Reigning champs Mumbai Indians has indeed began the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the top picks. The Rohit Sharma-drove five-time winning MI side will start their mission against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2021 season opener on April 9 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Mumbai Indians effectively protected their title in IPL 2020, held in the UAE, and stepped their clout in the homegrown T20 alliance. The MI side seems as though a decent side for it didn't roll out numerous improvements into the crew in front of the bartering. Despite the fact that, they made some intriguing purchases in the IPL 2021 Auction and fortified their seat strength

The current year's IPL is set to get in progress on April ninth and the money rich T20 party will be held away from public scrutiny at unbiased settings because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

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Strength:

Mumbai's greatest strength is their capacity to dominate matches from any circumstance and each player could courageous win them matches on his day. The group brags of enormous match-victors who own the standing of being the awesome the business.

Mentor Mahela Jayawardena's side has power-hitters like Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Chris Lynn who needn't bother with a presentation. On numerous occasions these huge hitters have demonstrated their strength in global cricket and would be anxious to rehash their adventures in this release also.

The group's greatest strength is its ritzy quick bowling assault. Global players like Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile make Mumbai perhaps the most intense speed assaults. The group has a decent blend of Indian pacers-drove by senior homegrown quick bowler Dhawal Kulkarni.

Mumbai's second significant strength is its strong center of Indian players. No other group involves as great a pool of Indian players as Mumbai. Rohit, Bumrah, Hardik, Krunal, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Piyush Chawla, Rahul Chahar structure the center of Indian players.

Shortcoming

On the off chance that one division Mumbai lingers behind this year it is their twist assault. The entirety of their primary spinners like Rahul Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Krunal Pandya, Jayant Yadav aren't known bowling monetarily and that could be a worry for captain Rohit Sharma on a pitch when their speed battery is having an off day.

The way that Mumbai will not be playing a solitary game at their home ground, Wankhede Stadium, could turn into a worry for them.

IPL 2021 :Match 1 RCB vs MI Pitch report Playing 11 Match Prediction

IPL 2021 starting on 9th April 2021.This is going to be one of the best season of IPL. Fans have been waiting for a long time for this season and now it is there. In this article you would be knowing all the info about RCB vs MI match. Also about pitch report, playing 11 and who may win this match.

RCB vs MI : Pitch

This match will be played in MA Chidambaram stadium. It is the third largest stadium in India.

Expected Pitch report

This pitch is almost dry and hard and goes slow with time. This pitch is spin friendly and doesn't give much advantage to the pacers. On this pitch chasing any target becomes hard so the team who will win the toss might elect to bat as the pitch becomes slow for the chasing team. So win the toss choose to bat.

MA Chidambaram Stadium: Stats T-20

The lowest score : 166
The highest score : 182
Average score : 173

RCB vs MI :Head to Head record in IPL

Total Matches Played : 27
Matches won by MI : 17
Matches won by RCB :10
Highest score by RCB against MI : 235
Highest score by MI against RCB : 213
Lowest score by RCB against MI : 122
Lowest score by MI against RCB : 115

Expected Playing 11 of MI

Rahul Sharma (c)
Q De Cock (WK) ✈️
Surya Kumar Yadav
Ishaan Kishan
Hardik Pandya
Kieron Pollard ✈️
Krunal Pandya
Rahul Chahar
Trent Boult ✈️
Jaspirit Bumrah
Nathan Coulter-Nile ✈️

Expected playing 11 of RCB

Devdutt Padikkal
Md Azharuddin
Ab Devilliers (WK) ✈️
Virat Kohli
Dan Christian ✈️
Glenn Maxwell ✈️
Mohammad Siraj
Washington Sundar
Kyle Jemison ✈️
Yuzvendra Chahal
Navdeep Saini.

RCB vs MI : Match Prediction

The current form of the players of MI are in good form like Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard. So team MI has advantage to win this match.

Win percentage of MI is 65% while win percent of RCB is 35%.