Former Mumbai Indians player and an all-time best off-spinner for the Indian team, Harbhajan Singh feels that Rcb vs Mi is going to be a mother of all battles. Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Mumbai Indians in their first match of IPL 2023.
Royal Challengers Bangalore play in front of their home crowd after 4 long years. It is going to be a mouth-watering contest for all cricket fans around the globe. The two biggest cricketing icons of the Indian team, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play against each other. The two pillars of the Indian team will be up against each other at Chinnaswamy.
RCB back to Chinnaswamy after 4 years
Royal Challengers Bangalore have qualified for the playoffs 3 times in the last four seasons. The team looks much better and the death bowling woes have decreased for Rcb. The Five times champion side also has Archer in the absence of Bumrah. Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the IPL 2023. Rohit and co. don’t have a good record in the opening matches of the IPL. Mumbai Indians will hope to break this curse.
The Contest between these sides will be a cracking one. The head-to-head contest between these two stands at Bangalore winning 13 and Mumbai 17. Bangalore have won 4 out of the previous 5 contests.
This time around MI will look to break the three-match losing streak against RCB. These two sides over the years have always offered nail-biting encounters, with one match going to the super over in 2020. RCB will miss the services of Hazlewood and Patidar.
Chinnaswamy will be back to hosting home matches after 4 years. Royal Challengers Bangalore must field their best XI to continue and extend the winning streak against Mumbai Indians. RCB inducted Ab De Villiers and Chris Gayle into the Hall of Fame. RCB retired jersey numbers 17 and 333. These numbers will no longer be given to any RCB player.
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