IPL 2023 Match 54, MI vs RCB Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians (MI) square off against Faf du Plessis’ Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match 54 of IPL 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, May 09. Both teams began their respective campaigns by facing each other in the fifth match in Bengaluru where the Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets. 

Rohit Sharma’s side has played ten games with five wins and five losses. With ten points and NRR of -0.454, they are placed in the sixth position on the table. Suryakumar has been man-in-form for MI and has aggregated 293 runs in ten games at an average of 29.30 with an excellent strike rate of 175.44. In the bowling department, Piyush Chawla has picked up 17 wickets. 

On the other hand, RCB also had a similar journey in IPL 2023 so far as they have played ten games with five wins and five losses. With ten points and a negative net run rate (NRR) of 0.209, they are positioned above MI in the fifth spot in the table. (All standings till Match No. 52). Faf du Plessis has been man-in-form for RCB and has aggregated 511 runs in ten games at an average of 56.77 with an impressive strike rate of 157.71. In the bowling department Mohammed Siraj has picked 15 wickets. 

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match No.54 between Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2023 :

Head-to-Head: MI and RCB have met each other 31 times in the history of the league with Mumbai winning on 17 occasions and the Challengers on 14. 

5 – Wanindu Hasaranga (195) needs five scalps to complete 200 wickets in T20s. 

86 -Faf du Plessis (3914) requires 86 runs to complete 4000 runs in IPL. 

63 -Suryakumar Yadav (2937) needs 63 runs to complete 3000 runs in IPL 

14 -Dinesh Karthik (4486) needs 14 runs to reach the landmark of 4500 IPL runs 

4 -Ishan Kishan (96) is four hits away from reaching 100 sixes in IPL. 

4 -Suryakumar Yadav is four hits away from reaching 100 IPL sixes. 

51 -Virat Kohli (851) needs 51 runs to surpass Shikhar Dhawan and become the leading run-getter vs MI. 

76 -Rohit Sharma (786) needs 76 runs to surpass David Warner and become the leading run-getter against RCB. 

21 -Faf du Plessis (979) requires 21 runs to complete 1000 runs for RCB. 

7 -Glenn Maxwell (93) requires seven fours to complete 100 fours for RCB in IPL. 

4 – Jason Behrendorff (146) is four scalps away from reaching 150 wickets in T20s. 

2 – Jofra Archer (48) requires two scalps to get to 50 wickets in the league.