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Mumbai Indians(MI) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) VIVO IPL 2021: Match Details, Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips and Much More

MI VS RCB Vivo IPL 2021 Dream11 team, match details

MI VS RCB Vivo IPL 2021

MI VS RCB VIVO IPL 2021

The Indian premier League(IPL) 2021 will start with the match between the five time champions and defending champions Mumbai Indians and Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore who are yet to get close to the trophy.

MI VS RCB Match Details:

The two teams will face each other in the opening match of Vivo IPL 2021 at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on the 9th of April. The match will start from 7:30 p.m. IST.

MI VS RCB Match Preview:

Mumbai Indians are the five time champions and also the defending champions of Vivo IPL. After 2 back to back IPL wins they will try To do hat trick of IPL wins this year. Last year they defeated Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets to win IPL 2020.

Royal Challengers Bangalore on the other hand are the unfortunate ones when it comes to IPL. Despite having quality players in their team they failed to win any trophy. Last year they finished fourth in the group stage and qualified for the playoffs. But they got defeated by Delhi capitals in the second elimination round.

Mumbai and Bangalore face each other in 27 matches till date out of which 17 games whereas Bangalore has won 10 matches.

Weather Report:

The weather at the Chepauk stadium is expected to be warm and humid. The average temperature will be 30 degree Celsius with humidity level of 73%

Pitch Report:

The Chepauk Stadium pitch is considered to be a good pitch for spinners due to its dry nature. So we cannot expect a high scoring match. The team winning the toss may choose to bowl first.

Average First Innings Score:

150-170

MI VS RCB Probable Playing XI:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Coulter Nile

Bench: Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Anukul Sudhakar Roy, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mohsin Khan, Jayant Yadav, Adam Milne, Piyush Chawla

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Mohammad Azharuddeen, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bench: Kona Srikar-Bharat, Sachin Baby, Suyyash Prabhudessai, Pavan Deshpande, Finn Allen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson

Injury and availability news:

Devdutt Padikkal of Royal Challengers Bangalore will miss the opener of this IPL.

Quinton de Kock will be absent from Mumbai Indians due to quarantine.

MI VS RCB VIVO IPL 2021 Top Picks For Dream11 Team:

Virat Kohli

The captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore is also the skipper of the Indian team. This right handed batsman was in great form in the recent T20I against England and became the player of the series. We can bank on his aggressive captaincy skills and explosive batting skills. A great choice for the captain position of the dream team.

AB de Villiers

This batsman is a legend when it comes to T20 tournaments. The Royal Challengers Bangalore veteran holds the record for most runs against Mumbai Indians from the team with a total run of 726 including a century. He will surely be a choice for the dream team for his explosive Knocks and match winning gameplays.

Rohit Sharma

The captain of the Mumbai Indians team also known as hitman for his explosive batting in T20 tournament. Is captaincy late Mumbai Indians to win IPL 5 times. He has played 200 matches in IPL and scored 5230 runs with the strike rate of 130.6. he is another good choice for the captain of the dream team.

H Pandya

One of the best all rounders when it comes to T20 tournaments. This right handed batsman and right arm medium pacer played an important role in the victory of Mumbai Indians in the previous seasons. In his 80 match IPL career he has scored 1349 runs with the strike rate of 159.3 and took 42 wickets. He will be a good choice for the all rounder of the Dream11 team.

Captain And vice captain selection:

Captain: Rohit Sharma/ A de Villiers

Vice Captain: Virat Kohli/ H Pandya

MI VS RCB VIVO IPL 2021 Dream Team:

MI VS RCB Dream11 team

winner prediction:

Both the teams are star-studded and have very strong batting and bowling line ups. But my bet will be on Royal Challengers Bangalore as they have a strong batting line up.

NOTE: All the predictions of the Dream11 team, captain and vice captain selection and winner prediction is completely based on my individual research.

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