Tata IPL 2022 – RCB vs MI, match preview, predicted lineups

Mumbai Indians have been winless this season and with a solid Royal Challengers Bangalore side to play, it won’t get any easier. Both teams will look for a win here.

Date & Time : 9th April 2022, 7:30 PM IST

Venue : MCA Stadium, Pune

Mumbai Indians have so far lost to DC, RR & KKR. MI needs to now get to the groove and start winning games again as the competition has now started in prime.

The real problem Mumbai has is their bowling with inconsistent performance from key men. Batting wise they have Kishan and captain Rohit as well as Tilak Varma score runs.

If Mumbai needs to go back to their golden days, they will have to play their brand of cricket. MI know that they are amongst the best in the competition and it is something which can spark anew.for champions.

On the other hand, RCB have won twice so far, winning against RR and KKR. The only loss came to PBKS.

RCB have been in IPL a solid side famous for scoring big runs. And they need to keep doing that but they must be consistent to succeed. The Bangalore side batted well against RR to chase down.

But RCB have a big problem with Virat Kohli not in form. Apart from that they have Du Plessis score big and Anuj Rawat doing well. Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed have been key contributors too.

Head to head wise Mumbai have an advantage having won 19 games to Bangalore’s 12 out of the 31 played.

For the wicket, it will aid the batters no doubt but bowlers too can pick wickets.

Team news and possible lineups

There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.

RCB XI : Du Plessis (C), A. Rawat, Kohli, Maxwell, D. Karthik (WK), Willey, S. Ahmed, Hasaranga, H. Patel, A. Deep, Siraj.

MI XI : R. Sharma (C), Kishan (WK), Brevis, S. Yadav, T. Varma, Pollard, Sams, M. Ashwin, Bumrah, T. Mills, Thampi.

Prediction

I expect chasing team to probably have an advantage here.