The 54th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday 9th May 2023 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore are going to face each other for the second time in this tournament and this time, Mumbai Indians are the hosts. Royal Challengers Bangalore had already beaten Mumbai Indians in this edition of IPL with a handsome margin of eight wickets. The performance of Mumbai Indians had been average in this tournament. They had played a total of ten matches with six wins to their name. They had lost five matches and are holding the sixth position on the points table. They were not good in some opening matches but they had been in good form in recently played matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore are had not been impressive in this tournament. They had won five out of ten matches played so far. They had lost the same matches and are holding the fifth position on the points table.

Mumbai Indians won two matches in a row against Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals but they lost their most recent match against their traditional rivals, Chennai Super Kings by a big margin of six wickets. They are a strong batting side but they totally failed to give the best performance in their most recent match. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan are leading the batting order of this team with Cameron Green, Nehal Wadhera, and Suryakumar Yadav. Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, and Arshad Khan are also available in the batting squad of this team but they did not perform well and scored just 139 runs in 20 overs. Just three batsmen from their side could manage to enter into the double figure. Nehal Wadhera had not got many chances in this tournament but had an outstanding performance and was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 64 runs to his name on 51 balls with the help of eight boundaries and one huge six. Suryakumar Yadav did not perform well in some opening matches but he is in good form since some previous matches. He scored 26 runs while he faced 22 balls and smashed three boundaries. Tristan Stubbs was the other batsman who put some runs on the board and scored 20 runs.

Cameron Green, Ishan Kishan, Tim David, and Arshad Khan were the batsmen who totally failed to give the best performance and could not manage to enter into double figures. The skipper, Rohit Sharma failed to open the account on the scoreboard. The bowling unit of Mumbai Indains is also strong but they had also failed to give the best performance in this edition of IPL. Cameron Green is leading the bowling unit of this team with Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Raghav Goyal, Tristan Stubbs, and Akash Madhwal. Cameron Green is the best all-rounder of Mumbai Indians and he had been just outstanding in this tournament. Jofra Archer is a big pick of Mumbai Indians but we don’t think that he had been impressive in this tournament. Piyush Chawla had proved his selection right in Mumbai Indians and he had also performed well in this tournament we also saw this same in the previous match where he was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side with two wickets to his name in four overs against just 25 runs. Tristan Stubbs also performed well and had a wicket to his name in two overs while he was charged with 14 runs. Akash Madhwal was the other bowler with a wicket to his name. He picked one wicket in one over against just four runs. Raghav Goyal, Arshad Khan, Jofra Archer, and Cameron Green were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had not been consistent in this tournament. They lost their most recent match against Delhi Capitals after winning against Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring match where won the toss and decided to bat first. This decision did not work for this team and they could manage to score just 126 runs in 20 overs even having a good opening start of 62 runs for the partnership of the first wicket. They lost the next nine wickets in a gap of just 64 runs. Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Dinesh Karthik were the batsmen who performed well and put some runs on the board. Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, and Wanindu Hasaranga are part of the batting order of this team but they totally failed to give the best performance in the previous match. Faf du Plessis was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 44 runs to his name on 40 balls with the help of one boundary and the same huge six.

Virat Kohli is in good form these days and he also performed well in the previous match and scored 31 runs. He faced 30 balls and smashed three boundaries during his inning. Dinesh Karthik could manage to score 16 runs. The bowling unit of Royal Challengers Bangalore did a great job in this tournament and we also saw this in the previous match where they defended the target of 127 runs and send the full team of Lucknow Super Giants back to the pavilion on a total of 108 runs in 19.5 overs. They have one of the strongest bowling units of this edition of IPL and the bowlers like Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, and Mahipal Lomror are part of the bowling squad of this team. Almost these all bowlers performed well in the previous match. Josh Hazlewood was the most successful bowler from their side with three wickets to his name in three overs against 15 runs. Karn Sharma also picked up two wickets while he was charged with 20 runs in four overs. Wanindu Hasaranga also had an outstanding performance with the ball and picked one wicket in four overs against just 20 runs. Harshal Patel was the other bowler who did a good job with the ball and picked one wicket in 3.5 overs while he was charged with 20 runs. Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell also picked one wicket each while Mahipal Lomror failed to pick any wicket. We are sure that Royal Challengers Bangalore will beat Mumbai Indians once again in this tournament.

Mumbai Indians had faced Royal Challengers Bangalore in 33 matches where they had won 19 matches while Royal Challengers Bangalore had won 14 matches against Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians had won just two out of the previous five matches played so far while Royal Challengers Bangalore had won three matches out of the previous five matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore is a strong and well-balanced team and has a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today’s prediction, Royal Challengers Bangalore is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Royal Challengers Bangalore a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Royal Challengers Bangalore had already beaten Mumbai Indians in this tournament
• The batting order of Royal Challengers Bangalore is in good form
• The batting order of Mumbai Indians once again collapsed in the previous match
• Royal Challengers Bangalore also has a strong bowling unit
• Mumbai Indians have the advantages of home ground and crowd

Royal Challengers Bangalore is overall a strong team when we compare it with Mumbai Indians. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Royal Challengers Bangalore have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have a 54% chance to win this match
Mumbai Indians have a 46% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL 2023 as we had observed in the previous editions of this tournament. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 54th match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This ground is known for being a high-scoring ground, with a tendency to assist spinners as the match progresses. The pitch is generally good for batting, with the ball coming onto the bat nicely, and it offers good bounce for fast bowlers. Historically, teams batting first have done well at the Wankhede Stadium, with scores of over 180 being competitive. However, the pitch can also become more difficult to bat on as the match progresses, particularly during night matches when the dew comes in.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.

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• Date: Tuesday, 9th May 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Wankhede Stadium
• Location: Mumbai, India
• Opened: 1974
• Capacity: 33,000
• Ends: Garware Pavilion End, Tata End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Mumbai, Mumbai Indians
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Sudhir Naik

• Total matches: 9
• Matches won batting first: 4
• Matches won bowling first: 5
• Average 1st Inns scores: 185
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 174
• Highest total recorded: 240/3 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI
• Lowest total recorded: 160/10 (20 Ov) by SL vs IND
• The highest score chased: 230/8 (19.4 Ov) by ENG vs RSA
• The lowest score defended: 143/6 (20 Ov) by WIW vs NZW

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