It will be a Royal clash as Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Rajasthan Royals at their home ground at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in a day game on Sunday. RCB has won three matches and lost as many in the ongoing edition of the IPL.
On the other hand, RR is currently at the numero uno position in the points table with four wins in six matches. We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for RCB: W L W L L
Royal Challengers Bangalore had won their previous match against PBKS by 24 runs and they will be looking to carry the winning impetus. RCB has failed to win two matches on the bounce in the ongoing season and they will be looking to break that voodoo.
Current form for RR: L W W W L
RR has a potent batting unit but they failed to chase down a below-par score of 155 runs against LSG in their last game. Thus, RR would want to come up with a better batting performance against RCB. Once again, RR’s top order will hold the key for the team.
Head to Head: Matches: 28, Won by RCB: 13, Won by RR: 12, NR: 3.
It is almost an even battle between these two teams but RCB has a slight edge against RR.
Players to watch out for: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Siraj, and Dinesh Karthik will hold the key for RCB.
Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
RR IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (ENG), Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira (SA).
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Joe Root (ENG).
All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder (WI).
Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI), Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Adam Zampa (AUS), KM Asif.
RCB IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.
Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks (ENG).
All-rounders: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage.
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey (ENG), Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley (ENG), Himanshu Sharma.
