The D-day has finally arrived, as the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 will see the season opener clash between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
The record five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians will be starting their IPL 2021 journey wanting to defend their title. RCB, on the other hand, who were the fourth-best team in the IPL 2020, are desperate to make this IPL season memorable and finally win that trophy.
The IPL 2021 opening match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai). This match has been officially scheduled to begin at 07:30 PM (19:30) local time.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai weather forecast
According to the weather forecast, the sky is likely to be clear for the entire day. There around 6% chance of rain in the day time and only around 5% chance of rain in night. However, the chances of an interruption during the IPL 2021 opening game is close to none. The temperature of the day would be between 32°C and 26°C.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - MA Chidambaram Stadium Pitch Report
The Chepauk stadium will host the new IPL season opener and it is also going to be the first T20 match at this venue since IPL 2019 Qualifier 1. The venue majorly is a batting-friendly wicket, however, with time, the spinners also get important benefits.
Recently, this venue hosted two Tests between India and England, and in the second Test, the pitch was more helpful for the spinners.
Predicted Playing XIs:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter Nile/Piyush Chawla, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar/Mohammad Azharuddeen, Sachin Baby/Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson/Kane Richardson, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Squads:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Chris Lynn, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Singh.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Azharuddeen (wicketkeeper), Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat (wicketkeeper), Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed.
