IPL 2021 MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore to face Mumbai Indians

Today marks the 14th birthday of IPL and cricket lovers have been eagerly waiting to watch the opener match between Mumbai Indian and Royal Challengers Bangalore. On Friday, i.e. April 9, Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians will take the field against Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai. The match is highly anticipated. Mumbai Indians have showcased dominance over the last 8 years and the team is known for bagging the champions trophy five times. On the other side, RCB is a team that has never shown low on star power and hopes. This team has also showcased impressive performances over the years, It has been a three-time runner-up. Here we take a look back at how both teams performed ever since the debut of IPL. 

Mumbai Indians:

2008 –  Fifth
2009-  Seventh
2010-  Runner Up
2011-  Play-off’s
2012-  Play-off’s
2013-  Champions
2014-  Play Off’s
2015-  Champions
2016-  Fifth
2017-  Champions
2018-  Fifth
2019-  Champions
2020-  Champions

Royal Challengers Bangalore :

2008 –  Seventh
2009-   Runner Up
2010-   Entered S/F
2011-   Runner Up
2012-  Fifth
2013-  Fifth
2014-  Seventh
2015-  Play-off’s
2016-  Runner Up
2017-  Eighth
2018-  Six
2019-  Eighth
2020-  Play-off’s

Squads:

Mumbai Indians: 

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Jimmy Neesham, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore :

Captain-Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Sachin Baby, Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Daniel Sams, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, Srikar Bharat, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel.

Amidst the pandemic, Coronavirus outspread the IPL matches are being hosted in India this year. And there is still uncertainty. The match will start off at 7.30 pm IST.

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