The 18th match of IPL 2022 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians will be played on Saturday, 9 April 2022 at The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. The match will start at 07:30 PM local time.

Royal Challengers Bangalore is currently sixth in the table with 2 wins in 3 matches. RCB won the last match against Rajasthan Royals, where we saw the heroics of Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed. RCB’s batting order in IPL 2022 was good in almost all the matches.

Mumbai Indians have not won a match in 3 matches so far and are in 9th position in the table. Though Mumbai Indians are a top team in the IPL, they have been fighting since last season. They were going to win the last match against KKR but it was not possible due to the storm of Pat Cummins. Mumbai’s star batsmen in T20 cricket like Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Burma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, and Kieron Pollard.

Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is expected to take a place in the playing XI in this match. He was also fit to play in the last match, but was not allowed to play due to the rules and regulations of Cricket Australia’s central contract.

Suryakumar Yadav is back in the playing XI for MI and he scored a half-century in his first IPL 2022 match. His great form is good news for MI Camp for the upcoming matches.

A balanced pitch at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium was recently spotted. In IPL 2022, over 80% of the wickets here ended with catches. We hope to score 180 in this game.

The weather is forecast to be clear on the day of the match, with temperatures hovering around 32 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain during the game.

The toss plays an important role in every match. The idea is that whoever wins the toss has a better chance of winning. According to the prediction of the toss, the team that wins the toss may decide to field first.

The results of both the last 5 matches are given below:

• RCB Won: 3
• MI Won: 2
• Tied: 0
• No Result: 0

TV Channels:

• India – Star Sports
• UK – Sky Cricket
• Australia – Fox Sport

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are a strong team overall compared to Mumbai Indians. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the T20 format are part of this squad, so Royal Challengers Bangalore are more likely to win today’s match. The probability of winning both the matches in today’s match is given below:

Royal Challengers Bangalore have a 52% chance to win this match
Mumbai Indians have a 48% chance to win this match

Captain: Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-Captain: Faf du Plessis
Dinesh Karthik, Ishan Kishan, Glenn Maxwell, Tilak Varma, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dewald Brewis, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills

Match: RCB vs MI, IPL 2022, 18th Match
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Time: 02:00 PM GMT, 07:30 PM LOCAl, 07:30 PM IST
Date: Saturday, 9 April 2022

Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Luvnith Sisodia, Siddharth Kaul, Josh Hazlewood

Faf du Plessis (C),Dinesh Karthik (WK), Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Virat Kohli, Sherfane Rutherford, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Kieron Pollard, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, N Tilak Varma, Sanjay Yadav, Jofra Archer, Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Aryan Juyal, Fabian Allen.