In the 32nd match of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams will be face to face at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Rajasthan, who are on top of the points table, will be eyeing their fifth win. He has won four out of six matches. He has faced defeat in two matches. On the other hand, RCB has won three out of six matches and lost three.
Captain Sanju Samson's team will play against RCB, then its middle order will have to show a better game. The Rajasthan team lost by 10 runs against Lucknow at their home ground in the last match. In this match, his middle-order batsmen were disappointed. Apart from openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (44) and Jos Buttler (40), only Devdutt Padikkal (26) was able to face the Lucknow bowlers well.
RCB defeated Punjab in the last match
Talking about RCB, he would like to register his second consecutive win. He defeated Punjab Kings by 24 runs in the last match. The pair of Faf Duplessis and Virat Kohli have been performing strongly this season and the challenge of stopping them will be on good bowlers like Rajasthan bowlers Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal.
RCB vs Rajasthan head to head
So far 28 matches have been played between RCB and Rajasthan. During this, RCB won 13 matches. At the same time, Rajasthan has got success in 12 matches. There is no result in three matches. In eight matches at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Rajasthan has won four and RCB has won two matches.
Duplessis may stay away from fielding again
RCB captain Faf Duplessis did not come on the field during fielding against Punjab Kings. He only batted as an impact player. Virat Kohli had to captain the team. It is believed that Duplessis will not be able to field in this match as well. In such a situation, only Kohli may have to captain.
Sandeep Sharma's challenge in front of Virat
In front of Virat Kohli, Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Sandeep Sharma will be there in this match. Sandeep has played for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. His record against Kohli in IPL is excellent. Sandeep has dismissed Virat seven times. Kohli has scored 78 runs in 59 balls against him.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf Duplessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudesai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj.
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jorrell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
