Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will lock horns in the match 14 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Jaipur on Tuesday. Both teams are placed on the bottom of the league table after failing to win a single match and suffering three defeats. Therefore, there will be desperation amongst both camps as the teams will look to finally start their campaign with a win on Tuesday. In the previous three meetings between both teams, it is advantage Rajasthan as they've won twice compared to RCB's one win.
Rajasthan will enter the contest with relatively higher confidence as the team suffered some unfortunate results and there will be optimism going into the match against RCB In the batting department, Royals will be depending on the likes of captain Ajinkya Rahane, Australia's Steve Smith and England's duo of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes to score bulk of the runs, whereas on the bowling front, the onus will be on the likes of pacers Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Aaron to provide timely breakthroughs.
On the other hand, RCB will be relatively shaken going into the Tuesday's match after suffering a mammoth 118-run defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match and therefore, the team will be desperate to bounce back and produce a much better show this time around. The team have already received a major boost as Australia's duo of all-rounders Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile have joined the squad and will be available for
Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will lock horns in the match 14 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Jaipur on Tuesday. Both teams are placed on the bottom of the league table after failing to win a single match and suffering three defeats. Therefore, there will be desperation amongst both camps as the teams will look to finally start their campaign with a win on Tuesday. In the previous three meetings between both teams, it is advantage Rajasthan as they've won twice compared to RCB's one win.
Rajasthan will enter the contest with relatively higher confidence as the team suffered some unfortunate results and there will be optimism going into the match against RCB In the batting department, Royals will be depending on the likes of captain Ajinkya Rahane, Australia's Steve Smith and England's duo of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes to score bulk of the runs, whereas on the bowling front, the onus will be on the likes of pacers Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Aaron to provide timely breakthroughs.
On the other hand, RCB will be relatively shaken going into the Tuesday's match after suffering a mammoth 118-run defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match and therefore, the team will be desperate to bounce back and produce a much better show this time around. The team have already received a major boost as Australia's duo of all-rounders Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile have joined the squad and will be available for selection. In the batting department, the team will be relying on the likes of captain Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel and Colin de Grandhomme to score bulk of the runs, whereas on the bowling front, the onus will be on the likes of pacers Coulter-Nile, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to provide timely breakthroughs.
Key Players:
Ben Stokes – 9 Cr
First in the list of key players features Rajasthan Royals' Ben Stokes. The England international is being widely renowned as the best all-rounder in the current era but is having a very average time in this year's IPL as he has only managed to score 68 runs and has claimed four wickets in three matches. However, since Stokes have time and again proved himself as the big match player, having him in your team might prove to be a really good call.
AB de Villiers – 10 Cr
Second in the list of key players features Royal Challengers Bangalore's AB de Villiers. The veteran right-hander is a proven talent in the shortest format of the game and has already played a potential match-winning knock of 70 not out in the match against Mumbai Indians, but unfortunately could not take his team home. With the team in a must-win situation, having De Villiers in your team might not prove to be a bad call as he has the ability to play a key role in an important encounter.
Yuzvendra Chahal – 9.5 Cr
Last in the list of key players features Royal Challengers Bangalore's Yuzvendra Chahal. The right-arm leggie is a proven talent in the 20-over format and is having an outstanding time with the ball in hand, where he has already claimed six wickets in just three matches. Therefore, he is definitely the player to have in your team.
Expected XI:
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Marcus Stoinis, Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (capt), AB de Villiers, Shivam Dube, Colin de Grandhomme, Prayas Ray Burman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
