On Tuesday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will play each other at the Wankhede Stadium in a game that will be very important for both teams. The winner will move up to third place in the points table because both teams have won five of their ten games thus far. The previous time these two teams met, Bangalore defeated Mumbai in their season opener.
However, with both teams having their own strengths and weaknesses, tonight’s game is open to anyone. Star players from both teams can compete against one another because of the high stakes of the game, and those contests could have a significant impact on the outcome. In light of this, let’s take a look at three of these competitions:
3) Glenn Maxwell vs Piyush Chawla
Since RCB has been playing away games, Glenn Maxwell has not batted. His exciting beginning to the season at the Chinnaswamy Arena gave fans trust and they will maintain that he should track down his magic at such a pivotal point in the competition. Despite Maxwell’s struggles with wrist spin, the hosts will be prepared for the match thanks to Piyush Chawla. The veteran leg spinner has been Mumbai’s only bright spot in their subpar bowling attack, taking 17 wickets in 10 matches, making him the team’s highest wicket-taker this season.
Maxwell has faced 36 balls from Chawla and scored 54 runs, but he has also been run out three times. With the Australian star far-fetched to keep down, this could end up being a captivating player fight.
2) Virat Kohli vs Jofra Archer
When the two teams met earlier this season, Jofra Archer bowled Virat Kohli a chance that was caught and bowled on the first delivery. After that, the match went only one way as Kohli smashed Archer to the ground in every direction.
Mumbai truly need Bowman to find his magic as their physical issue hit bowling assault is now looking innocuous. MI would like the England speedster to get the in-form Kohli early tonight because he has shown signs of getting back to his best, at least in terms of speed and accuracy.
Kohli has scored 85 runs off 64 balls from Bowman in all T20s and is yet to be excused. The speedster would like to show that he’s right and get his team the early Kohli wicket they need.
1) Rohit Sharma vs Mohammed Siraj
On Saturday, Rohit Sharma set an unfortunate record by scoring the most ducks in IPL history (16). Since he hasn’t opened his accounts the last two times, people are starting to wonder about his performance and even where he fits in the team.
As RCB pacer Mohammed Siraj has enjoyed bowling in the powerplay, things could get even more challenging for the opener. Despite the fact that he hasn’t excused Rohit at this point, he pained the Mumbai Indians captain with swing and crease in the opposite apparatus and that would be on the guests’ brains.
It will be intriguing to see what Rohit Sharma attempts to dispose of Siraj’s aggressive message and furthermore his difficult situation of structure.