On Thursday night (28th March), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) will meet at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru). It will be the second game for both teams in IPL 2019. However, it will be the first home game in this season for RCB, and also it will be the first away game in this season for MI.
Both teams suffered defeats in their opening matches of this season. RCB played the opening match of IPL 2019 against the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) where CSK beat them by seven wickets.
On the other hand, MI played their first game of the season against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai). In that match, DC won by 37 runs.
Head-to-head records between RCB and MI
| Stats | Matches | RCB won | MI won | Tied/No Result |
| Overall | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0/0 |
| In IPL | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0/0 |
| At M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru) | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0/0 |
| In the last 10 matches | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0/0 |
Important stats between RCB and MI
(Team stats)
| Stats | RCB (vs MI) | MI (vs RCB) |
| Highest total | 235/1 (20 overs) at Mumbai on 10th May 2015 | 213/6 (20 overs) at Mumbai on 17th April 2018 |
| Lowest completed total | 108 (19.2 overs) at Chennai on 9th October 2011 | 115/9 (20 overs) at Dubai (DSC) on 19th April 2014 |
| Largest victory (by runs) | 43 runs at Chennai on 27th May 2011 | 58 runs at Mumbai on 27th April 2013 |
| Largest victory (by wickets) | 9 wickets for twice | 9 wickets for twice |
(Player stats)
| Stats | RCB (vs MI) | MI (vs RCB) |
| Highest score | 133* by AB de Villiers at Mumbai on 10th May 2015 | 94 by Rohit Sharma at Mumbai on 17th April 2018 |
| Best bowling figures | 4/9 by Samuel Badree at Bengaluru on 14th April 2017 | 4/18 by Dilhara Fernando at Bengaluru on 28th May 2008 |
| Most runs scored | 629 runs by Virat Kohli | 470 runs by Kieron Pollard |
| Most wickets | 12 wickets by Vinay Kumar | 22 wickets by Harbhajan Singh |
Other important stats
RCB
- Virat Kohli (4,954 runs) is 46 runs away to complete his 5,000 IPL runs. He will be the second cricketer to score 5,000 or more runs in IPL career. Recently, Suresh Raina became the first player to score 5,000 IPL runs.
- Virat Kohli (629 runs) needs to score 41 more runs to become the second most run-scorer against MI (Shikhar Dhawan has also scored 629 runs against MI). MS Dhoni (669 runs) is currently in the second position while Suresh Raina (813 runs) is on top of this list.
- Virat Kohli (7,911 runs) is 89 runs away to become the second Indian cricketer to complete 8,000 T20 runs. Suresh Raina was the first Indian batsman to achieve this feat. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli also will be the third Asian cricketer and seventh overall batsman to complete 8,000 T20 runs.
- AB de Villiers (3,962 runs) is 38 runs away to complete his 4,000 IPL runs. He will be the first South African, third overseas cricketer and tenth overall batsman to score 4,000 or more IPL runs.
MI
- Kieron Pollard (2,497 runs) is three runs away to complete his 2,500 IPL runs for MI. He will be the second MI batsman to score 2,500 or more IPL runs. Rohit Sharma has scored 3,337 IPL runs for MI.
