Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Mumbai Indians (MI) in the match 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on April 9 (Saturday) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
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In an exciting encounter, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Mumbai Indians (MI) in the match 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on April 9 (Saturday) at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. After losing their first match to Punjab Kings (PBKS), RCB won the next two and will be looking to extend the winning run. MI, on the other hand, has endured a poor beginning to the season by losing all three matches they played.
RCB, lead by Faf du Plessis, lost to PBKS by five wickets in their high scoring opening match. The Bangalore side looked like a good all-round unit in the next two matches. The skipper himself, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli holds the key in batting. Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and pacer Harshal Patel have impressed this season and will look to continue their good form.
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Rohit Sharma-led MI is looking for a turnaround after losing matches consecutively. So far, they have been up to par with the bat but lacked fire in bowling. MI will also want their captain to give them a solid start which they missed in the last two outings. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma looked in fine touch in the middle order. ‘Baby AB’ Dewald Brevis has shown flashes of his capabilities against KKR and will look to build on that. MI’s bowling unit has been inconsistent and needs to step up if they are to win their first match of the season. The Mumbai side will be hoping for a good day at work for the bowling attack spearheaded by Jasprit Bumrah.
All the matches of the IPL 2022 will be broadcast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 3 HD channels in India.
Live streaming of IPL 2021 will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar, Jio TV, and, Airtel TV in India.
The entire IPL tournament will be broadcast live in regional languages on Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada, and Star Sports 1 Bangla.
Other regional language platforms apart from these include Star Sports 1 Marathi, Star Sports 1 Malayalam, Suvarna Plus (Kannada), Jalsha Movies (Bengali), Maa Movies (Telegu), Star Pravah HD (Marathi), Star Gold, Star Gold HD, Vijay Super SD, Asianet Plus (Sunday matches).
The franchises have played 31 matches between them. MI holds the upper hand with 19 wins as compared to RCB’s 12 wins.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar and Siddharth Kaul.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Basil Thampi, Hrithik Shokeen, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Arshad Khan, Daniel Sams, Dewald Brevis, Fabian Allen, Kieron Pollard, Sanjay Yadav and Aryan Juyal.
