IPL 2021: RCB vs RR Preview – Unbeaten Bangalore lock horns with brave Rajasthan

It will be the battle of the Royals when Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2021 match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 22. Virat Kohli and co. are coming to Mumbai after finishing their Chennai leg with all three wins. With some key performances from their star players Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers, RCB have managed to show good form in this season so far.

Rajasthan Royals, who will have an advantage of having played three matches already in Mumbai this season, still have some questions to answer when they get on the field. Having said that, this should be a good match-up and could be a high-scoring contest. Rajasthan Royals’ batting will be under focus in this match.

Match Info

IPL 2021 Match 16 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Time: 7:30 PM IST

Head to head:

Stat Attack:

For the first time in the history of IPL, RCB have won 3 consecutive matches at the start of the season.

This will be the 200th match for RCB in the IPL.

AB de Villiers is 26 runs away from completing 5000 runs in the IPL.

Team News:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last match decided to play with three overseas players. One between Daniel Sams, Daniel Christian and Rajat Patidar is expected to play in this match. It can be said that Sams looks like a better option, considering the conditions of the Wankhede stadium. RCB could also leave out one of their spinners, and bring an Indian pacer. Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal, being national team players might be retained and in that situation, the axe will fall on Shahbaz Ahmed. Navdeep Saini is the most likely candidate to come into this team if that happens.

Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan Royals have not got their selection calls wrong in this season, but it was their pre-season buys which is hurting them. Captain Sanju Samson has several questions to answer, especially the way the middle order has played in the last few matches. Having said that, David Miller would be expected to step up his game being an overseas player. A big inning is due from Jos Buttler as well. Jaydev Unadkat could be left out once again after a bad day against CSK. Shreyas Gopal could come back in his place given his record against RCB.

Probable XI: