Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals
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13th Match:
The match between RCB and RR is the thirteenth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 5th 2022.
RCB vs RR History:
The teams competed against each other 25 times, till date. Out of them, RCB won 12 times and lost 10 times. 2 games were called off without any result and 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR are WWWWL.
RCB Home:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of RCB. The home team won twice and lost 4 times. 2 games were called off without any result and 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR are LLWLW.
RR Home:
The teams faced each other 7 times at the home ground of RR. The host won 4 times. On the other hand, visitors won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against RCB are WWWLL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 9 times at the neutral venue. RCB won 7 times, whereas RR won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR are WWWWW.
Teams and Ranks:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team completed 231 games, out of them the team won 108 times and lost 117 times with 6 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the seventh place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 2 points (in total), victory will bring the team in one of the top six place with 4 points (in total) and the defeat will cause the team to stay at the seventh position with 2 point (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are WLLWL.
Rajasthan Royals:
The team completed 186 games, out of them the team won 93 times and lost 88 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the first place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 4 points (in total), victory will help the team to stay at the first place with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to any of the 1 to 6 positions with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WWLLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear till the interval and then mostly clear till the end of the game. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 2% as of now, so there would be extremely less chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 29 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 6 to 10 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 23 times in 86 games. The selection slightly favored the teams, as the team won 12 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WW*LLW.
The teams never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2017.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 35 times and lost 28 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWWW.
The first batting team won the matches 40 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 46 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLWL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 47 times including a tied outing and lost 39 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWW.
RCB:
The team won the toss 6 times in 12 played games. Out of them, the team won thrice and lost thrice, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLWL.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLLLL.
The team never won the match after losing the toss since 2008.
RR:
The team won the toss 9 times in 13 played games. Out of them, the team won 4 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLWW -.
The team never won the match after losing the toss since 2011.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.95 and 25.33 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other once at the venue. RCB won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RCB:
The team had a very poor record at the venue, as the team won 4 times and lost 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are LWLLL.
RR:
The team had a below average record at the venue, as the team won 6 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WLLWL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team would like to go with a winning combination.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: F. du Plessis, A. Rawat, V. Kohli, D. Karthik, S. Rutherford, S. Ahmed, W. Hasaranga, D. Willey, A. Deep, H. Patel, M. Siraj
Rajasthan Royals:
The team would like to go with a winning XI.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, Y. Jaiswal, D. Padikkal, S. Samson, S. Hetmyer, R. Parag, R. Ashwin, N. Saini, T. Boult, P. Krishna, Y. Chahal
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
