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It will be Rohit Sharma vs Virat Kohli as Mumbai Indians (MI) take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in match number 54 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, May 9. Both Mumbai and Bangalore have 10 points each from 10 games and will be keen to get some consistency going.
MI went down to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets in their previous encounter. Batting first, they came up with a disappointing performance to be held to 139/8. Barring Nehal Wadhera (64), no other batter put his hands up. Skipper Rohit Sharma will be under the scanner after registering scores of 2, 3, 0 and 0 in his last four knocks.
Bangalore also tasted defeat in their previous match against Delhi Capitals (DC). Mahipal Lomror (54* off 29) and Virat Kohli (55 off 46) scored half-centuries, while skipper Faf du Plessis contributed 45 off 32. However, DC eased home in a chase of 182 as RCB’s bowlers, including Mohammed Siraj, wilted under an assault from Phil Salt (87 off 45).
Today's MI vs RCB toss result
MI have won the toss and opted to bowl first. Speaking about the decision, Rohit Sharma said:
“It’s been good for us. We have chased down targets here, it's a good pitch. Looks like a typical grass covering. Not sure how it's going to play, but we are hoping for the best.”
For MI, with Jofra Archer being ruled out, Chris Jordan has been picked. For RCB, Vijaykumar Vyshak comes in for Karn Sharma.
MI vs RCB - Today's match playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff.
Mumbai subs: Ramandeep Singh, Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod, Sandeep Warrier, Raghav Goyal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.
Bangalore subs: Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Today's MI vs RCB pitch report
According to Aaron Finch, the surface will be an absolute beauty. There's a nice even covering of grass right through on the red soil wicket. It might spin in the first half, there's just a touch of moisture on top. So it'll get better and better as the game goes on.
Today's MI vs RCB match players list
Mumbai Indians squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Chris Jordan, 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), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), 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.
MI vs RCB - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Saiyed Khalid, Virender Sharma
TV umpire: Nitin Menon
Match Referee: Reetinder Sodhi
