Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals
Blog Highlights @
32nd Match:
The match between RCB and RR is the thirty-second meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on April 23rd 2023.
RCB vs RR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 27 times, till date. Out of them, RCB won 13 times, whereas RR won 12 times. 2 games were called off without any result.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR LLWWW.
@ RCB Backyard:
The teams competed 8 times at the home ground of RCB. The home team won twice and lost 4 times. 2 games were called off without any result.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR are LLWLW.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (RCB):
The team completed 251 games, out of them the team won 119 times and lost 126 times with 6 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the sixth place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 6 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the top five places with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the sixth (same) or seventh place with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are WLWLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for RCB are LWLWW.
The Visiting Team (RR):
The team completed 207 games, out of them the team won 105 times and lost 97 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the top place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 8 points (in total), victory will bring the team at the first (same) place with 10 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the top six places with 8 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LWWWL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for RR are WWWLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Bengaluru shows the weather would be mostly sunny till the early evening and then partly cloudy till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 3% to 20% as of now, so there would be very less chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 27 to 31 Celsius. The wind would be between 8 to 13 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 18 times in 105 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 8 times and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWWLL.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2017.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 49 times including a win in a tie and lost 34 times. Four (4) matches were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLWWW.
The first batting team won the matches 42 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 59 times including a victory in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWLLL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 57 times including a win in a tie and lost 44 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWWW.
The Home Side (RCB):
The team won the toss 34 times in 89 played games. The team won 19 times including a victory in a tie and lost 14 times. One battle was called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWLW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2017.
The side has never lost a match after choosing to bat first since 2014.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RCB at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLWWL.
The team has never been sent to the field after losing the toss since 2016.
The side has never won any encounter after being sent to the field since 2013.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 138 runs (according to run rate) in 2017. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 215 runs in 2011.
The first innings lowest total was 92 runs (according to run rate) in 2010, and the highest total was 263 runs in 2013. For the second inning, the lowest total was 82 runs (according to run rate) in 2008, whereas the highest was 218 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 28.20 and 27.18 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 8 times at the venue. The host won 2 times, whereas the foreign team won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against RR at the venue are LLWLW.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (RCB):
The team had a good record, as the team won 44 times including a win in a tie and lost 42 times in 89 played outings. Three (3) outings were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are LWLWW.
The Visiting Unit (RR):
The team had a very good record as the team won 4 times and lost 2 times with two (2) N/Rs (No Result) in 8 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WWLWL.
The side never lost any outing after winning the toss, till date.
The team never lost an outing after being sent to the field after losing the toss, till date.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team may go with D. Willey in place of W. Parnell and K. Sharma in place of V. Vyshak.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: F. du Plessis, V. Kohli, M. Lomror, G. Maxwell, S. Ahmed, D. Karthik, + S. Prabhudessai, W. Hasaranga, D. Willey, H. Patel, M. Siraj, + K. Sharma
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with A. Zampa in place of J. Holders.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, Y. Jaiswal, S. Samson, + D. Padikkal, S. Hetmyer, D. Jurel, R. Parag, R. Ashwin, A. Zampa, T. Boult, S. Sharma, + 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. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Image was taken from a google search. *Notes: https://sportewave.com/rcb-vs-rr-ipl-2023-match-prediction/
