Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will be coming off contrasting games when they take on each other for their third game in this IPL 2020. MI lost their first game but won their second game pretty comfortably by a margin of 49 runs and on the other hand, RCB who won their first game was demolished in the second game as they lost by 97 runs.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma the two superstars of Indian cricket will be up against each other on Monday at the Dubai International Stadium. Everybody wanted to see them in action together but for the time being, we can see them in action against each other.
This is one of the marquee games of the tournament as two top teams will be fighting it out for their second win of the tournament.
Match Details
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, Match 10
28th September, 07:30 PM IST.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Pitch and Weather Report
The temperature is not going to change most probably and there is going to be a lot of heat which will take out a lot of energy from the players.
In the first two games played at this venue, we have seen scores around 160 being scored and they are difficult to chase down. There was some dew in both the games but the older ball doesn’t come on the bat. We might see a similar score in this game as well.
Squads
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (C), Aaron Finch, AB De Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, Josh Philippe, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Washington Sundar, Adam Zampa, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton De Kock, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav, Aditya Tare, Ishan Kishan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Anmolpreet Singh, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Sherfane Rutherford, Nathan Coulter Nile, Anukul Roy, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jayant Yadav, Trent Boult, James Pattinson, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Mohsin Khan
Team News
Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB’s death bowling woes came back once again as they gave away 74 runs in their last four over against KXIP. Experienced bowlers like Umesh Yadav and Dale Steyn were struggling and if Morris is fit then one of them might be sitting out for the next game.
Virat Kohli would be disappointed with not only his batting but also his fielding as he put down to easy chances on the boundary. Yuzvendra Chahal and AB De Villiers were the only ones who had a good game for RCB.
The RCB team would know that they need to get it right in this game or else it might go downhill for them once again. The experience of Virat Kohli will be key for this game.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians will be high on confidence after their last win against Kolkata Knight Riders. Their skipper Rohit Sharma was in fine form as he scored 80 off 54 balls. Jasprit Bumrah who struggled in the first game was back in rhythm as he picked up the key wickets of Andre Russell and Eoin Morgan.
Most of their players have done their job and most probably there won’t be any changes to the XI. Hardik Pandya who isn’t fit for bowling might like to score some more runs with the bat. The middle-order batting of the Pandya brothers and Pollard will be key for this game against RCB.
Fantasy Prediction
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton De Kock, AB De Villiers, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal
Captain: Virat Kohli, Vice-Captain: Suryakumar Yadav
