Today's Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be the 19th of the 17th season. The game at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. The throw is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
The home squad was all out for 59 runs during their encounter in Jaipur last year. This season, Rajasthan has won all three games. Bengaluru, on the other hand, has dropped three of its last four games.
Head-to-head, Bengaluru is in the lead.
Rajasthan and Bengaluru played 30 matches in the Indian Premier League. Bengaluru triumphed in 15 and Rajasthan in 12. Additionally, three games between the two ended in a draw. The two teams faced off in eight games in Jaipur, and both emerged victorious 4–4.
The two faced off in Jaipur for the 59th league game of the previous season. RCB scored 171 runs in 20 overs while batting first. The Rajasthan team managed just 59 runs before being eliminated.
Rajasthan began the season with a victory over the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), led by Parag, the team's second-highest scorer. The squad defeated the Delhi Capitals (DC) by 12 runs in the second game and the Mumbai Indians (MI), the five-time winner, by 6 wickets in the third.
Riyan Parag, a middle-order batsman, leads the squad in scoring this season and is second in the league. Virat Kohli is in front of him (203 runs). 181 runs have been scored by Parag in 3 games. Two half-centuries are also included in this. In addition, he received the Player of the Match award for his flawless 84-run inning against Delhi. Yuzvendra Chahal, a spinner, has claimed a team-high six wickets.
The season's leading scorer is Virat Kohli.
This season, Bengaluru's dismal performance persists. Out of four games, the team has only managed to win one. Chennai won the opening game against RCB. Bengaluru won the second game against Punjab. In the third match, the team lost to Kolkata, and in the fourth, they lost to Lucknow.
This season, star batsman Virat Kohli leads all scorers with 214 runs. In 4 games, he has scored 203 runs. In bowling, Glenn Maxwell is the best. In four games, he has claimed four wickets.
Report on Pitch
Sawai Mansingh Stadium's pitch in Jaipur usually works out well for both bowlers and batters. In the first overs of the game, fast bowlers are anticipated to receive assistance.
This stadium has hosted 54 IPL matches thus far. Twenty matches have been won by teams batting first and thirty-four by teams batting later.
Weather: On the day of the match, it will be extremely hot in Jaipur. This Saturday, it is expected to be between 23 and 36 degrees Celsius. There is not even the slightest probability of rain. Nine km/h will be the wind speed.
Potential starting elevens for both Rajasthan Royals sides are: Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Nandre Berger, Avesh Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, and wicketkeeper/captain Sanju Samson.
Sandeep Sharma and Shubham Dubey are important players.
Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Anuj Rawat, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Yash Dayal, and Mohammed Siraj are the members of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
Mahipal Lomror is an impact player.
Today's IPL match pits RR vs RCB: at the 17th season, Bengaluru was all out for 59 at Jaipur, against Invincible Rajasthan; watch the match here