Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash against Mumbai Indians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here, Thursday in what would be a battle for redemption for both sides.
The two IPL heavyweights suffered opening day defeats and would be hoping to get their seasons up and running.
The biggest subplot of this titanic encounter, however, is the potential battle between the world’s best batsman, RCB skipper Virat Kohli and the world’s best bowler, MI’s Jasprit Bumrah.
So here are some stats and figures ahead of this epic showdown.
Head to Head
Matches played: 25
RCB wins: 9
MI wins: 16
Batting stats
Highest total: RCB 235/1 in 20 overs at Mumbai in 2015
Lowest total: RCB 108 all out 19.2 overs at Chennai in 2011
Highest individual score: 133* by AB de Villiers at Mumbai in 2015
Most runs scored: Virat Kohli with 629 runs
Biggest win by runs: MI’s 58-run win at Mumbai in 2013.
Bowling stats
Most number of wickets: Ex-MI spinner Harbhajan Singh with 22 wickets
Best bowling figures: Ex-RCB bowler Samuel Badree’s 4/9 at Bangalore in 2017
Biggest win by wickets: Both MI and RCB have won by 9 wickets twice each.
Predicted XI
RCB: Virat Kohli (Captain), Parthiv Patel (Wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini
MI: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Quenton de Kock (Wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah
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