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The Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi will host the 48th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday.
Both MI and RCB have won seven matches out of their respective 11 games in the competition so far.
With a net run rate (NRR) of +1.252, MI are heading the points table while RCB are right behind them with an NRR of +0.092.
Pitch and weather report
It is not easy to score boundaries in Abu Dhabi. However, pitches at the venue haven’t slowed down as they have in Sharjah and Dubai. Even in the previous contest, a 190+ total was chased down with 10 balls to spare.
The temperature is expected to hover around 27 degree Celsius. Humidity, on the other hand, will be approximately 61%.
Playing Combinations
Mumbai Indians
Probable XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard (c), Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Probable XI: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Head to Head
Played: 28 | MI won: 18 | RCB won: 10 | No result: 0
MI vs RCB, IPL T20 fantasy suggestions
Fantasy Suggestion #1:
Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Hardik Pandya, Surya Kumar Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Kieron Pollard, Chris Morris, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Captain: Quinton de Kock; Vice-captain: Yuzvendra Chahal
Fantasy Suggestion #2:
Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Surya Kumar Yadav, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, Krunal Pandya, Chris Morris, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini.
Captain: Virat Kohli; Vice-captain: Jasprit Bumrah
Squads
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard(c), Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rohit Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(wk), Moeen Ali, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Adam Zampa, Parthiv Patel, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Isuru Udana.
