🏏IPL 2026: RCB vs MI, 54th Match, at Raipur🏏 - Page 3

IPL returns to Raipur after a decade

Today’s match will be played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Raipur, RCB’s second home base this season.

There hasn’t been an IPL game at Raipur since 2016, and with conditions expected to be unpredictable as a result, the outcome of today’s match could hinge of which team adapts to the conditions better.

Rcb for the win

It's Ro vs KO in Raipur, in what is RCB's home ground. But their first fixture comes at a tricky time. After they slipped in a banana-peel clash against Lucknow Super Giants, RCB lost their hold on a top-two spot in the points table. Moreover, Josh Hazlewood has gone at economy rates of 12.25 and 14 in his last two games, and Jacob Bethell has scored only 43 runs in four innings. Mumbai Indians' situation is more perilous. They are coming off a win and are playing an away game without home advantage for the hosts. A lot of things need to come together for MI to win. They will have some hope, though, as RCB have suffered back-to-back losses to lower-ranked sides.

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Win the toss and bowl first would be the way to go?" I'd say win the toss and bowl only because of the unknown. This is the first IPL match in Raipur in ten years, so best to see out how the surface plays first. Also think, there will be dew

One RCB player who hasn't yet been at his best is Jitesh Sharma, their 2025 hero. But RCB are happy to be patient with him. "The messaging to Jitesh is that he's very aware of what he can do to help the team in any situation he goes in. That's all he's been focusing on and that's what we've been trying to provide for him in training sessions, understanding the situations he's likely to go in and how he can impact the game for us," assistant coach Malolan Rangarajan had said before RCB's defeat to LSG.

Toss Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar has coin. No Hardik Pandya at the toss, Suryakumar Yadav walks out for the toss

Surya Kumar Yadav calls tails, it is a head. RCB will bowl first.

RCB won toss and will field first

RCB won the toss and opted to bowl first.