IPL 2020, RCB vs MI Toss Update: Mumbai Indians Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Royal Challengers Bangalore At Abu Dhabi. Rohit-less MI have decided to play with the same playing XI from their last game. On the other hand, RCB has decided to make a few changes as Navdeep Saini misses out, Shivam Dube comes in. Josh Phillipe comes in for Aaron Finch and Dale Steyn comes in for Moeen Ali in the playing XI.
Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) both will be eyeing a place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 playoffs when thy lock horns tonight at Abu Dhabi. MI captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of tonight's match due to his ongoing struggle with an injury. Mumbai suffered an eight-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in the previous match, and currently have 14 points in their kitty.
So far this season, 47 out of 56 matches have been played, but so far no team has qualified for the playoffs. But from today's match, we will get the first team to qualify for the playoffs. Both MI and RCB teams have reached here after losing their respective previous matches, so both teams would like to return to the rhythm before reaching the playoffs.
Virat Kohli-led RCB also have 14 points, having lost to Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. The Mumbai bowler would like to forget about the last match and start afresh.
In their previous game, the star-studded MI bowling attack was destroyed by Rajasthan's Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson. Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah have handled the bowling department well so far. Together, they have taken 33 wickets.
For RCB, skipper Kohli (415 runs) would like to continue his superb form. Australian Aaron Finch (236 runs), young Devadatta Padikkal (343 runs) and AB de Villiers (324 runs) need to show more consistency. If all the RCB top-order batsmen contribute, then the opposing team may be in big trouble.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Head To Head Record/Stat
A total of 26 matches have been played between Mumbai and RCB so far in IPL, in which Mumbai has won 16 games and RCB have been successful in winning 10 matches. In the last 6 matches, Mumbai has defeated RCB 4 times.
IPL 2020, RCB vs MI Toss Update: Mumbai Indians Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Royal Challengers Bangalore At Abu Dhabi
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Dale Steyn, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah