IPL 2024, RR vs RCB: Sanju Samson elects to field as Faf du Plessis makes one change; know playing XIs of both teams here

Atishay Jain

• Sat • 06 Apr 2024

Sanju Samson (L) and Faf du Plessis (R). (PC: Getty).

Highlights:

RR and RCB have faced each other 30 times.

RCB has the advantage with 15 victories, whereas Rajasthan has won 12 times.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson won the all-important toss and elected to field in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 6 (Saturday). RR made no change to their playing XI while RCB made one change. Saurav Chauhan replaced Anuj Rawat in RCB's playing XI.

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Saurav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

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Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals (RR) have participated in three matches in this tournament and emerged victorious in all. On the other hand, Faf du Plessis's team has secured only one win out of their four matches in the competition.

Looking at their historical matchups in this prestigious tournament, RR and RCB have faced each other 30 times. RCB has the advantage with 15 victories, whereas Rajasthan has won 12 times. Three of the encounters have concluded with no result (NR).

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Squads

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Sanju Samson (captain), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tanush Kotian, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.

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