RCB vs RR Dream11 Grand League Team, Team News: IPL 2019

RCB vs RR Dream11 Grand League Team, Team News: IPL 2019

It is the second round battle of the Royals, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hosting the Rajasthan Royals for the 49th match of IPL 2019. After losing to the Delhi Capitals in their previous game in Kotla, RCB are mathematically out of the contention to finish among the top four.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals who have crawled to the sixth position after winning two back-to-back games, are still alive in the competition and fancy their chances to finish among the top four.

With this being the last matxh for Steve Smith tgis seaoson, he will look to ensure that his team are in a good space before he leaves to join Australia’s preparatory camp and take his side one step closer to the playoffs.

Head-to-Head

The last meeting between these two teams took place at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur which saw the home side Rajasthan Royals registering their first win of the season by 7 wickets. Wicket-keeper batsmen Jos Buttler was the difference maker with 59 runs from 43 deliveries in the chase of 158 runs.

Talking about the head-to-head battle, this would be the 21st meeting between these two sides, the Royal Challengers have won 8 battles, whereas, Rajasthan have won 10 contest out of the 20 played.

Here in this article, we have come up with some Grand League Teams depending on the current scenarios and match situations to help you win big with minimal investments.

When and Where:

RCB vs RR, Indian Premier League

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

29th April 2019, 08:00 PM IST

Pitch report:

It is a heaven for the batters and with the added advantage of boundaries being short, the batsmen really find it easy to play their strokes. Bowlers do not get any assistance from the surface.

Venue Stats: (In IPL)

Total Matches: 78

Average first innings score: 172

Average second innings score: 152

Highest total recorded: 263/5 (20 Ov) by RCB vs PWI

Lowest total recorded: 82/10 (15.1 Ov) by RCB vs KKR

Highest score chased: 207/5 (19.4 Ov) by CSK vs RCB

Lowest score defended: 106/2 (8 Ov) by RCB vs CSK

Last five matches: (last to recent)

RCB: L, W, W, W, L

RR: L, W, L, W, W

Head to Head

Total: 20

RCB: 08 wins

RR: 10 wins

Team news

• This would be the last game for Rajasthan Royals skipper Steven Smith after which he will be joining the Australian World Cup camp.
• RCB can look for shuffling their players once again.

Squad:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, AB de Villiers, Pawan Negi, Akshdeep Nath, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Milind Kumar, Shimron Hetmyer, Navdeep Saini, Shivam Dube, Kulwant Khejroliya, Prayas Barman, Tim Southee, Devdutt Padikkal, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme.

Rajasthan Royals: Steven Smith(c), Varun Aaron, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Riyan Parag, Sudhesan Midhun, Shubham Ranjane, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Shreyas Gopal, Shashank Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Oshane Thomas, Ish Sodhi, Sanju Samson, Liam Livingstone, Manan Vohra, Ashton Turner, Krishnappa Gowtham.

Probable Playing 11

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Marcus Stoinis, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Heinrich Klaasen, Navdeep Saini, Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar

Rajasthan Royals: Stuart Binny, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashton Turner, Shreyas Gopal, Riyan Parag, Liam Livingstone, Steven Smith, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas

RCB vs RR Dream11 Grand League Teams:

#1: Batsmen having a good time.

The surface at the M Chinnaswamy will be a batting paradise. Therefore, taking this fact into consideration here’s a team which will focus on the batting strength of both sides.

Wicket-keeper: Parthiv Patel/Sanju Samson

Batsmen: Ab de Villiers, Steven Smith, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli

All-rounders: Riyan Parag, Marcus Stoinis, Washington Sundar

Bowlers: Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Navdeep Saini

Captain/Vice-captain here: Ab de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith

#2: Unexpected captain and vice-captain choices

Wicket-keeper: Sanju Samson

Batsmen: Ab de Villiers, Steven Smith, Liam Livingstone, Ajinkya Rahane

All-rounders: Riyan Parag, Marcus Stoinis, Shivam Dube

Bowlers: Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal

Captain/Vice-captain here: Liam Livingstone, Varun Aaron, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube

#3: Some possible changes among the two sides and unorthodox captain choice

• Mohd Siraj for Navdeep Saini

Wicket-keeper: Sanju Samson

Batsmen: Ashton Turner, Liam Livingstone, Heinrich Klaasen

All-rounders: Riyan Parag, M Stoinis, Shivam Dube

Bowlers: Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Y Chahal, M Siraj

Captain/Vice-captain here: Riyan Parag, L Livingstone, H Klaasen, S Dubey

#4: Least selected players from the fantasy 11

Wicket-keeper: Sanju Samson

Batsmen: Ashton Turner, Liam Livingstone, Gurkeerat Mann, H Klaasen

All-rounders: Stuart Binny, Shivam Dube

Bowlers: Jaydev Unadkat, Oshane Thomas, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav

Captain/Vice-captain here: Sanju Samson, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone

Key players:

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

• Virat Kohli
• Ab de Villiers
• Umesh Yadav
• Parthiv Patel

Rajasthan Royals:

• Ajinkya Rahane
• Riyan Parag
• Steven Smith
• Sanju Samson