RCB vs MI: Match Preview – IPL 2022 Match 18, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians

Updated - 09 Apr 2022, 12:36 PM

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RCB vs MI: Match Preview – IPL 2022 Match 18, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians will face off each other in their next game of IPL 2022. The RCB vs MI, match 18 of IPL 2022 is scheduled to take place on April 9 (Saturday). The venue of the match is MCA Stadium in Pune.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their opening match but made a great comeback by winning their next two games. Out of 3 games, they have won 2 and lost 1. Mumbai Indians have had a miserable journey in IPL 2022 so far, losing all of their 3 matches.

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Shimron Hetmyer. Photo- IPL
Shimron Hetmyer. Photo- IPL

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In their previous match, RCB defeated Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets. Batting first, RR posted 169-3 on the scoreboard. Jos Buttler smacked unbeaten 70 runs while Shimron Hetmyer played a crucial knock of 42 runs. David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Harshal Patel picked 1 wicket each.

Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed
Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed. Image: BCCI

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Later, RCB openers Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat scored 29 and 26 respectively. Later, Shahbaz Ahmed hit 45 while Dinesh Karthik slammed 44 to get the winning runs for the team. Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal picked 2 wickets each for RR.

Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. Photo- IPL
Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. Photo- IPL

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Mumbai Indians lost their previous encounter to Kolkata Knight Riders. Batting first, Mumbai slammed 161-4 on the scoreboard with a 52-run knock by Suryakumar Yadav. Tilak Varma and Kieron Pollard also scored crucial 38 and 22 respectively.

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Pat Cummins and Daniel Sams. Image: BCCI

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Later, KKR opener Venkatesh Iyer scored unbeaten 50 runs. Later, Pat Cummins slammed a quickfire fifty, hitting 56 off 15 balls to get the winning runs for the team. KKR managed to win the match in just 16 overs by 5 wickets.

RCB vs MI: Match Preview – IPL 2022 Match 18, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians

Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Credits: Twitter)

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Royal Challengers Bangalore is led by Faf du Plessis in IPL 2022. With 4 points and a net run rate of +0.159, RCB takes the 6th spot in the points table currently. Faf du Plessis is the top run-getter for the team with 122 runs in 3 games.

He is followed by Dinesh Karthik, who has mustered 90 runs in 3 matches. In bowling, Wanindu Hasaranga has scalped most 6 wickets for the team. Akash Deep and Harshal Patel are next with 4 wickets each.

Wanindu Hasaranga
Wanindu Hasaranga. Image: BCCI

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RCB Squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahamad, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Rajat Patidar, David Willey.

 

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians. Image: BCCI

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Mumbai Indians are led by Rohit Sharma in IPL 2022. With 0 points and a net run rate of -1.362, they take the 9th spot in the points table. For MI, Ishan Kishan is the top run-scorer with 149 runs in 3 games.

He is followed by Tilak Verma, who has scored 121 in 3 matches. In bowling, Tymal Mills has scalped most 6 wickets for the team in 3 games. Jasprit Bumrah and Basil Thampi follow him with 3 wickets each.

Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan. Image: BCCI

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MI Squad: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, N Tilak Varma, Sanjay Yadav, Jofra Archer, Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Aryan Juyal, Fabian Allen.

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