2024-04-05 09:38:17
Jaipur: Both Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are struggling with poor form, and Rajasthan Royals, who are performing brilliantly, will hope for better performance from their top order in the IPL 2024 match. RCB is currently ranked eighth among ten teams, which shows its poor performance. Royals are in second place but their top order has not performed well. RCB has excellent attacking batsmen in the top order like captain Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar but no one could perform well as a unit.
RCB will give a chance to Vic Jacques
Star batsman Virat Kohli has won the Orange Cap by scoring 203 runs including two half-centuries but he did not get support from the other end. Patidar scored 29 runs against Lucknow Super Giants but a better performance is expected from him. Explosive batsman Will Jacques can be included in the playing eleven in place of Cameron Green. Leg spinner Karn Sharma may get a chance in place of Mayank Dagar.
On the other hand, Royals batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal came into the IPL in good form but could score only 39 runs in three matches. Same is the story of Jos Buttler. The England T20 captain has scored 35 runs in three matches and his strike rate has been 85. The backbone of Royals’ batting has been captain Sanju Samson (109 runs) and Ryan Parag (181 runs). Both will need support from other batsmen as well.
head to head
Match- 30
RCB won- 15
RR won- 12
Inconclusive- 03
Sandeep Sharma will return
Rajasthan has the upper hand in bowling, which has fast bowlers Trent Boult and Andre Berger apart from experienced leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal. Together these three have taken 16 wickets. Experienced Ravichandran Ashwin, however, has taken only one wicket in three matches. Sandeep Sharma, who did not play in the last match due to fitness, may return. Either Sandeep, Avesh or Chahal will be used as an impact player.
probable playing eleven
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Will Jacques, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.
Impact options- Suyash Prabhudesai, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Dagar, Vijay Kumar Vaishakh, Swapnil Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (WK/Captain), Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Berger, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact options- Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Sen, Shubham Dubey, Sandeep Sharma.
When and where to watch the match: This match will start at 7.30 pm on Saturday evening. Its live streaming will be on Jio Cinema and broadcasting will be on Star Sports.