IPL 2024: RCB bowler gave a big statement saying- ‘There is a lot of load on Virat Kohli in the run-scoring department’
RCB is ready to face Mumbai Indians today in IPL 2024. Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) Reece Topley on Virat Kohli in IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team’s fast bowler Reece Topley has given a big statement regarding the batting of former team captain Virat Kohli. Topley says that foreign batsmen need to help Virat in the team’s batting setup, because there is a lot of pressure on him in the run-scoring department. It is noteworthy that in the ongoing season of IPL, Virat Kohli is the only player in the batting department of RCB who has scored runs continuously. Kohli has scored a total of 316 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 146.29, and the Orange Cap is currently held by Kohli. However, last season team captain Faf du Plessis, who had scored 730 runs in 14 matches, has so far been able to score only 109 runs in five matches. Also, Glenn Maxwell has contributed only 32 runs. Meanwhile, all-rounder player Cameron Green, who was traded from Mumbai Indians, has not been able to show anything special till now. Reece Topley gave a big statement regarding Virat Kohli Let us tell you that today, before the match against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on 11th April, Reece Topley was quoted as saying by India Today – You can see the batting and say that they are foreign batsmen who are not scoring runs. At present, there is a lot of load on Virat (Kohli) in the run-scoring department. But I don’t think you need to be an expert to watch someone’s performance. They have not been able to perform well, but that is one aspect of the game and we have only played 5 matches. Topley further said – The exciting thing is that it is still the initial phase of the tournament, there is still a lot to play for in the tournament. We have plenty of time to show how well we can play. Our target at the beginning of the season was to qualify for the playoffs. We still have a chance to do this, for which we are working hard.
IPL 2024: Match-25, MI vs RCB Match Prediction: Know which team has the upper hand and who can win today’s match
The 25th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 11 at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Preview: The 25th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium. In the points table, Mumbai Indians are at 8th position with one win and 2 points from 4 matches and Royal Challengers Bangalore are at 9th position with 1 win and 2 points from 5 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 6 wickets against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. Batting first, RCB scored 183 at the loss of 3 wickets on the basis of Virat Kohli’s unbeaten inning of 113 runs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals chased the target with 5 balls remaining due to Jos Buttler’s century. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians had won against Delhi Capitals by 29 runs in the last match. In the match, Mumbai Indians, batting first, scored 234 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. In response, Delhi Capitals, while chasing the target, could only score 205 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. (Match Details): matches details matches Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match- 25 Venue Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Date and Time 11 April, Thursday, 7:30 PM IST Live Broadcast and Streaming Details Star Sports Network & Jio Cinema App Pitch Report: The pitch at Wankhede Stadium generally seems to provide more support to the batsmen. Here the fast bowlers get good bounce and movement in the beginning. Due to dew at night, the chasing team will get advantage here. Whichever team wins the toss here can decide to bowl first. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 162. Head to Head Records: Matches Played 32 Mumbai Indians Won 18 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won 14 No Result 0 Probable Playing XIs: Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Tilak Verma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Sourav Chauhan, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mayank Dagar, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal. Probable Best Batter of the Match: In the last match against Rajasthan Royals, Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 113 runs with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes in 72 balls. Virat Kohli can bat brilliantly against Mumbai Indians. Probable Best Bowler of the Match: Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs in the last match against Delhi Capitals. Jasprit Bumrah can bowl brilliantly against Royal Challengers Bangalore also. Who will win today’s match (Today’s Match Prediction): Scenario 1 Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose bowling Powerplay Score- 50-60 Score of first innings- 180-190 Mumbai Indians won Scenario 2 Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl. Powerplay Score- 60-70 Score of first innings- 200-210 Mumbai Indians won
MI vs RCB: Weather report, pitch report and stats of Wankhede Stadium for Match-25 of IPL 2024
The 25th match of IPL 2024 will be played between MI and RCB at Wankhede Stadium on April 11. Wankhede Stadium (Photo Source: Twitter) The 25th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on April 11 at the Wankhede Stadium. This will be the third match on Mumbai’s home ground this season, due to which MI fans will be eagerly waiting for this match. Fans would like Mumbai to continue their winning streak on their home ground. Today in this article we will talk about how the weather of Mumbai and the mood of Wankhede pitch will be during this match. IPL 2024: MI vs RCB: Wankhede pitch report A lot of runs are expected to be scored in the match between Mumbai and Bengaluru to be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. On this ground, fast bowlers get help in the beginning, but after the ball gets old, it comes easily to the bat. Dew is also a big factor at Wankhede Stadium and hence the team batting in the second innings gets more advantage here. In such a situation, the team winning the toss always prefers to bowl first. IPL 2024: MI vs RCB: Weather report of Mumbai The weather will be clear on the day of the match between Mumbai and Bengaluru at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The temperature here will be around 30 degrees on Thursday while it is expected to be 27 degrees in the evening. Humidity will be up to 73 percent on the match day, which means players will have to play the match in the heat. There is no chance of rain during the match, so fans will get to see the entire 40 over match. IPL 2024: Wankhede Stadium IPL Stats & records So far 111 IPL matches have been played on this ground, in which the teams batting second have won 60 matches, while the teams batting first have won 51 matches. Fast bowlers have taken 865 wickets at an average of 28.43, while spinners have taken 361 wickets at an average of over 30. Many high scoring matches have been played here. The average score of the first innings here is 169.
MI vs RCB Head to Head Records: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, know which team has the upper hand so far
Date the winner won by how much venue 9 May 2023 Mumbai Indians 6 wickets Mumbai 2 April 2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 wickets Bengaluru 9 April 2022 Royal Challengers Bangalore 7 wickets Pune 26 September 2021 Royal Challengers Bangalore 54 runs Dubai 9 April 2021 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2 wickets Chennai 28 October 2020 Mumbai Indians 5 wickets Abu Dhabi 18 September 2020 Royal Challengers Bangalore super over Dubai 15 April 2019 Mumbai Indians 5 wickets Mumbai 28 March 2019 Mumbai Indians 6 runs Bengaluru 1 May 2018 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 runs Bengaluru 17 April 2018 Mumbai Indians 46 runs Mumbai 1 May 2017 Mumbai Indians 5 wickets Mumbai 14 April 2017 Mumbai Indians 4 wickets Bengaluru 10 May 2016 Mumbai Indians 6 wickets Bengaluru 19 April 2016 Mumbai Indians 6 wickets Mumbai 9 May 2015 Royal Challengers Bangalore 39 runs Mumbai 18 April 2015 Mumbai Indians 18 runs Bengaluru 5 May 2014 Mumbai Indians 19 runs Mumbai 18 April 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore 7 wickets Dubai 26 April 2013 Mumbai Indians 58 runs Mumbai 3 April 2013 Royal Challengers Bangalore 2 runs Bengaluru 13 May 2012 Mumbai Indians 5 wickets Bengaluru 8 May 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore 9 wickets Mumbai 8 October 2011 Mumbai Indians 31 runs Chennai 16 May 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore 43 runs Chennai 11 April 2011 Mumbai Indians 9 wickets Bengaluru 18 September 2010 Mumbai Indians 2 runs Durban 20 April 2010 Mumbai Indians 35 runs Mumbai 16 April 2010 Mumbai Indians 57 runs Bengaluru 19 March 2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore 7 wickets Mumbai 9 May 2009 Mumbai Indians 16 runs port elizabeth 2 May 2009 Royal Challengers Bangalore 9 wickets johannesburg 27 May 2008 Mumbai Indians 9 wickets Bengaluru 19 April 2008 Royal Challengers Bangalore 5 wickets Mumbai
RCB Playoff Scenario: How many matches will Royal Challengers Bangalore have to win to go to IPL playoffs?
RCB is placed 9th in the points table with just 2 points from 5 matches played. RCB Team (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) RCB Playoffs: All the teams are giving tough competition to each other to reach the IPL 2024 playoffs (IPL 2024 Qualification Scenarios). On one hand, the players are performing brilliantly to help their team win, on the other hand, now the RCB fans are sitting with pen, paper and calculator. It is noteworthy that RCB has played 5 matches so far in which they lost only 4 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore is struggling with the form of its players this season too. Only Virat Kohli is working for the team from one side but he is not getting support from any player. The team’s batting and bowlers are divided. RCB had faced Rajasthan Royals in their previous match. In this match, Bengaluru batted first and scored a big score on the basis of Kohli’s century. Apart from Kohli, no batsman played. RCB suffered a crushing defeat from Rajasthan Royals in the last match. At the same time, due to the defeat that Rajasthan Royals has given to RCB bowlers while chasing the target, Kohli will think that his century has been wasted. This is being said because Rajasthan’s Jos Buttler was not in form this season, so it was easy for RCB to dismiss him. But luck changed as Butler came in form and scored another century and led his team to victory. After the defeat in this match, RCB is at 9th position in the points table with only 2 points. Now the question to think is that if RCB wants to qualify for the playoffs, do they have that time left? So let us tell you that, yes Bengaluru can still make it to the playoffs. RCB Playoff Scenario: How many matches will RCB have to win and how many points will have to be taken to go to IPL 2024 Playoff? Know here- RCB has lost 4 out of 5 matches played so far and the path to the playoffs is becoming difficult. At the same time, RCB now has only 9 matches left. Currently the team is at 9th position in the team points table with 2 points. To enter the IPL playoffs, any team will have to win at least 8 matches. That means if you win so many matches then you will get a total of 16 points. RCB has already won one match and has to win 7 more matches. It is not enough for Bengaluru to just win, the net run rate will also have to be good so that it can easily enter the playoffs. If they win all the remaining 9 matches then the team can directly enter the play-offs without any problem. At present all the teams are performing well. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see what strategy RCB makes.
“They have very talented players to choose from”- RCB head coach on Virat’s T20 World Cup selection
Virat Kohli played a brilliant century against Rajasthan Royals on 6th April, which everyone is praising at the moment. But he is also being criticized a lot for the strike rate at which he scored his century. After seeing this inning of his, now there is only one question in everyone’s mind whether he will get a place in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup to be held in June. Now RCB coach Andy Flower has given his opinion on this issue. Speaking about India’s T20 World Cup selection, the RCB coach said that, he does not know what the Indian selectors are thinking at the moment. However, he further said that, Kohli is currently on top among the players available for selection for this ICC event to be held in June. Andy Flower said, “Virat Kohli is a great player and the brilliant innings he played today was excellent. And it was actually really beautiful to see. I really won’t comment on the selection of the Indian team. I don’t know what they’re thinking. They have very talented players to choose from, you know, the team doesn’t have a better player than Virat Kohli in terms of experience.” The RCB coach was highly critical of the team’s batting performance as he felt that Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis failed to utilize the start they had given the team. Flower believes that the team started well with the ball but their momentum ended in the last over of the powerplay. He said, “To be honest, we were a little light in scoring runs. Given the head start we had, I felt that way. So if you look at the 12th over, I think we were at 107 without losing any wicket. I think we should have done that, after being in that position on a good pitch, we should have gone beyond 200, but it did not happen. We started well with the ball, Topli and Yash made a great start but the momentum went in their favor in the last over of the powerplay.
IPL 2024: Those three big turning points of RR vs RCB match, when the match slipped out of Bengaluru’s hands
Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler scored centuries for RCB and RR. RR vs RCB (Image Credit- Twitter Today, Saturday, April 6, the 19th match of the ongoing 17th season of IPL was played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RR vs RCB) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Let us tell you that in this match Rajasthan Royals has defeated RCB by 6 wickets. Rajasthan won the toss and invited RCB to bat first and due to the brilliant innings of Virat Kohli (113*), RCB set a target of 184 runs for Rajasthan to win. So after this, Rajasthan easily achieved this target by losing 4 wickets on the basis of the brilliant innings of Jos Buttler (100*). Let us focus on those three big turning points of this match, when the match slipped out of RCB’s hands. 1. RCB could not finish well after a great start Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) Let us tell you that seeing the way RCB started the match, it seemed that the team would set a target of around 200 runs for Rajasthan to win. But despite having the wicket in hand and Kohli being at the crease, RCB could score only 29 runs in the last three overs of their innings. Not being able to end the match on a good note proved costly for RCB today.
IPL 2024 Latest Points Table: RR vs RCB, Match-19 Results, and latest status of points table
After the win, Rajasthan Royals has reached the first position in the points table. RR vs RCB (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024 Latest Points Table: The 19th match of IPL 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sawai Mansingh Cricket Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore put 183 runs on the board at the loss of 3 wickets. There was a partnership of 125 runs for the first wicket between Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Faf du Plessis played an inning of 44 runs in 33 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 113 runs with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes in 72 balls, taking the team to 183. Yuzvendra Chahal took maximum 2 wickets for Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals chased the target with 5 balls remaining and won by 6 wickets. Rajasthan Royals got a bad start while chasing the target. The team had lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (0) in the very first over. After which there was a partnership of 148 runs for the second wicket between Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler. Captain Sanju Samson played an inning of 69 runs in 42 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Jos Buttler led the team to victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 100 runs with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes in 58 balls. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Reece Topley took the maximum of 2 wickets, while Mohammed Siraj and Yash Dayal took 1 wicket each. IPL 2024 Latest Points Table: Latest status of points table after Match-19 Rajasthan Royals team has reached the first position in the points table with 4 wins and 8 points in 4 matches. Whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore is at eighth position in the points table with 1 win and 2 points in 5 matches. Number Team match Victory Garland Tie N/R score net run rate 1 Rajasthan Royals 4 4 0 0 0 8 1.120 2 Kolkata Knight Riders 3 3 0 0 0 6 2.518 3 Chennai Super Kings 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.517 4 Lucknow Super Giants 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.483 5 Sunrisers Hyderabad 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.409 6 punjab kings 4 2 2 0 0 4 -0.220 7 Gujarat Titans 4 2 2 0 0 4 -0.580 8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 5 1 4 0 0 2 -0.843 9 Delhi Capitals 4 1 3 0 0 2 -1.347 10 Mumbai Indians 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.423