Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals are the two teams who are yet to open their account on the points table of the Indian Premier League 2019. But when they will face against each other on Tuesday night, one of them will definitely register their first win of the season. Rajasthan has played some exceptional cricket in all of the three matches they have played while Bengaluru has been poor in two games and got out cheaply. It will be interesting to see how both teams fare when they will collide in Jaipur tomorrow.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
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The double R played their last game against defending champion Chennai Super Kings and lost the thriller by eight runs. Rajasthan’s batsmen failed to show application on a tough Chennai surface and threw their wicket while playing some rash shorts. Their batsmen are performing well in patches and none of them have done well consistently in the tournament.
The bowling department is the major headache for them as their bowlers are conceding too many runs at the death overs. Jofra Archer is the only bright ray of hope in their bowling arsenal, who hasn’t conceded over six runs per over in the tournament. They can replace Jaydev Unadkat with Varun Aaron for the game against Bengaluru. Rest of the team can be retained.
Probable XI: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
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RCB’s journey in the ongoing IPL is in disarray. They played against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game and were outplayed in all the departments. Bowlers conceded 231 runs and looked toothless with their skills. The batting order’s failure came as a big shock and got bundled out for just 113 runs. None of the top-four batsmen showed any intent to stay on the pitch and threw their wicket to easy balls.
There can be several changes in the RCB lineup for the next game. Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile have finished their series against Pakistan and will join the team before the game against Rajasthan. Colin de Grandhomme and Moeen Ali can make way for them. Shimron Hetmyer can be replaced by Heinrich Klaasen while Gurkeerat Singh Mann can come in place of Parthiv Patel. Prayas Barman can swap with Washington Sundar.
Probable XI: Washington Sunder, Marcus Stoinis, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Shivam Dube, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
