IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Head-to-Head, Stats, and Predicted Playing 11

Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, RR, RCB

April 24, 2025

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IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Head-to-Head, Stats, and Predicted Playing 11

It’s a thriller Thursday match, as the hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on the Rajasthan Royals in the following match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025. This match will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the home venue for RCB.

As of today, this will be the 42nd match to be played and both the teams will enter with all gear and preparation to take on this much-awaited clash. As of now, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, led by first-time captain Rajat Patidar are placed third on the points table with five wins and three losses in eight matches. They won the previous match against Punjab Kings by seven wickets, as the chase master Virat Kohli played a key role in the run chase by scoring 73 runs for his team. Ironically have lost all three the games at their home turf and will surely be keen to improve their record at home.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals are placed rather low on eighth position in the points table with just two wins and six losses from the eight matches so far. The RR side has been struggling all through this season and looks like they are on a losing spree. Having lost their previous match against Lucknow Super Giants, they were beaten close by 2 runs by the Lucknow Super Giants after Yashasvi Jaiswal put in a brave fight of 74 runs.

The skipper Sanju Samson will miss the upcoming clash due to an injury, as Riyan Parag will continue at the helm.

Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, RR, RCB

The match promises to be a closely fought game, for their chances of survival in the league are pretty blurred now. The contest between the two teams has always been a closely fought one; with RCB and RR having faced each other in 33 matches in the league’s history.

Out of these 33 games, RCB has won 16 matches whereas RR have come out victorious on 14 occasions. 3 matches ended without a result for either of the sides.

Game Condition:

This apparent electrifying match will take place at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, a venue where the teams chasing have a slightly higher advantage. So far in IPL 2025, three games have been played at the iconic ground. RCB batted first in all three games and lost.

The surfaces haven’t been as good as they usually are for batting. Getting off to a rocking start in the powerplay without losing too many wickets will be crucial for both sides, especially the team batting first.

Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, RR, RCB

RCB Predicted XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar (C), Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Devdutt Padikkal

Impact Player: Yash Dayal

RR Predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel(wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

Impact Player options: Vaibhav Suryavanshi

With the current performance record of both the sides RR and RCB clearly visible for the audiences to assess, it seems evident that tonight’s clash may be in RCB’s favour, and the jinx of losing matches at home venue may finally be broken tonight.