Two teams still in contention for a place in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 playoffs, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Rajasthan Royals (RR) battle it out at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday's (May 14) first game of the third-last double header of the season.
With a lot at stake, RCB won the toss and chose to bat first.
Head-to-head
RCB and RR have faced each other 29 times in the IPL. Out of these, the Bangalore-based franchise have won 14 while the Rajasthan-based outfit have come out victorious on 12 occasions. Three matches ended without a result.
Pitch Report
Speaking about the pitch ahead of the match, the pitch report says, This is the centre pitch and expected to be really good. There was some cloud cover in the morning but that has disappeared. Second time this pitch is being used after the RRvCSK game, There were runs in that and it will be high scoring again."
"The pitch looks hard, with some cracks and grass in the middle. It is however a day game and the ball might slow up a bit due to the heat. Both teams would like to bat first, they have won four games each while batting first," said WV Raman and Simon Katich.
What the captains said
“The conditions might favor that, looks like a dry wicket. It is very clear from here on for us, that is not a bad thing sometimes. We need to execute better. 3-4 guys are putting their hand up every game, we need a bit more probably to cash in on some good positions. Wins are important, net run rate is not something we can bother about now,”
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI):
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal
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