the eve of the match, two superstars of Indian cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, met at the Wankhede turf and embraced in a heartfelt conversation.
One a trend-setter, the other, his successor. One who created the records and the other whose chasing it. Master and his student.
It was a sight to behold as Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli engaged in a warm conversation.
Both RCB and MI social media handles posted images and videos of this event on Monday and the fans gave all their adoration to the duo.
“59679 international runs, 175 centuries and a million memories in one frame,” RCB tweeted with this post:
This meeting showed how great the camaraderie is between the duo that won the 2011 World Cup title at the Wankhede and Kohli lifted Tendulkar on his shoulders.
The hosts Mumbai Indians also posted.
RCB vs MI neck to neck on the points table
Talking about the upcoming mouth-watering encounter, this is a crucial match for both RCB and MI. Both the teams have 10 points in 10 matches; RCB sits 5th in the points table and MI just after them. With the tournament entering its business end, the playoff race is tightening.
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Ramandeep Singh , Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal, Vishnu Vinod, Riley Meredith, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar, Tilak Varma, Hrithik Shokeen, Duan Jansen, Sandeep Warrier, Jason Behrendorff
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Finn Allen, Siddarth Kaul
