Tata IPL 2022 – RCB vs RR, match preview, predicted lineups

Rajasthan Royals take on Royal Challengers Banglore for the second time in Tata IPL 2022 as the season moves ahead. Both teams will be looking for a win here.

Date & Time : 26th April 2022, 7:30 PM IST

Venue : MCA Stadium, Pune

Rajasthan Royals are winning in this season’s IPL courtesy of their intent to win games. They need to keep playing their brand of cricket.

RR are currently third in the points table after 7 games with 10 points.

The formula for Rajasthan is simple to have the top order batters score runs especially Jos Buttler and post more than 200 runs if bat first. While bowling wise they have master spinner in Chahal, who can stop the opposition.

Rajasthan have so far won against SRH, MI, LSG, KKR & DC. They have lost to RCB & GT.

On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore to have been quite good thus far being in the mix for the playoffs.

RCB are currently fifth in the points table after 8 matches with 10 points.

Bangalore have Faf du Plessis up the order who contributes every now and then. They also have support from other batters but they need to be consistent. Their bowling is strengthened by the presence of Hazlewood. So a good mix of players.

RCB have so far won against KKR, RR, MI, DC & LSG. They have lost to PBKS, CSK & SRH.

In terms of the head to head, RCB lead 13-10 to RR with 3 games being a no-result out of the 26 played.

For the wicket, it should help batters despite good bowlers getting rewards.

Team news and possible lineups

There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.

RR XI : Buttler, Paddikal, Samson (C&WK), Hetmyer, Parag, Nair, Boult, R. Ashwin, McCoy, P. Krishna, Chahal.

RCB XI : F. du Plessis (C), Rawat, Kohli, Maxwell, S. Ahmed, Prabhudessai, D. Kartik (WK), Hasaranga, H. Patel, Hazlewood, Siraj.

Prediction

Toss as usual is important having an impact on the fixture.