Rohit Sharma won the toss, decided to bowl first, Hardik Pandya’s return, know Play

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians: Today’s second match will be played between Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians. This match will be played in Dubai from 7.30 pm onwards. In the second half of IPL 2021, the winning account of these two teams has not yet opened. Both the teams have played two matches each, in which they have to face defeat. In such a situation, both the teams will try their best to avoid a hat-trick of defeat on Sunday.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is not being picked in Mumbai’s playing XI as he may not be 100 per cent fit to shoulder his all-rounder’s responsibility. If Hardik is also fit to bat, then he can get a chance in place of Saurabh Tiwary in the team. This player from Baroda is considered better in this format than left-handed batsman Tiwary of Jharkhand.

RCB vs MI head to head

The teams of Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have come face to face a total of 28 times so far. During this, Rohit’s team has had the upper hand. Actually, Mumbai Indians have won 17 matches. At the same time, RCB has won only 11 matches.

Know who is ahead in the point table

Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore is at number three in the points table with 10 points. So far in this season he has played 9 matches, out of which he has won five matches. At the same time, Rohit’s Mumbai team has slipped to the sixth place with eight points from nine matches after two consecutive defeats. Mumbai has won only four matches in 9 matches so far this season.

RCB had won the first half

When these two teams came face to face in the first half of IPL 2021, Virat Kohli’s team had won. In that match, Mumbai had given a target of 160 runs to RCB after playing first, which Virat’s team achieved by losing eight wickets.

of RCB Probable playing XI- Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikal, KS Bharat (wk), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Tim David, Kyle Jamieson, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammad Siraj.

of Mumbai Indians Probable playing XI- Rohit Sharma (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Jasprit Bumrah and Rahul Chahar.