Tata IPL 2022 – RR vs RCB, match preview, predicted lineups
Rajasthan Royals are the table toppers at the moment in the points table and will look to win three in a row. RCB on the other hand, have to repeat last matches success against KKR to climb up.
Date & Time : 5th April 2022, 7:30 PM IST
Venue : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Rajasthan Royals are proving to be one of the sides to beat in this competition.
RR have batting strength top of the order with the likes of Jos Buttler and captain Sanju Samson. They would want ideally both to click but even if one does apart from a complete failure Rajasthan have a long way to go in the tournament.
They do have bowling firepower as well as they displayed in the Mumbai win. The likes of Ashwin, Chahal & Boult are a plus for any side. They just need to play their brand of cricket.
On the other hand, RCB will be boasted by the presence of a firing Faf du Plessis up top the order.
But they need to be resourceful with the bowl in hand as they were against KKR & not so against PBKS.
The Royal Challengers will be faced by a tough competition from an in-form RR side and hence complete upheavel of the tactics needs to be done. Coach Sanjay Bangar will have his work cut-off.
In terms of the head to head RCB lead 12-10 in comparison to RR, with 2 games being a no-result out of the 24 played.
For the wicket, it will help a bowler with good efforts whilst batsman will always have advantage in Mumbai.
Team news and possible lineups
There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.
RR XI : Buttler, Jaiswal, Samson (C&WK), Paddikal, Hetmyer, R. Parag, Ashwin, Saini, Boult, Chahal, P. Krishna.
RCB XI : Du Plessis (C), A. Rawat, Kohli, D. Karthik (WK), S. Rutherford, S. Ahmed, Hasaramga, Willey, H. Patel, A. Deep, Siraj.
Prediction
Toss as usual will play an important role but it remains to be seen whether any total be defendable at the Wankhede.
