Find out team news, TV and streaming information, odds, weather forecasts and much, much more ahead of the next game of the 2021 Indian Premier League season
Royal Challengers Bangalore meet Mumbai Indians in the 2021 Indian Premier League.
The game is scheduled for 6pm UAE (3pm BST, 7.30pm IST) on Sunday, September 26, 2021.
The two sides will meet at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Neither, quite frankly. Both have played twice and both have lost twice since the competition restarted earlier this month.
RCB were rolled for 92 by Kolkata Knight Riders and well beaten by Chennai Super Kings, while Mumbai Indians lost against the same two teams.
Mumbai Indians are heavily fancied to win this one, with Dafabet offering odds of 3/4. Royal Challengers Bangalore are available at 21/20.
Dafabet are backing Virat Kohli to top-score for Royal Challengers Bangalore, offering odds of 21/10. Rohit Sharma is available at 12/5 for Mumbai Indians.
Virat Kohli has already announced that he will step down as RCB captain at the end of the season, so he will be keen to ensure he leaves his post on a high. Otherwise, Devdutt Padikkal made 70 in Bangalore's defeat against Chennai. Watch out, too, for Tim David, the Australian whose rise in recent months has been one of the stories of the global T20 circuit.
Mumbai's side is so star-studded that it feels difficult to single out an individual. Despite a slow start, they rarely miss out on the latter stages; you'd be brave not to back Rohit Sharma to come good.
Hardik Pandya is yet to feature for Mumbai Indians, with the allrounder not 100 per cent fit for selection.
The two teams have played each other 30 times.
Mumbai Indians wins: 19
Royal Challengers Bangalore wins: 11
Temperatures are set to hit 37 Celsius at the start of this game.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, a limited number of fans are allowed to attend games during the IPL's UAE leg.
Mumbai Indians to win - they've been rusty since the restart, but you'd expect them to come good.
IPL TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports have the rights in the United Kingdom.
You can aso stream the tournament using the Disney+ Hotstar digital platform, though the matches are only available for VIP or Premium subscribers.
Star Sports have the television rights in India.
Streaming service YuppTV have acquired digital streaming rights in a host of markets, including Australia, continental Europe, Malaysia, Southeast Asia with the exception of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Central Asia, and Central and South America.
In the USA, the games will be broadcast on Willow TV and the Willow TV website. Fox Sports have the broadcasting rights in Australia, while Supersport will televise the games in South Africa. In the Caribbean, Flow TV have the rights.
The following broadcasters owning the rights for their respective regions:
Bangladesh: Channel 9
Afghanistan: Lemar TV
Malaysia: Measat
MENA/UAE: BeIN Sport
Hong Kong: Now TV
Singapore: SingTel
New Zealand: Sky Sport
Papua New Guinea: EMTV
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga
Mumbai Indians squad: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshall Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Mumbai Indians: Quinton de Kock, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
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