Rajasthan Royals will square off against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Eliminator contest at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Winning momentum holds a lot of importance and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have that as they have won six games on the bounce whereas Rajasthan Royals have lost four matches on the trot.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Rajasthan Royals: NR L L L L
Rajasthan Royals were the best team in the first phase of the tournament as they won seven out of the first eight matches. However, they haven’t been able to bring their best in the last four games. Sanju Samson will hold the key as a leader and he will need to lift the dropping shoulders in the dressing room.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: W W W W W
It has been nothing short of a miracle that RCB has made it to the playoffs. This is the ninth time when they have qualified for the last four but they will want to go all the way this time. RCB hasn’t been at their best in the big matches and they will want to turn the tables.
Head to Head: Matches: 31, Won by RCB: 15, Won by RR: 13, NR: 2, Abandoned: 1.
Players to watch out for: Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
Mohammed Siraj, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, and Glenn Maxwell will hold the key for RCB.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
