Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
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39th Match:
The match between RR and RCB is the thirty-ninth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Maharastra Cricket Association (MCA) International Stadium, Pune on April 26th 2022.
RR vs RCB History:
The teams competed against each other 26 times, till date. Out of them, RR won 10 times, whereas RCB won 13 times. 2 games were called off without any result and 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against RCB are LLLLL.
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.
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.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. RR won twice, whereas RCB won 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against RCB LLLLL.
Teams and Ranks:
Rajasthan Royals:
The team completed 191 games, out of them the team won 96 times and lost 90 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the third place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the top place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in any of the fourth or fifth position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are WWLWL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team completed 237 games, out of them the team won 112 times and lost 119 times with 6 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the top two places with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to the current (fifth) position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are LWWLW.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Pune shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 1% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 29 to 32 Celsius. The wind would be between 7 to 11 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 17 times in 44 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 10 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLWLW.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 16 times and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLWWL.
The first batting team won the matches 21 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 23 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 26 times and lost 18 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWWL.
RR:
The team won the toss 2 times in 6 played games. The team is still searching for the first victory.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LL – – -.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2013.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLWW -.
The team never got a chance to chase the target after losing the toss, till date.
RCB:
The team won the toss 4 times in 7 played games. The team won thrice and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWW -.
The team never lost a match after choosing to field first, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWW – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 119 runs in 2013. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 196 runs in 2016 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 73 runs in 2017, and the highest total was 211 runs in 2018. For the second inning, the lowest total was 96 runs (completed innings) in 2017, whereas the highest was 198 runs in 2018.
The batting average of the first innings is 29.03 and 24.09 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other once at the venue. RCB won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against RCB at the venue are L – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RR:
The team had an average record as the team won 3 times and lost also thrice in 6 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WLLWL.
RCB:
The team had a very good record, as the team won 5 times and lost twice in 7 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are WLLWW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Rajasthan Royals:
The team would like to go with a winning combination.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, D. Padikkal, S. Samson, S. Hetmyer, K. Nair, R. Parag, R. Ashwin, O. McCoy, T. Boult, P. Krishna, Y. Chahal
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team would like to go with R. Patidar in place of A. Rawat.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: F. du Plessis, R. Patidar, V. Kohli, G. Maxwell, S. Prabhudessai, S. Ahmed, D. Karthik, W. Hasaranga, H. Patel, M. Siraj, J. Hazlewood
*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. *Notes: “***” means the match was tied and the super over was also tied but the match was decided through a second super over. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.tv9hindi.com/sports/cricket-news/rr-vs-rcb-ipl-2022-sanju-samson-led-rajasthan-royals-has-momentum-on-their-side-royal-challengers-bangalore-have-tough-task-1154417.html
