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RCB vs MI Scorecard, Match 1, IPL 2021
Result · Apr 09 2021, Fri - 07:30 PM (IST)
MI159/9
RCB160/8
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 wickets
CRR:8
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | IPL |
| Date: | Apr 09 2021, Fri - 07:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Chennai |
| Venue: | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Toss: | Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| MI Playing XI: | Rohit Sharma (c), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah |
| RCB Playing XI: | Virat Kohli (c), Rajat Patidar, AB de Villiers (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal |
- Mumbai Indians have won eight of their last 10 matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (L2); the only previous meeting between these sides at the M.A Chidambaram Stadium was in the 2011 season, where RCB won by 43 runs.
- Defending champions Mumbai Indians come into this match having won four of their last five matches (L1); they have won their last five IPL matches played at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore finished the 2020 campaign having lost five IPL matches in succession; RCB batsmen had the lowest share of middled shots of any side last season in the IPL (15%), Mumbai Indians had the highest share (20%).
- Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is set to feature in his 100th match in the Indian Premier League, one of those outings came for Mumbai Indians in 2013; he has scalped 121 wickets across his IPL career.
- Virat Kohli has dropped more catches than any other fielder in men's T20Is since 2019 (eight); the Royal Challengers Bangalore player has dropped more 'easy' chances than anybody else in the IPL across the same timeframe (2019 and 2020), dropping five such opportunities.