A straight knock-out match between two teams who are yet to confirm their slots in the Playoffs. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have won three matches in a row, will be confident to take on the hosts Rajasthan Royals. The Jaipur team has been weakened by the departure of their match-winner Jos Buttler and their most expensive buy Ben Stokes. With loser bowling out, this match will be extremely intense. Here are the five things to look out for

Replacements of Buttler and Stokes

England is scheduled to play a Test series with Pakistan which begins from 25th May hence the selected players have been told to report in England on 17th May. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler and the all-rounder Ben Stokes have been selected in the Test squad and have already left their IPL team Rajasthan Royals.

With these two out, Rajasthan will be in a spot of bother and it puts their chances of qualifying for the playoffs under a great danger. The likely replacements for these two are the pair of Heinrich Klaasen and Ben Laughlin. Both have been tried by RR in the previous matches but have failed to perform as expected.