RCB vs RR| 16TH Match, Indian Premier League| 22-04-2021 19:30 IST

 Schedule

Match : Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Rajasthan Royals

Series : Indian Premier League, 2021

Date :  22-04-2021, 7:30 PM IST

Venue : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 

Last Hour Update : 

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first.

Head to Head Performance :

                             RCB          RR

Matches                 23              23

Won                       10              10

Lost                       10              10

NR                         03              03

Highest Total       200             217

Lowest Total         70              58

Last 5 Head to Head : 

• RCB won by 7 wickets
• RCB won by 8 wickets
• No result
• RR won by 7 wickets
• RR won by 30 runs

Match Analysis : 

The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 16th match of Vivo IPL 2021 on Thursday, 22nd April, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Off to the best possible start with three wins on the trot, a confident Royal Challengers Bangalore will hope to keep the juggernaut rolling when they take on Rajasthan Royals in Match 16 of IPL 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. (April 22). Both sides have endured contrasting campaigns so far. 

On the other hand, the Royals have managed to win only one of their three fixtures. They lost to Chennai Super Kings in their previous match to slip down to the sixth spot. Sanju Samson and his men will be eyeing a second win. RR were struck another blow after their heavy loss to CSK as Liam Livingstone pulled out of the tournament, citing bubble fatigue. That comes after Ben Stokes sustained a broken finger in the season opener, ruling him out of the season. The Royals are yet to name replacements for the duo and could use this opportunity to strengthen some weak areas in their roster.

The Pink team is yet to fire as a team and their last defeat against the Chennai would have put them under tremendous pressure. In that game, their bowling and fielding were excellent but the bowlers lost their tempo at the death and batsman failed to come to the party. Their bowling impressed in spurts, with young pacer Chetan Sakariya continuing his promising start to his IPL career

 Captain Sanju Samson has been inconsistent as well. After scoring a hundred in just the first match, he has had two low scores. David Miller and Chris Morris did well against Delhi Capitals (DC) but much more is expected from the rest of the Indian batsmen— Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag and Rahul Tewatia.

Meanwhile, RCB's over-dependence on Kohli and ABD seems to have reduced this season, as Maxwell has their highest run-scorer so far. Their bowling attack looks very potent as well, with Daniel Sams likely to strengthen the team even more. RCB put on a whopping 204/4 on a dry and sluggish Chennai track and steamrolled KKR by 38 runs. RCB's new signings seem to have clicked well, with Glenn Maxwell delivering the goods. Harshal Patel has done extraordinary well at the death and has played an instrumental role in each of his team's wins.

Kohli has got decent starts in a couple of games but the talismanic skipper will be itching to play a big innings. Young Devdutt Padikkal, who impressed everyone last season, has also looked rusty and is yet to perform to his full potential. After two failures Rajat Patidar will, too, look to make amends. The RCB bowling department has been impressive with pacers Harshal Patel and Mohammed Siraj boasting economy rate of of 5.75 and 5.81 respectively. The former pulled the rabbit out of the hat with a five-wicket haul against MI while left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed (3/7) changed the complexion of the match in just one over against the Sunrisers.

Top Picks for Fantasy 11 : 

Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya

Expected 11 : 

Royal Challengers Bangalore : Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian/Rajat Patidar/Daniel Sams, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat/Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Top pick for Captain/ Vice Captain  : 

Captain : Ab De Villiers, Virat Kohli Chris Morris

Vice Captain : Glenn Maxwell, Jos Butler, Devdutt Padikkal

Venue :

Both the Captain must have notice the due factor in the previous matches played here. And the pitch is very good to bat on in second innings, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai is always favorable to batsmen. This Mumbai pitch is flat wicket and we expect a good total here again like last game. Weather will be cloudy but there is no chance of rain. Temperature will be around 27 - 34 degree.

Average Score : 168

Matches  : 76

Highest Score (IPL) : 235

Lowest Score (IPL) : 157

Interesting facts : 

• Shreyas Gopal has dismissed Ab De Villiers four times.
• Shreyas Gopal has dismissed Virat Kohli three times.
• Yuzvendra Chahal has dismissed David Miller three times.
• Yuzuvendra Chahal has dismissed Sanju Samson five times.

Squad : 

Royal Challengers Bangalore : Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Daniel Christian, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Sams

Rajasthan Royals  : Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman, Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh

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