In IPL 2026, the second match of the double header will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians on Sunday. RCB can win and reach the top of the points table, if MI loses then all their hopes of going to the playoffs will be lost. This exciting match will be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur. Know how the pitch will behave?

The last IPL match was played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in 2016. Only T20 International matches have been played here in the last 8 years, so both the teams do not have much experience in close pitch conditions.

RCB vs MI match pitch report

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians match will be played on the fresh pitch of Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium. The pitch of Raipur is considered slow, but the pitch on which the match will be held today is likely to provide more help to the batsmen. It rained here a day before the match, but the chances of rain on Sunday are negligible.

Talking about the behavior of the pitch today, the fast bowlers will get good bounce and swing in the beginning, but as the game progresses the pitch will become slow. Spin bowlers will get help, but due to the flat wicket, the batsmen can dominate. There may be an effect of dew today, so the captain who wins the toss will prefer to bowl first.

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Bengaluru has won 6 out of 10 matches. The net run rate of this team with 12 points is better than the three above them. Therefore, if it wins today, the team will reach number one in the points table. Although it is a matter of concern that Bengaluru has had to face defeat in the last 2 matches, the team would like to return to the winning track.

Now every match is do or die for Mumbai Indians. Now the team will be able to reach only 14 points even after winning all the matches. MI has won only 3 out of 10 matches and lost 7.

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Live broadcast details of RCB vs MI match

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians match will start at 7:30 PM, toss will take place at 7 PM. The match will be broadcast live on the channels of Star Sports Network. There will be live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.