Placed at the bottom, both the sides RR and RCB have the same story – three defeats in three games. While the two sides are gearing up for their first head to head encounter at Sawai Man Singh Stadium tomorrow night, the sole aim will be to secure a win and open their account. The first week of Vivo IPL 2019 has been quite disappointing for both the Royals as they are still winless after playing three matches. The match will start at 08:00 PM IST.
The hosts, Rajasthan Royals, are placed seventh in the points table and will be playing their home-fixture on Tuesday night. They are coming after facing 8 runs defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings and would be desperate to break their jinx. They faced 14 runs defeat against Kings XI Punjab in the opening fixture at the same and since then have failed to pull out at both occasions.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have failed to find the right combination and are struggling in both – batting as well as bowling. The team folded up at mere 70 runs in the tournament opener at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and faced one of their biggest defeat on Sunday by 118 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. While the bowlers are accounting for too many runs, the batsmen are failing to build up the partnership. The whole team is overly depended upon Virat Kohli and Ab de Villiers in the middle. The two genuine all-rounders in the side M Ali and C De Grandhomme have failed to provide the right balance to the team with both bat and ball. However, they would be relieved as M Stoinis and N Coulter-Nile are set to join the side soon.
So, let’s see who manages 2 points tomorrow to open their account and whose journey will worsen up after the loss. Till then, let’s have a look at grand league teams.
RR vs RCB, Indian Premier League
Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
02nd April 2019, 08:00 PM IST
The Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur is ideally a batting wicket with some help for the bowlers. In the first encounter, we saw Punjab posting a good total of 184-4 in the first innings. In T20 cricket, the wicket remains the same throughout the game as Rajasthan Royals managed 170-9 in the second innings. So, expect another high-scoring battle as both the sides boast a number of big-hitters. The average first innings score at this venue is 157.
Matches won batting first – 15
Matches won bowling first – 26
Average 1st Inns scores – 157
Average 2nd Inns scores – 143
Highest total recorded – 197/5 (19.4 Ov) by RR vs DCG
Lowest total recorded – 92/10 (18.2 Ov) by MI vs RR
Highest score chased – 197/5 (19.4 Ov) by RR vs DCG
Lowest score defended – 151/7 (20 Ov) by SRH vs RR
Total: 19
RCB: 08
RR: 09
NR: 02
Rajasthan Royals:
Liam Livingstone, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Oshane Thomas, Mahipal Lomror, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra, Ashton Turner, Ish Sodhi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, Shashank Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Jofra Archer, Riyan Parag, Aryaman Birla, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli (c), Parthiv Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, AB de Villiers, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Akshdeep Nath, Milind Kumar, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Kulwant Khejroliya, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Prayas Barman
Rajasthan Royals:
Jos Buttler (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer
Doubtful: Dhawal Kulkarni & Jaydev Unadkat
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Parthiv Patel (wk), AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Prayas Barman
Doubtful: Colin de Grandhomme & Mohammed Siraj
Team 1 and 2: Bet on the less picked match-winners
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Ben Stokes, Y Chahal and Sanju Samson are in more than 80% of fantasy teams tomorrow. So, we are going to pick the players who are less picked in tomorrow’s clash and are also potential match-winners.
Team: 1
Wicketkeeper- Parthiv Patel
Batsmen – R Tripathi, S Smith, S Hetmyer
All-rounders – M Stoinis, K Gowtham, S Dubey
Bowlers – S Gopal, J Archer, N Coulter-Nile, U Yadav
Captain & Vice -Captain -S Smith, S Hetmyer
Team: 2
Wicketkeeper- Parthiv Patel
Batsmen – R Tripathi, S Smith, S Hetmyer, A Rahane
All-rounders – K Gowtham, S Dubey
Bowlers – S Gopal, J Archer, N Coulter-Nile, U Yadav
Captain & Vice -Captain -R Tripathi, Parthiv Patel
Team 3 & 4 : Unorthodox combinations
Team: 3
Wicketkeeper- Parthiv Patel
Batsmen – R Tripathi, S Smith, S Hetmyer, V Kohli
All-rounders – K Gowtham, S Dubey
Bowlers – S Gopal, J Archer, N Coulter-Nile, Y Chahal
Captain & Vice -Captain -V Kohli & R Tripathi
Team: 4
Wicketkeeper- Joss Buttler
Batsmen – R Tripathi, S Smith, AB de Villiers, V Kohli
All-rounders – K Gowtham, S Dubey, W Sundar
Bowlers – S Gopal, J Archer, U Yadav
Captain & Vice -Captain -Ab de Villiers & Joss Buttler
Team 5 & 6: Rajasthan Royals winning the game
Although neither side has an upper hand in head to head battle, Rajasthan Royals will be playing under home conditions and are more balanced side than RCB. Also, with J Buttler, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Steve Smith in their playing11, they are the first favourites to win the contest.
Team:5
Wicketkeeper- Joss Buttler
Batsmen – R Tripathi, S Samson, A Rahane, S Hetmyer, V Kohli
All-rounders – B Stokes, S Dubey,
Bowlers – S Gopal, J Archer, U Yadav
Captain & Vice -Captain -Joss Buttler & Ben Stokes
Team:6
Wicketkeeper- Joss Buttler
Batsmen – R Tripathi, S Samson, A Rahane, S Hetmyer, V Kohli
All-rounders – B Stokes, S Dubey,
Bowlers – S Gopal, J Archer, U Yadav
Captain & Vice -Captain -A Rahane & J Archer
Rajasthan Royals:
Royal Challengers Bangalore :