IPL 2020: Clash of titans as Rohit Sharma's MI meet Virat Kohli's RCB

All eyes will be on the Dubai International Cricket stadium on Monday when two of the best cricketerscumcaptains of modern day cricket Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will square off in an IPL league encounter that promises fireworksFrom the leadership prospective in the leagues history the Rohitled Mumbai Indians MI have dominated their IPL exchanges against Kohlis Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB having registered 16 wins from 25 games while the opponents have managed nine MI have won IPL title four times and the RCB havent won the coveted trophy even once in 12 previous attemptsIn batting Rohit looks in fine touch with the willow He led from the front against Kolkata Knight Riders KKR and scored a brilliant 54ball 80 and powered his side to a massive 1955 On the other hand Kohlis bat has remained silent in the past two outings so far the runmachine has managed only 15 runsUndoubtedly Kohli would not just eye a win against MI but will also try to rectify the errors made by him with the bat as RCB heavily relies on him while chasing or setting up a total Meanwhile AB de Villers the other vital cog in RCB too will aim to get some runs under his beltSimilarly young Devdutt Padikkal began his IPL career with a magnificent halfcentury but tasted failure against KXIP when scored just one run The 20yearold player will surely aim to be consistent The RCB team management will once again hope the young opener would provide a flying start against one of the best team in businessHowever it wouldnt be an easy task for Padikkal with MIs armory boasting of bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah James Pattinson and Trent Boult Padikkal opening partner is once again likely to be destructive batter Aaron Finch as the team management wont like to tinker much with their combinationFinch would try to convert starts into massive totals while de Villers is expected to come up with fireworks in the middleorder as Shivam Dube and Josh Philippe have failed to fire so far Philippes batting position will be another concern for the RCB skipper and team managementIn their bowling department RCB possess lethal South African pacer Dale Steyn and Umesh Yadav However the duo has been expensive until now and the same is the condition of Navdeep Saini Kohli might drop either Umesh or Saini against MI and give Mohammad Siraj a chanceYuzvendra Chahal who came with breakthroughs in both games will once again share most of the spin workloadOn the other side MI were clinical in all the departments of the game against KKR and will once again aim to keep the momentum goingTheir toporder comprising Rohit de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav are in great form but the MI team management will be concerned about Saurabh Tiwary who failed to do much against KKR The Jharkhand batsman would possibly warm the bench and his state teammate Ishan Kishan could be inducted into the playing XIMeanwhile Hardik Pandya and Keiron Pollard are once again expected to come with fireworks down the order and the duo is expected to equally share the bowling workloadThe spin attack will rely on leggie Rahul Chahar who hasnt played his part to perfection so far However with the tracks getting more low and slow as the tournament progress Rahul is expected to play a crucial role with the ballOverall with two of the best captains locking horns another mouthwatering clash is on the cards on Monday eveningKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever