The 5th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians on Sunday 2nd April 2023 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hosting the most successful team in the history of the Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians in their very first match of this edition of the Indian Premier League. Royal Challengers Bangalore had not won any IPL title and they reached the IPL final of IP three times (in 2009, 2011, and 2016), but were runners-up. Mumbai Indians are one of the most successful teams in the IPL, having won the tournament a record five times (in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020).

Royal Challengers Bangalore performed well in the previous season of the Indian Premier League and qualified for the playoff. They played a total of 14 league matches with eight wins to their name. They lost six matches and were holding the fourth position on the points table. They beat Lucknow Super Giants in the eliminator match but lost against Rajasthan Royals in the qualifier 2 match. The management of Royal Challengers Bangalore had made some key changes in their squad for this season of IPL. Virat Kohli lead Royal Challengers Bangalore for a long time but he stepped down in the previous season and Faf du Plessis was appointed as the new captain of this team. He will continue leading Royal Challengers Bangalore to this edition of IPL. The batting order of this team is very strong and experienced. The skipper, Faf du Plessis will be leading the batting order of this team with Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, and Suyash Prabhudessai.

Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, and Dinesh Karthik are also part of the batting squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore. We think that Dinesh Karthik will get a lot of chances to play in this edition of the IPL as a wicket-keeper batsman. He is an experienced IPL player with 229 IPL matches. He had scored a total of 4376 in this tournament. The bowling unit of Royal Challengers Bangalore is also strong and experienced. Mohammad Siraj will be leading the bowling unit of this team. He is ranked as the third-best bowler of white ball cricket in the ICC ODI Men’s bowler ranking. He had played 65 matches in IPL and picked 59 wickets with an economy rate of 8.78. Josh Hazlewood is another experienced bowler in the squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He had picked 32 wickets in 24 IPL matches. He has a lot of experience of playing in Indian conditions and we are sure that he will perform well in this tournament. Harshal Patel is the most experienced bowler of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He had been part of the team since some previous editions and we are sure that he will also perform well in this tournament. He had played 78 IPL matches with 97 wickets in his account. Some other best bowlers like Akash Deep, Avinash Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, and David Willey are also part of the bowling squad of this team.

Mumbai Indians are the most successful team in the history of IPL but the previous edition of this league was like a nightmare for this team. They were the worst performers of the previous season of the Indian Premier League as they could manage to win just four out of 14 league matches and were laying at the bottom of the points table. They had picked some best players from IPL 2023 auctions but most players are the same as they were part of the team in the previous edition of IPL. Rohit Sharma had been leading Mumbai Indians since some previous editions of IPL and he will also continue leading in this tournament. He will also be leading the batting order of Mumbai Indians with Ishan Kishan. The pair of Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma is very strong when they come to open the batting inning. These both players had opened the batting inning for team India in some matches and provided good results. If these both players spend some time on the crease, we are sure that they will provide a good opening start. Suryakumar Yadav is another experienced batsman in the squad of this team.

Suryakumar Yadav had not been much impressive in the most recent matches he played and he failed to open the account on the scoreboard in three consecutive ODI matches against Australia. We are sure that he will perform well in this edition of IPL. He had played 123 IPL matches and scored 2644 runs with a strike rate of 136.7. Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Vishnu Vinod, Dewald Brevis, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, and Shams Mulani are other batsmen in the squad of Mumbai Indians. The bowling unit of Mumbai Indians is also strong and experienced. Jofra Archer will be leading the bowling unit of this team. He is a good bowler in T20 cricket and he had picked up 46 wickets in 35 IPL matches. Jason Behrendorff is another well-known bowler of T20 cricket in the squad of Mumbai Indians. Sandeep Warrier is the other best bowler in their squad. Piyush Chawla had played 165 matches in IPL with 157 wickets in his account. He is also in the squad of Mumbai Indians. Some other bowlers like Cameron Green, Kumar Kartikeya, Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Duan Jansen, and Akash Madhwal are also part of the bowling squad of this team. Mumbai Indians have to win this match to get good momentum for the next matches but we don’t think that they can win this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had played 31 matches against Mumbai Indians where they had won 19 matches while Mumbai Indians had won 13 matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore had won three out of the most recent five matches they had played while Mumbai Indians had won two out of five recently played 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:

• The batting order of Royal Challengers Bangalore is strong
• Mumbai Indians also have a strong batting order
• Royal Challengers Bangalore is rich in the bowling department than Mumbai Indians
• The bowling unit of Mumbai Indians is not stronger than Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Royal Challengers Bangalore is overall a strong and experienced team

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. Remember that 52% of matches had been won by chasing teams at Narendra Modi Stadium.

The 5th match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. This venue is known for being a batsman-friendly pitch. It tends to be on the slower side with some turn for spinners but usually has a good bounce which makes it easier for batsmen to play their shots. The pitch is also known for its shorter boundaries, which can make it easier for batsmen to hit boundaries and score runs quickly. The outfield is usually fast and well-maintained, which also aids in scoring runs.

The weather forecast for Bengaluru is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy. The temperature can be 26 to 30 degrees during the match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Akash Deep, Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, Avinash Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Mohammed Siraj, Michael Bracewell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Siddharth Kaul, Virat Kohli.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff, Dewald Brevis, Piyush Chawla, Tim David, Raghav Goyal, Cam Green, Ishan Kishan, Duan Jansen, Kumar Kartikeya.

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• Date: Sunday, 2nd April 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
• Location: Bengaluru, India
• Opened: 1969
• Capacity: 40,000
• Known as: Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium
• Ends: Pavilion End, BEML End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Karnataka, Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Narayan Raju

• Total matches: 37
• Matches won batting first: 14
• Matches won bowling first: 19
• Average 1st Inns scores: 233
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 217
• Highest total recorded: 383/6 (50 Ov) by IND vs AUS
• Lowest total recorded: 114/10 (38.5 Ov) by INDW vs RSAW
• The highest score chased: 329/7 (49.1 Ov) by IRE vs ENG
• The lowest score defended: 166/4 (22 Ov) by IND vs ENG

Mahipal Lomror, Sonu Yadav, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajan Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Faf du Plessis (c), Akash Deep, Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, Avinash Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Mohammed Siraj, Michael Bracewell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Siddharth Kaul, Virat Kohli.