Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 IPL
Mumbai Indians take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
The match is scheduled to start at 7.30pm local time (3pm BST) on Tuesday, May 9.
The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
This is a huge game in the context of the league table as the playoff phase draws nearer; level on points in fifth and sixth place, RCB are ahead courtesy of a superior net run rate but the winner of this one will leap into third, usurping Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals in the process.
MI and RCB have won five and lost five each; as has been the way with both sides' season, their recent form is mixed, losing their most recent fixtures - Mumbai have won just two of their last five, while Bangalore have won three in that timeframe.
RCB have Virat Kohli in their ranks (Getty Images)
Neither Mumbai Indians nor Royal Challengers Bangalore have any fresh injury concerns, though David Willey has returned home and has been replaced in RCB's squad by Kedar Jadhav.
For Royal Challengers Bangalore, captain Faf du Plessis has been absolutely vital; he holds the purple cap for the most runs and is averaging 56.77 through 10 innings. It's been a remarkable Indian summer for the former South Africa batter.
Mumbai Indians will know that breaking through the du Plessis-Kohli axis will be key; their bowling attack has been led somewhat surprisingly by veteran leggie Piyush Chawla, who has 17 wickets in 10 matches. Remarkably, no other MI bowler is within nine wickets of Chawla.
With the bat, Mumbai will look to a primarily Indian core, with Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan both sitting on 293 runs for the tournament.
Matches played: 33
Mumbai Indians wins: 19
Royal Challengers Bangalore wins: 14
A warm afternoon in Mumbai on Tuesday, with temperatures as high as 33 degrees Celsius.
Mumbai Indians have been hit and miss this season (Getty Images)
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson (injured, replaced by Riley Meredith), Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal, Mohit Rathee
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar (injured, Vijaykumar Vyshak), Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey (injured, replaced by Kedar Jadhav), Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley (injured, replaced by Wayne Parnell), Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks (injured, replaced by Michael Bracewell), Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, R Sonu Yadav
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Nehal Wadhera, Arshad Khan, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
RCB are marginal favourites at 10/11, with Mumbai Indians available at 1/1.
It feels like a close-run thing, as the bookies have suggested. RCB to win narrowly, with du Plessis the major factor.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
If you are watching from the Middle East, you'll be able to view the game on Times Internet.
People from Bangladesh can watch the game on Gazi TV.
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