IPL 2019 highlights: Rajasthan beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wkts

RR leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal bowled a sensational spell to dismiss key top-order batsmen before Patel, Stoinis propelled RCB to 158 for four.

7:04 PM

WATCH: Steve Smith's suggestion to Ajinkya Rahane

6:57 PM

Can Coulter-Nile, Marcus Stoinis make it to RCB playing 11?

Here are the playing 11 probables of both the teams:

 

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Ashton Turner, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Shivam Dube, Marcus Stoinis, Prayas Ray Barman/Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.

6:50 PM

Stats Alert: Head to head comparison between RR and RCB

Overall:

Matches:18

Rajasthan Royals: 9

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 8

No Result: 1

6:44 PM

Key batsman for RCB

6:32 PM

Key players for Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson struck a brilliant hundred against Sunrisers Hyderabad in losing cause but Steve Smith, returning after one year ban, can be best utilised at No.3 and it remains to be seen how Royals' think-tank go about it.

 

Ashton Turner is yet to get a game and in order to steady their ship, Royals could draft in the dashing Australian batsman straight into the playing 11 given brilliant form in India as he smashed an unbeaten 84 off 43 balls with the help of five fours and six sixes as India's total of 358-9 was made to look ordinary in the end of the fourth ODI in the ODI series against India.
 

6:21 PM

Here are the squad to pick from

Rajasthan Royals squad: Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ashton Turner, Ish Sodhi, Oshane Thomas, Liam Livingstone, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Shubham Ranjane, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Sudhesan Midhun, Jaydev Unadkat, Prashant Chopra, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Riyan Parag, Dhawal Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Manan Vohra, Rahul Tripathi

 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad: Virat Kohli, Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee

5:48 PM

Preview

Laggards Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to log their first win of IPL 2019 and get their campaign back of track before its too late, when they lock horns in an IPL 2019 match. Both Royals and RCB have lost their opening three encounters and find themselves at the bottom of the IPL 2019 points table.

 

Rajasthan Royals are above RCB thanks to their better net run rate as Virat Kohli led side succumbed to a mammoth 118-run defeat on Sunday against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Royals too, were defeated by Chennai Super Kings though they gave a good fight going down.

 

After M.S. Dhoni led Chennai to 175/5 despite a slow start, Royals kept themselves in the chase throughout but eventually fell short by eight runs with Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes scoring a 26-ball 46.

 

Since the 'Mankading' incident, Jos Buttler has failed to get going and skipper Ajinkya Rahane too, failed on Sunday night. Returning from a one-year ban for his role in ball tampering, former Australia captain Steve Smith is also struggling to find his rhythm although there are questions as to whether he should bat at No.3.