IPL 2023: Mumbai Indians look to break their 10-year losing streak in the opening game

The dramatic IPL match between Mumbai’s ka Raja Rohit Sharma and Bangalore’s favourite RCB will take place tonight on one of those enjoyable Sunday nights. As a T20 skipper, Rohit Sharma will be leading his 200th game. He currently sits third on the list of players with this special achievement, behind Daren Sammy and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Players with 200 T20 matches as captain:
307 – MS Dhoni
208 – Daren Sammy
200* – Rohit Sharma

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Surprisingly MI have not won their opening match of a season since 2013. Will Mumbai Indians and team be able to break this 10-year old Jinx, or will the RCB heroes take charge in their first home game of the season?

 

Talking about the game – RCB have won the toss and elected to field first

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jofra Archer, Arshad Khan

Royal Challengers Bangalore subs: Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Sonu Yadav, David Willey.

Mumbai Indians Subs: Jason Behrendorff, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Sandeep Warrier, Ramandeep Singh.