RCB vs MI IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore will start IPL season 16 with a match against Mumbai Indians. The team is looking great under the captaincy of Faf Duplessis. Before the match against Mumbai, RCB played a practice game, in which Glenn Maxwell batted stormily and Michael Bracewell hit a century.
RCB will play their first match against Mumbai Indians at home
Royal Challengers Bangalore will play their first match against Mumbai Indians at home. This match, to be held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 2, will be played from 7.30 pm. It will be an exciting battle between RCB, who reached the playoffs last year. And Mumbai, who have won the most trophies in IPL history.
RCB vs MI IPL 2023: How was the performance of RCB
RCB played this practice game in the absence of Virat Kohli, although Kohli has now joined the team. Suyyash and Faf Duplessis were chosen as the two captains. Suyash’s team scored 217 runs in 20 overs, in which Lomror scored an unbeaten 48 off 27 balls. A good sign for the team is that Glenn Maxwell looked in good form, scoring an unbeaten 78 off 46 balls.
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Michael Bracewell played stormy innings after Glenn Maxwell
In response, Faf Duplessis’s team could only manage 215 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Michael Bracewell brought up his century in style, scoring 105 off 55 balls. He also remained unbeaten, which is a good thing but it is also a problem for the bowling unit that he failed to take wickets. Faf Duplessis scored 47 off 35 balls.
