Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bowl
Time
Venue
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires
KN Anantha Padmanabhan, Bruce Oxenford
Third Umpire
Ulhas Gandhe
Match Referee
Vengalil Narayanan Kutty
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad
Playing
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
Bench
Anuj Rawat, Jason Behrendorff, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Siddarth Kaul, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Chama V Milind, Akash Deep, Aneeshwar Gautam
BLR is set to take on Rajasthan Royals in TATA IPL on Tuesday, 26 April 2022 at 19:30 PM IST
Both teams have been doing well as of now in the ongoing season of IPL, However RCB had a miserable night in their last game as they could only score 68 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (BLR) Team Updates:
Banglore had a nightmare in their last match when they got bowled out on just 68 runs.
Their net run rate went drastically down and now will be hoping for a better come back.
They are still at the top 4 however would like to climb up the points table.
Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat will probably open the inning.
Virat Kohli will bat at the one-down position.
Virats poor form continues as he still cant get that rhythm back.
Glenn Maxwell and Suyash Prabhudessai will handle the middle-order batting.
Faf du Plessis will lead the BLR as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
Anuj Rawat will do the Wicket Keeping for BLR.
Wanindu Hasaranga and Shahbaz Ahmed will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood will lead the pace attack of his team.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Team Updates:
Rajasthan are on a roll credits to Jos Butler who smacked yet another100 in this season.
Rajasthan Royals pulled off a thrilling win against Delhi Capitals. Jos Buttler slammed his third hundred of IPL 2022as Rajasthan put up 222/2. Deli put up a spirited chase but eventually fell short by 15 runs.
Their top order batters are looking in decent form and will be looking to continue their good form.
Devdutt Padikkal and Jos Buttler will probably open the inning.
Jos Buttler is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
Sanju Samson will lead the Rajasthan Royals as a Captain. He is also a good Wicket-Keeper
Sanju Samson will do the Wicket Keeping for Rajasthan Royals.
Sanju Samson will bat at the one-down position. He is the backbone of the batting team.
Karun Nair and Shimron Hetmyer will handle the middle-order batting.
Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Prasidh Krishna and Trent Boult will lead the pace attack of his team.
Head to Head: 26
RR: 10 Won BLR: 13 Won NR : 3
Royal Challengers Bangalore have played the Rajasthan Royals a total of 26 times in IPL. Out of which the Royal Challengers have won 13 times while Rajasthan Royals have won 10 times and 3 of the matches have yielded no results.
Last encounter
The last time RCB and Rajasthan met, Banglore won the game by 4 wickets in this ongoing season.
Winner Predictions
Royal Challengers Bangalore will have the challenge to put behind an embarrassing loss. The top order has failed to perform consistently. Rajasthan Royals seem well-balanced on all fronts. Thus, they start this game with an edge over Bangalore.
Live Telecast:
The match will be live telecast on Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar.
