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RR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction of IPL 2019: Preview | Australian trio of Stoinis, Coulter-Nile and Turner are available

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match. We are covering RR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the T20 match. The match is to be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals have failed to get a victory in their first three matches and were unluckily left behind by narrow margins in all matches. In the last match, They lost to Chennai Super Kings by 8 runs at Chepauk. Bowling first, Jofra Archer inspired pace attack restricted CSK at 175 runs. Chasing the target, Top-order failed miserably but Rahul Tripathi and Steven Smith played handy knocks in middle order before cameos of Stokes and Archer. Ben Stokes scored 46 runs in 26 balls while Archer scored 24 runs in just 11 balls but was ultimately left behind by 8 runs. They will hope to exploit the home conditions and register their first victory of the season defeating RCB.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have got a very poor start to the season and are placed on the bottom of the points table with three losses. Their net run rate is also very poor due to a big margin of losses. In the last match, They suffered a terrible loss to Hyderabad. Bowling first, All bowlers were hit out of the stadium resulting in a target of 232. Yuzi Chahal could only take a solitary wicket. Chasing the big target, RCB batsmen suffered another collapse and were 35/6 before Colin De Grandhomme played a good knock of 37 runs and was supported by Prayas Barman and Umesh Yadav but ultimately lost the encounter by 118 runs. With key overseas players available for selection, They will hope to freshen up things and open their account in IPL’19.

A good encounter can be expected between both teams.

When and Where:

RR VS RCB, 14th T20, Indian Premier League, 2019.
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
2nd April, 08:00 PM

Venue Stats:

Average 1st innings score: 156
Average 2nd innings score: 142

Pitch is expected to be batting friendly. Pacers are likely to get an edge over Spinners.

Head to Head:

Matches played: 19
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 8
Rajasthan Royals: 9
No Result: 2

At the Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Matches played– 6
RR won – 3
RCB won – 3

Squads:

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

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

Team News:

Rajasthan Royals:

Ashton Turner has joined the squad but is likely to warm the bench along with Liam Livingstone, Oshane Thomas and Ish Sodhi.

Place of Jaydev Unadkat is risky and Varun Aaron can replace him in the playing XI.

Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler will open the innings. Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Stokes and Rahul Tripathi will follow them.

Ben Stokes and Krishnappa Gowtham will play the role of an allrounder. Jofra Archer can also contribute with the bat.

Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat/V Aaron and Dhawal Kulkarni will lead the pace attack along with Ben Stokes while K Gowtham and Gopal will be the key spinners.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile have most probably joined the squad and can come straight in the playing XI.

Expect many changes in the RCB lineup, Stoinis and Coulter-Nile can replace Moeen Ali/Hetmyer and Colin De Grandhomme. Washington Sundar or Pawan Negi is also likely to replace Prayas Barman.

Parthiv Patel will open the innings along with Marcus Stoinis. Virat Kohli, Ab De Villiers and Shimron Hetmyer will follow them.

Shivam Dube, M Stoinis, Washington Sundar and Nathan Coulter-Nile can play the role of an allrounder.

Nathan Coulter-Nile/Southee, Umesh Yadav and M Siraj will lead the pace attack along with Marcus Stoinis and Shivam Dube while Yuzi Chahal and W Sundar will be the key spinners.

Playing XI: (After TOSS)

RCB:

Players IN: Akshdeep Nath, Navdeep Saini, Marcus Stoinis.

Players OUT: Colin de Grandhomme, PR Barman, Shivam Dube.

RR:

Players IN: Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron

Players OUT: Sanju Samson, J Unadkat

RR:
Ajinkya Rahane (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Steve Smith, Stuart Binny, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Dhawal Kulkarni.

Rahul Tripathi can be promoted if top-order fails.

RCB:
Parthiv Patel (wk), M Stoinis, Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, M Ali, Navdeep Saini, Akshdeep Nath, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.