The Royals started their campaign with two consecutive defeats. However, they bounced back with back-to-back wins against Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings. In their most recent fixture, the inaugural champions suffered a crushing 58-run defeat to the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. The Sanju Samson-led side would want to get back to winning ways on Sunday.
Meanwhile, RCB are placed at No. 4 on the points table, having registered three wins and two defeats from five games. They are coming into this clash on the back of a six-wicket defeat at home against Delhi Capitals where their former player KL Rahul played a match-winning innings to help the visitors chase down a 164-run target with consummate ease.
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RR vs RCB IPL Match Details
Match: RR vs RCB 28th Match of IPL 2025
Captains:
Sanju Samson is going to lead Rajasthan Royals
Rajat Patidar will lead Rajat Patidar
When: Sunday, April 13th, 2025
Match is going to start at 03.30 p.m. (IST)
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur
Head-to-head of these two teams: Both teams have played 32 matches against each other. Out of which Rajasthan Royals has won 14 matches and Royal Challengers Bengaluru has won 15 matches with zero tie and 3 matches ended up in no result.
Likely playing XI
Rajasthan Royals:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C/WK), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande.
Impact Player: Shubham Dubey.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Impact Player: Suyash Sharma
Pitch report
So far, 57 IPL games have been played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. This is going to be the first encounter played at the venue in IPL 2025. 20 matches have been won by teams batting first while chasing teams have emerged victorious in 37 instances. The average first-innings score is 162. The highest total is 217/6, and the lowest is 59 all out. Winning the toss and opting to bowl first would be the ideal choice at this venue.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman: Phil Salt
Best Bowler: Jofra Archer
Weather forecast for today in Rajasthan
Maximum temperature: 33°C
Minimum temperature: 20°C
Wind speed: 11km/h
Chances of rain: 0%
Capacity of stadium: 24,000
Prediction to win: Team bowling first is most likely to win the match
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