Preview
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are all smiles as they sit on the top of the points table of IPL 2021. In their last game, Virat Kohli led RCB won by 38 runs against Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The Royal Challengers have won all the matches at Chepauk and now are set to play against Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, April 22.
The Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are at a disadvantage as not having Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer have wounded them badly. In the last game, Sanju Samson and Co had a 45 run loss a the hands of Chennai Super Kings (CSK). On a head to head count, the RCB and RR are both locked on 10 wins each.
PROBABLE PLAYIN XIs
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Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian/Rajat Patidar/Daniel Sams, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.
Bench: Suyash Prabhudessai, Sachin Baby, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar/Dan Christian/Daniel Sams, Mohammad Azharuddeen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, KS Bharat, Kane Richardson, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa
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Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat/Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Bench: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal/Jaydev Unadkat, Andrew Tye, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Jofra Archer, KC Cariappa, Mayank Markande, Kuldip Yadav, Kartik Tyagi
Head-to-Head
Overall
Played – 23 | Royal Challengers Bangalore – 10 | Rajasthan Royals– 10 |N/R – 0
At neutral venues
Played – 7 | Royal Challengers Bangalore – 5 | Rajasthan Royals – 2 |N/R – 0
PROBABLE BEST BATSMAN OF THE MATCH
AB de Villiers – Royal Challengers Bangalore
AB de Villiers has been on top of his game since the Indian Premier League 2021 has started. In all three matches, he has notched 125 runs at an average and strike rate of 62.50 and 189.39 respectively. Against the Rajasthan Royals, the right handed batsman has 648 runs at an average rate of 42.29 with an unbeaten sore of 55 runs in 22 balls.
PROBABLE BEST BOWLER OF THE MATCH
Harshal Patel – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Harshal Patel has been indeed the best bowler of the Royal Challengers Bangalore thus far in the league. The pacer has picked up a total of nine wickets at an impressive economy rate of 5.75. Also, with an average and strike rate of 7.66 and eight respectively, he has been able to restrict the batters. Harshal Patel has picked up seven wickets from 15 overs against the Rajasthan Royals.
Match Prediction : Royal Challengers Bangalore to win the match.
