Having begun the tournament with a solid showing, Rajasthan Royals will hope to make it four in four when they take on the struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 19th match of the 2024 Indian Premier League. Get our latest expert RR vs RCB match betting tips, predictions and picks below. You can start betting on the IPL 2024 by opening your account with 1xbet here.
Rajasthan vs Bangalore Match Information
- Venue: Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur
- Date: Saturday, April 6
- Time: 7.30 pm local (2 pm GMT, 10 am EDT)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
It’s been a start of sharp contrasts to the two sides.
On the one hand we have the Rajasthan Royals who have played three and won all of them, beating Lucknow, Delhi and Mumbai in the process.
On the other, Bangalore managed to get past the line against Punjab Kings but have lost three other matches, leaving them eighth on the table.
Quick RR vs RCB Preview
Rajasthan Royals had already won two matches from two when they went to Wankhede Stadium to take on the host Mumbai Indians. And it was fascinating to see the manner in which they choked off the home side in that one.
For starters it was Trent Boult who stood tall with three quick wickets – MI lost those three batters for first-ball ducks – before Yuzvendra Chahal finished off the Mumbai innings with 3/11 from his four.
In response, Riyan Parag continued his excellent domestic form over the past season to hammer a 39-ball 54 and in turn steered Rajasthan to a win.
What’s remarkable to note here is that both Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal haven’t got going for RR and yet, they have had no issues to get past their oppositions.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore did display some chutzpah in the Punjab game but again, a lot of that was Virat Kohli-dependent.
The rest of the team has faltered regularly as can be seen from the fact that their second-best scorer in the tournament (Dinesh Karthik) is outside the top 20 in the run-getters’ chart.
Add that to the fact that Glenn Maxwell’s four wickets from as many matches is their best bowling showing and we are looking at a team that has big-ticket names but not too many performances to justify that.
RR vs RCB Head to Head Stats
- Overall RR vs RCB Head-to-head: While Royal Challengers Bangalore leads Rajasthan Royals 15-12 on head to head, it must be quickly added that at Rajasthan’s home ground in Jaipur that record is 4-4.
- Interestingly, Bangalore had won both their previous meetings between these two sides which came in 2023 and are 7-2 overall over the last four seasons.
Possible Playing XIs/XIIs
Rajasthan Royals
Buttler, Jaiswal, Samson, Parag, Hetmyer, Dubey, Jurel, Ashwin, Burger, Avesh, Chahal, Boult, .
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kohli, du Plessis, Patidar, Maxwell, Green, Lomror, Karthik, Rawat, Dagar, Dayal, Siraj, Topley.
RR vs RCB Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: Royal Challengers Bangalore to win: 6/5 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: Highest Opening Partnership – RR: 1/1
RR vs RCB Toss Prediction
RCB to win the toss: 10/11
RR vs RCB Score Prediction
First Innings Under 183.5: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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