RR vs RCB: Importance of toss in today’s eliminator match, take a look at the statistics
Qualifier 1 of IPL 2024 has been done and now it is the turn of the eliminator match, which is to be played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RR vs RCB) in Ahmedabad today.
Whichever team wins this match, will have to face Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 and the winning team of the last qualifier match will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the final. At the same time, the team that loses today, its journey in the tournament will end.
However, this time the role of toss has been very important at some venues. In such a situation, there will be a question in the minds of the fans whether the toss will become the boss in the eliminator match of RR vs RCB or will they see some different story. We are going to give you complete information regarding this.
What has been the story of the toss in IPL 2024?
If seen on the basis of toss, out of 67 matches played this season, 17 times a captain decided to bat first and the remaining 50 won the toss and decided to chase the target. Of the 17 occasions when the captain chose to bat, the team batting first won only seven games while the teams chasing won 10. Similarly, on 50 occasions when captains decided to bowl first, teams chasing won 23 games, while teams batting first won 27, which proves that the toss doesn’t really matter. In this season, 34 matches were won by the teams batting first and 33 matches were won by the teams chasing.
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Toss record of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 17th season
RCB has won the toss 8 times in the current season and has won 4 times during this period, while it has had to face defeat the same number of times. After losing the toss in 6 matches, the Bengaluru team has tasted victory 3 times and faced the same number of defeats.
Toss record of Rajasthan Royals in the 17th season
Rajasthan Royals, the winners of the 2008 season, have won the toss in 9 matches in IPL 2024 and during this period, they have succeeded in becoming winners in 6 matches, while facing defeat in 3. At the same time, Rajasthan has lost the toss in 5 matches. During this period, they have won 2 matches, lost 2, while 1 match remained without result.
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Advantage of bowling first in Ahmedabad
In the current season at Narendra Modi Stadium, the result of 7 matches has been declared so far, out of which the team bowling first has won 5 times, while the team batting first has won only 2 times.
A total of 31 matches have been played between these two teams in IPL history, in which RCB is ahead by 15-13 and 3 matches have been canceled. There have been only 2 matches between them in Ahmedabad, in which both have won 1-1.
