Tata IPL 2023 – RCB vs MI, match preview, predicted lineups
Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Mumbai Indians in the 5th game of IPL 2023 as the tournament moves ahead. both teams will be looking for a win here.
Date & Time : 2nd April 2023, 7:30 PM IST
Venue : M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
RCB were not bad last season and finished in top four but will be eager to finally clinch their maiden IPL trophy. They will be looking to play their brand of cricket.
Batting wise they will look to be proper quality. While bowling wise they need to be bang on accurate.
Head coach Sanjay Bangar and his men will have to be tactically spot on.
On the other hand, Mumbai Indians weren’t particularly good last season in the IPL and will be hoping for a better showing this time around. They will look to play their brand of cricket.
Batting is good for the MI side and they will look for execution. Bowling wise they will need to be very accurate.
Coach and captain will have the theme in mind and the players shall execute it.
For the wicket, it will be a good batting track.
Team news and possible lineups
There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.
RCB XI : D. Karthik, F. du Plessis (C), Kohli, S. Prabhudessai, Lomror, G. Maxwell, S. Ahmed, Siraj, H. Patel, Topley, M. Bracewell.
MI XI : I. Kishan, R. Sharma (C), T. Varma, S. Yadav, T. David, R. Singh, Green, Kartikeya, Shokeen, Archer, Behrendorff.
Prediction
I expect it to be a close game between two good sides but RCB has the home advantage. Toss again to play a crucial role. May the best team on the day which commits less mistakes win the game.
