IPL 2026, RCB vs MI 54th Match Match Preview
Big image: Lots at stake for each groups
Things may have been completely different for Hazlewood if Jitesh Sharma had held on to Jos Buttler’s catch throughout RCB’s recreation in opposition to Gujarat Titans. Ifs and buts apart, he has been focused and brought down – by Shubman Gill and Buttler at Ahmedabad and Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant in Lucknow.
Bethell, too, hasn’t been in a position to have the impression Phil Salt had. He has been caught within the deep thrice within the powerplay with restricted fields. With Salt persevering with to be unavailable, Bethell should discover a approach to get among the many runs.
Jasprit Bumrah’s stunning stretch of poor type makes MI’s bowling fragile. It has additionally left their powerplay bowling in a large number. Their financial system of 11.61 is the worst of all groups this season and their common of 49.78 is the fourth-worst.
Loads of issues want to come back collectively for ME to win. They could have some hope, although, as RCB have suffered back-to-back losses to lower-ranked sides.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru LLWWL (final 5 video games, most up-to-date first)
Mumbai Indians WLLLW
Team information: Suryakumar out there, Hardik doubtful
Phil Salt continues to be unavailable, so RCB will probably play an unchanged aspect.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (possible) 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Jacob Bethell, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Rajat Patidar (capt), 5 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 6 Tim David, 7 Romario Shepherd, 8 Krunal Pandya, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Suyash Sharma, 12 Rasikh Salam
Hardik Pandya has joined the MI squad in Raipur, whereas Suryakumar Yadav will arrive on Sunday morning. Pandya had missed the earlier recreation as a consequence of again spasms and wasn’t a part of the elective nets on Friday. He will proceed to be assessed.
Mumbai Indians (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Naman Dhir, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya (capt)/Corbin Bosch, 7 Robin Minz/Raj Bawa, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Trent Boult, 10 AM Ghazanfar, 11 Jasprit Bumrah, 12 Raghu Sharma
In the highlight: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ryan Rickelton
The final IPL recreation in Raipur was performed in 2016, and solely two T20Is have been performed right here since January 2018. So there are numerous unknowns for the groups to cope with. The upside is that there will probably be a contemporary pitch. While the pitches in Raipur are historically sluggish, this one is predicted to be good for batting. That might be challenged by the rains that fell on Saturday. Sunday’s climate is ready to be truthful with the temperature going as much as 40 levels through the day and 24 levels at night time.
