Published on: Apr 22, 2021 4:30 pm IST|Updated on: Apr 22, 2021 3:31 pm IST
RCB vs RR IPL 2021: After a staggering performance in their last 3 games so far in this IPL 2021 season, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are all geared up to take on the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 22. The Virat Kohli-led RCB team have now arrived in Mumbai after having registered three brilliant victories over Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata during their Chennai-leg of matches. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals are yet to find a settled combination having lost two of their 3 games so far. In the 23 matches played between these two teams, both RCB and RR have won 18 games each while 3 games have ended without a result. However, both the teams will now be eyeing to do well on consistent basis in this starting phase of IPL 2021.
Fixture Name: VIVO IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals
Competition: VIVO IPL
Date: 22 April
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Ground: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Team Form Guide: RCB (recent last): W W W L L RR (recent last): L W L L W
Brief score of the last result at the venue: Chennai Super Kings 220/3 beat Kolkata Knight Riders 202/10 by 18 runs in the 15th match of IPL 2021.
Pitch Report: The wicket at the Wankhede stadium has offered terrific batting conditions so far in this tournament and the track is expected to behave in the similar manner for this game as well. There will be a lot of dew in the second innings and thus, the team winning the toss should look to bowl first.
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BLR vs RR Playing 11
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BLR Playing 11 (likely) Finn Allen Devdutt Padikkal Virat Kohli Shahbaz Ahmed AB de Villiers Glenn Maxwell Washington Sundar Kyle Jamieson Harshal Patel Mohammed Siraj Yuzvendra Chahal
RR Team News
RR Playing 11 (likely) Manan Vohra Jos Buttler Sanju Samson David Miller Riyan Parag Shivam Dube Rahul Tewatia Chris Morris Jaydev Unadkat Chetan Sakariya Mustafizur Rahman
Who will win today match
The Royal Challengers Bangalore will once again bank upon the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Devdutt Padikkal to do the majority run-scoring job in the batting department. Siraj, Harshal Patel, Jamieson and Chahal will be their key bowlers. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals will want their top-order batsmen, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra and David Miller to take the responsibility with the bat while Unadkat, Morris, Sakariya and Mustafizur will be their key bowlers. It is expected to be a high-scoring game on a belter of a track at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In our Dream 11 Today Match Prediction we back Royal Challengers Bangalore to win this match.
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Grand League Team 1
We are picking Glenn Maxwell as the Captain of this team due to his fabulous performance in the last two games having scored remarkable half-centuries.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Jos Buttler (VC), AB de Villiers, Sanju Samson BATSMEN: Virat Kohli, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Devdutt Padikkal ALL-ROUNDERS: Glenn Maxwell (C) BOWLERS: Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Chetan Sakariya
Grand League Team 2
We are making AB de Villiers as the Captain in this team because of his stunning knock of 76 runs off only 34 balls in the last game against KKR.
WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers (C), Sanju Samson BATSMEN: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal (VC), Manan Vohra, Finn Allen ALL-ROUNDERS: Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris BOWLERS: Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat
Grand League Team 3
We are choosing Sanju Samson as the Captain of this team due to his brilliant century in the first match against Punjab Kings on the same venue.
WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers (VC), Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler BATSMEN: Virat Kohli, Manan Vohra, David Miller, Riyan Parag ALL-ROUNDERS: Glenn Maxwell BOWLERS: Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mustafizur Rahman
Grand League Team 4
We are picking Virat Kohli as the Captain of this team as he has smashed two 80+ scores in his last five IPL games at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers, Jos Buttler BATSMEN: Virat Kohli (C), David Miller (VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Manan Vohra ALL-ROUNDERS: Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris BOWLERS: Chetan Sakariya, Harshal Patel, Kyle Jamieson