Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will clash against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7:30 pm. RCB has played 3 matches on its home ground so far this season and has suffered a defeat in all matches.
Bengaluru has 10 points by winning 5 out of 8 matches. Rajasthan has only 4 points with two wins in 8 matches.
Both teams will hit them for the second time this season. In the last match, RCB beat RR by 9 wickets on its home ground.
Match Details, 42th Match RCB VS RR Date- 24 April Stadium- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Time: Toss- 7:00 pm, match start- 7:30 pm
Rajasthan records on Bengaluru's home ground
So far 32 matches have been played in the history of IPL between RCB and RR. The RCB has won 16 and RR in 14 matches. While 2 matches have been unconventional. There have been 9 matches between the two teams so far at Bengaluru's Home Ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bangalore in 3 and Rajasthan have won 4. While the result of 2 matches could not be dropped.
Kohli in a wonderful form
RCB's Better Virat Kohli is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 322 runs in 8 matches. Meanwhile, 4 Fifty have been hit. Apart from that, the team captain Rajat Patidar and opener Phil Salt is also in good form. Rajat has scored 221 runs in 8 matches and 213 runs.
Josh Hazelwood is the top wicket tacker in the bowling. He has taken 12 wickets in 8 matches. Karnal is Pandya in the second number. He is 10 wickets in 8 matches.
Yashwashi is RR No Top Scorer
Rajasthan's team is struggling with bad form. Opener Yashwashi Jaiswal is the highest scorer for the team. He has scored 307 runs in 8 matches. Vanindu Hasranga is the top wicket tech of the team. Hasranga has taken 9 wickets in 6 matches.
Hard to play Samson Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson is out of today's match in IPL 2025. According to the report, Samson is passing through the recovery process at this time and is currently in Jaipur. Samson could not even play in the match against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Jaipur on Saturday due to a stomach injury. Instead, Ryan will handle the team.
Pitch report M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore will prove to be a helper for pitch batters. When spinners get some help on this pitch. So far 98 matches of IPL have been played in this stadium. The first batting team has won 41 and the chase team 53. While the result of four matches could not come out. So the team who wins the toss will choose to chase. The highest team here is 287/3, which Sunrisers Hyderabad made against Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
Weather report There is no possibility of rain in Bengaluru on Thursday. There will be sunshine in the afternoon and there will be a lot of heat. On the day of the match, the temperature here will be 22 to 36 degrees Celsius. When the wind will blow at 11 km / h.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Rajat Patidar (Captain), Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdatta Palikal, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Karnal Pandya, Tim David, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Ryan Pollen (Captain), Yashwashi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jureel (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hatmayer, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Thicksana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande/Akash.
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