Image: Before MI vs RCB match all eyes are on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli / © CricTracker
When it comes to the MI vs RCB clash at Wankhede Stadium on April 7, all eyes are on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who are both nearing major T20 milestones. Rohit is just two sixes away from becoming the first player to hit 100 IPL sixes at the venue, while also needing three more boundaries to reach 1,600 in T20s. Kohli is 17 runs short of 13,000 T20 runs and needs three boundaries to complete 100 T20 boundaries at Wankhede.
MI captain Hardik Pandya is on the verge of 400 T20 boundaries, and also requires three more fours to notch 100 IPL fours at the ground. With the ball, Pandya is two wickets away from reaching 200 T20 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav needs 23 more runs at Wankhede to complete 500 IPL runs against RCB, while Tilak Varma is close to 100 IPL fours.
From RCB, Phil Salt needs just two boundaries for 1,000 in T20s, and Rajat Patidar is eight fours away from 200 and 104 runs shy of 1,000 in IPL. Krunal Pandya and Devdutt Padikkal are both close to hitting 100 T20 sixes. Historically, MI lead the head-to-head 19-14, with RCB’s last Wankhede win dating back to 2015.