Cricket News Desk. Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will enter Wankhede Stadium with the intention of winning. But it will not be easy for Hardik Pandya’s team to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore. Actually, statistics show that in the last 5 matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore has defeated Mumbai Indians 4 times, but Mumbai Indians have been able to win only once. However, if we look at the overall record, Mumbai Indians have the upper hand. Mumbai Indians had to face defeat in 4 consecutive matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore, but last season Mumbai Indians broke the losing streak.

Overall stats are better for Mumbai Indians, but…

Statistics show that till now Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have faced each other 32 times. In which Mumbai Indians have won 18 times and Royal Challengers Bangalore have won 14 times. In this way, Hardik Pandya’s team is definitely on top in overall statistics, but in the last 5 matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore has been dominating. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which team is successful in Wankhede today.

Royal Challengers Bangalore wait for first IPL title

Royal Challengers Bangalore are waiting for their first IPL title under the captaincy of Faf du Plessis, but Mumbai Indians have won the IPL trophy a record 5 times. However, Royal Challengers Bangalore have reached the finals thrice but without success. So far, Mumbai Indians have reached the IPL finals 6 times, out of which they have been successful in winning the title 5 times. Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016. As far as Mumbai Indians are concerned, apart from 2010, they were successful in reaching the finals in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.