IPL 2018, RCB vs MI: Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field first

Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field first.

The two teams have been consistently found a place in the bottom half of the points table standings. Despite Virat Kohli's mind-blowing performances, his team RCB has struggled to find wins. 

The numbers do the talking for RCB, their overall scoring rate this season is a very competitive 9.13, but their overall economy rate is 9.63! They concede a mountain of runs in case they bowl first and it gets really difficult for RCB batsmen to chase and same is the case when they happen to bat first. No matter how many runs their batsmen score, their bowlers have continuously failed in defending the biggest of the targets.

Both the teams have identical records in the league so far. Having played 7 matches each, both the teams have lost five and won five matches.

Interestingly, three of the highest five totals have been set by Royal Challengers Banglore. Even in their match against CSK, Royal Challengers Banglore put a challenging score of 205 but failed to defend. The real concern for RCB has been their bowling department. Be it, Umesh Yadav or Yuzvendra Chahal, none of them has come up with the performance they are expected of.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli (C), Moeen Ali Corey Anderson Murugan Ashwin Yuzvendra Chahal Aniket Choudhary Colin de Grandhomme Quinton de Kock (W) Pavan Deshpande AB de Villiers Aniruddha Joshi Sarfaraz Khan Kulwant Khejroliya Brendon McCullum Mandeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Pawan Negi Parthiv Patel Navdeep Saini Tim Southee Manan Vohra Washington Sundar Chris Woakes Umesh Yadav.

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah Rahul Chahar Ben Cutting Akila Dananjaya JP Duminy Ishan Kishan Siddhesh Lad Evin Lewis Sharad Lumba Mayank Markande Mitchell McClenaghan Adam Milne Mohsin Khan Mustafizur Rahman MD Nidheesh Hardik Pandya Krunal Pandya Kieron Pollard Anukul Roy Pradeep Sangwan Tajinder Singh Aditya Tare (W) Saurabh Tiwary Suryakumar Yadav.