IPL 2020: RCB vs MI- Head-to-head record, players to watch out for

IPL 2020 Live Updates: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will face off in the 10th game of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL) match in the UAE on Monday.

Though Royal Challengers Bangalore is yet to win its first title, the side has often given former champions a run for their money in the past seasons

The Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals will meet each other for the first time in the 2020 IPL season on September 28 at the Dubai International Stadium. The teams will then travel to the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi for the reverse fixture on October 28.

Though Royal Challengers Bangalore is yet to win its first title, the side has often given former champions a run for their money in the past seasons. Its battle with Mumbai Indians has also yielded great entertainment. To understand how the two sides have fared against each other in the past editions of the IPL, let’s take a look at their head-to-head statistics.

 

Overall Head-to-Head: (25 matches- MI 16 | RCB 9)

MI and RCB have faced each other 25 times in the IPL so far and the four-time champion Mumbai leads by a huge margin of 16-9 victories.

Recent Head-to-Head: (Last 5 matches)

Mumbai has dominated the tie with Bangalore in the recent past, winning four of the last five matches.

 

Last 5 matches

MI won by 5 wickets

MI won by 6 runs

RCB won by 14 runs

MI won by 46 runs

MI won by 5 wickets

Last encounter:

Mumbai Indians defeated the Royal Challengers of Bangalore by five wickets at the Wankhede Stadium. RCB, batting first, set the host a target of 172. AB de Villiers top-scored with 75, while Mooen Ali hit 50. Mumbai chased down the target in 19 overs. Quinton de Kock got the host off to a strong start as he scored 40 and put on 70 runs with Rohit Shrma (28) for the first wicket. Yuzvendra Chahal and Moeen Ali pulled things back by claiming two wickets each before Hardik Pandya applied the finishing touches with an unbeaten 16-ball 37.

Last meeting in the UAE:

The two teams met at the Dubai International Stadium, where Royal Challengers Bangalore (116/3 in 17.3 overs) beat Mumbai Indians (115/9 in 20 overs) by 6 wickets.

Interestingly, Mumbai Indians lost all its five matches and could not win a single match in the UAE.

Top Performers:

Let’s glance through the top performers of this fixture over the years.

Leading run-getters

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (683)

Mumbai Indians: Kieron Pollard (475)

Highest Score in an innings

Royal Challengers Bangalore: ABD (133*)

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (94)

Most Wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vinay Kumar (12)

Mumbai Indians: Harbhajan Singh (22)

Best Bowling Figures

Royal Challengers Bangalore:Samuel Badree (4/9)

Mumbai Indians: Dilhara Fernando (4/18)

Highest Innings Total

Royal Challengers Bangalore:  235/1

Mumbai Indians: 213/6