One of the most loved Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be locking horns with one of their biggest rivals Mumbai Indians (MI) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The irony is that both the teams have lost their respective season openers. While RCB faced defeated in the tournament openers of this season against CSK in Chennai in a one-sided game. Mumbai was defeated by Delhi Capitals (DC) at home. The game which will be known for a flamboyant knock of Rishabh Pant.

On Wednesday, both the teams will be looking forward to winning their first game of the season with RCB having home advantage.

Considering the opening games of both the teams, Mumbai can be termed as a more balanced side as compares Punjab. There is no doubt regarding the fact that MI can be a team to beat this season at least on paper. On the other hand, Bangalore, despite having a good mix of Indian and overseas players. Who are yet to be tested in this season of IPL, they lack in balance in their squad.

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The buzz for the game is expected to be as higher as it can get. A lot of Indian cricket fans are looking forward to this game and ahead of this crucial encounter. We have come up with five things which every fan will be waiting to see in this game:

Yuvraj’s emergence

In the last game, Yuvraj was the only batsman from Mumbai Indians, as he scored 53 runs off just 35 balls against Delhi Capitals (DC). If he managed to continue his form in this season, then it will be difficult to stop Mumbai as he has the ability to win matches for his team on his own.

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Shimron Hetmyer made a debut in the Indian Premier League. During this match and was thrown right into a hot pot. Hetmyer batsman came to bat when RCB was reeling at 38/3 and was expected to announce his arrival in IPL. Hara-Kiri in search of a quick single ended his innings for a two-ball duck.