MI vs RCB, IPL 2023: Head to Head Record, Stats, and Pitch History at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

On 9 May 2023, Mumbai Indians (MI) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing IPL. It will be the 54th match of the tournament that will take place at Wankhede Stadium. Currently, MI are in the sixth position with 10 points in 10 games while RCB are in the fifth position with 10 points in 10 games.

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MI vs RCB IPL 2023: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Pitch Report

Batters have always loved to play their shots in the batting-friendly pitch of Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. With the new all, bowlers get some assistance. But, still the bounce in the pitch helps batters to plate their shots. Hence, another high-scoring game is expected between MI and RCB this time around. The average first innings score in IPL is 168 runs at this ground. But, this season it has increased to 192 runs. 

MI vs RCB Records and Stats

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A total of 106 IPL matches have been played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai so far. In those games, the teams batting first have won 49 games while the teams batting second have won 57 games. RCB have the highest run on this ground (235 vs MI) and KKR have the lowest score (67 vs MI).     

Head-to-Head Record

As of now, 31 matches have been played in IPL between these sides. In those games, MI have won 17 games while RCB have won 14 matches. In the last five meetings, RCB have the upper hand with four wins while MI have won only once.

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Teams record at the venue

At Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, MI, and RCB have played nine games so far against each other. In those games, MI have won six games while RCB have won thrice. In the reverse fixture at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, RCB defeated MI by eight wickets.  

All-time top-performers in MI vs RCB

Virat Kohli has the highest runs (851) in this rivalry. Followed by him, AB de Villiers has 693 runs and Rohit Sharma has 567 runs. In the bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah tops the chart with 24 wickets. Followed by him, Yuzvendra Chahal has 22 wickets while both Harbhajan Singh and Harshal Patel have 18 wickets each.  

Highest and lowest totals

Against RCB, MI’s highest score is 213 while the lowest score is 111.

Against MI, RCB’s highest score is 235 while the lowest score is 122.     

Players to watch out for

MI: Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, and Suryakumar Yadav.    

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Mahipal Lomror.

Full MI vs RCB squads for both teams

MI Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Sandeep Warrier, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Riley Meredith, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, and Raghav Goyal. 

RCB Squad: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis (Captain), Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma,  Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, and Vijaykumar Vyashak.