On Monday (15th April) night, Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will meet at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai).
Both will play their eighth match in IPL 2019. However, it will be the fifth home game for MI and fifth away match for RCB in this season. In the ongoing IPL season, MI has won four matches while RCB has won only one match.
MI and RCB have already met once in this season. On 28th March 2019, the Mumbai franchise beat the host side RCB by six runs at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru).
Teams’ forms in IPL 2019
Recent results (in last five matches)
MI (oldest to latest) – Lost, Won, Won, Won and Lost
RCB (oldest to latest) – Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost and Won
Teams’ performances in different stages of a match
| Different stages of a match (Overs) | MI | RCB | ||
| Run-rate | Average wicket (s) fall in a match | Run-rate | Average wicket (s) fall in a match | |
| Powerplay (1-6) | 8.02 | 1.14 | 7.78 | 1.29 |
| Middle overs (7-15) | 7.87 | 2.71 | 6.90 | 2.43 |
| Death overs (16-20) | 11.56 | 3.14 | 9.19 | 2.28 |
Men-in-form
| Stats | MI | RCB |
| Top run-scorer | Quinton de Kock (238 runs) | Virat Kohli (270 runs) |
| Top wicket-taker | Jasprit Bumrah (8 wickets) | Yuzvendra Chahal (11 wickets) |
Head-to-head records between MI and RCB
| Stats | Matches | MI won | RCB won | Tied/No Result |
| Overall | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0/0 |
| In IPL | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0/0 |
| At Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0/0 |
| In the last 10 matches | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0/0 |
| In IPL 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 |
- Last time RCB beat MI at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) on 10th May 2015. Since then, they have suffered three consecutive defeats against the Mumbai franchise at this venue.
Important stats between MI and RCB
(Team stats)
| Stats | MI (vs RCB) | RCB (vs MI) |
| Highest total | 213/6 (20 overs) at Mumbai on 17th April 2018 | 235/1 (20 overs) at Mumbai on 10th May 2015 |
| Lowest completed total | 115/9 (20 overs) at Dubai (DSC) on 19th April 2014 | 108 (19.2 overs) at Chennai on 9th October 2011 |
| Largest victory (by runs) | 58 runs at Mumbai on 27th April 2013 | 43 runs at Chennai on 27th May 2011 |
| Largest victory (by wickets) | 9 wickets for twice | 9 wickets for twice |
(Player stats)
| Stats | MI (vs RCB) | RCB (vs MI) |
| Highest individual score | 94 by Rohit Sharma at Mumbai on 17th April 2018 | 133* by AB de Villiers at Mumbai on 10th May 2015 |
| Best bowling figures | 4/18 by Dilhara Fernando at Bengaluru on 28th May 2008 | 4/9 by Samuel Badree at Bengaluru on 14th April 2017 |
| Most runs scored | 475 runs by Kieron Pollard | 675 runs by Virat Kohli |
| Most wickets | 22 wickets by Harbhajan Singh | 12 wickets by Vinay Kumar |
Other important stats
(MI)
- Rohit Sharma (7,960 runs) is 40 runs away to complete his 8,000 T20 runs. He will be the third Indian batsman to score 8,000 T20 runs. Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli were the first two Indian batsmen to achieve this feat.
- Rohit Sharma (3,488 runs) needs to score 12 more runs to complete his 3,500 IPL runs for MI. The right-handed batsman will be the first MI cricketer to score 3,500 IPL runs.
- Jasprit Bumrah (71 wickets) needs to take one more wicket to become the third most IPL wicket-taker for MI. With one more wicket, he will surpass Mitchell McClenaghan who has also picked up 71 IPL wickets for this side.
- Yuvraj Singh (149 sixes) is one six away to complete his 150 IPL sixes. Till the date, a total of 11 batsmen have hit 150 or more IPL sixes.
(RCB)
- AB de Villiers (348 sixes) is two sixes away to complete his 350 T20 sixes. He will be the seventh batsman to achieve this feat.
