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RCB vs MI Dream11 Team Prediction of IPL 2019: Preview | Lasith Malinga joins MI Squad

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians match. We are covering RCB vs MI Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the T20 match. The match is to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore did not got a good start to the season and lost the inaugural match of IPL’19 to CSK by 7 wickets. Batting first, Star-studded RCB line-up were bamboozled on the tricky pitch of Chepauk and collapsed on 70 runs. Parthiv Patel was the sole performer with bat who could cross 10-run mark and scored a crucial knock of 29 runs. Defending the low target, Yuzi Chahal along with Siraj and Moeen Ali bowled well but could not defend the target. RCB will hope to bounce back and put a good show against Mumbai Indians at their home ground.

Mumbai Indians also lost their first match to Delhi Capitals by 37 runs at Wankhede. Bowling first, They failed to restrict Delhi leading to a target of 213 runs. Mitch McClenaghan was the only positive for Mumbai taking three wicket-haul. Chasing the target, Rohit Sharma and Quinton De Kock got starts but failed to convert into a big knock. Yuvraj Singh showed some glimpse of his former self scoring 53 runs in 35 balls and was supported by Pollard and Krunal Pandya but were left behind by 37 runs. Mumbai Indians will hope to make a strong comeback and defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore to open their account in IPL’19.

A good match can be expected between both teams.

When and Where:

RCB VS MI, 7th T20, Indian Premier League, 2019.
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
28th March, 08:00 PM

Venue Stats:

Average 1st innings score: 158
Average 2nd innings score: 147

Head to Head:
Matches played: 25
Mumbai Indians: 16
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 09

Head to head at M Chinnaswamy:
Mumbai Indians: 07
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 02

Squads:

RCB:
Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Akshdeep Nath, Shimron Hetmyer, Colin de Grandhomme, Shivam Dube, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Prayas Ray Barman, Heinrich Klaasen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Nathan Coulter-Nile.

MI:
Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Dar, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lasith Malinga, Jason Behrendorff, Anukul Roy, Anmolpreet Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal, Aditya Tare, Rahul Chahar, Adam Milne, Jayant Yadav.

Team News:

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile will join the team after the end of ODI Series against Pakistan.

Team can replace Colin De Grandhomme with Tim Southee. However, Chances of same are less as team balance will be affected in such case.

Parthiv Patel will open the innings along with Virat Kohli. Moeen Ali, Ab De Villiers and Shimron Hetmyer will follow them.

Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube and Colin De Grandhomme will play the role of allrounder.

Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini and M Siraj will lead the pace attack along with Shivam Dube and Grandhomme while Yuzi Chahal and Moeen Ali will be the key spinners.

Mumbai Indians:

Jasprit Bumrah suffered injury fielding in last match but will most probably be fit for tomorrow’s encounter.

They have received a huge setback as pacers Adam Milne and Jason Behrendorff are ruled out from initial matches. Milne is injured while Behrendorff will join later on.

Lasith Malinga is expected to join team tonight and is unlikely to feature tomorrow. However, Team management can replace Ben Cutting in his place.

Rohit Sharma will open the innings along with Quinton De Kock. Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, and Kieron Pollard will follow them.

Pandya Brothers and Ben Cutting (bit risky) will play the role of an allrounder.

Jasprit Bumrah will lead the pace attack along with M McClenaghan, Hardik Pandya and Ben Cutting/ Malinga while Krunal Pandya will be the key spinner.

Anyone among Rasikh Salam or Mayank Markande can play. Chances of Markande are more.

Probable Playing XI: (After Toss)

RCB:
Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Moeen Ali, AB De Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, C De Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.

MI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, L Malinga, M Mcleneghan, Mayank Markande, J Bumrah.