🏏IPL 2025,M42 RCB vs RR on Apr24 7:30pm IST @ Bengaluru 🏏 - Page 4

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May the best team win.

Cheers..

18:33 local, 13:03 GMT, 18:33 IST: RCB lost just 3 games so far and all of them have come at home. Locking horns with them tonight are the Rajasthan Royals who are searching for their third win of the season.

Aya: "the question is whose curse is stronger.... rcb's chinnaswami curse or rr's general one" --

Royals vs Royals.

Hum mere mortals ko kya milega?

B wala Royals ko kuch kuch hota hai if the match is in their own backyard. R wala Royals ko bahut kuch hota hai. They are experts in losing a winning match.

Ab kisko chunu?

This is such a crunch game for RR. Their last 2 defeats have been heart-wrenching. They need someone to put their hand up and offer that extra spark to lift the mood and gain some much-needed momentum while at it. Given RCB's home record this season, the team in pink will be eager to get the luck of the coin in their favour

Simon Katich in his pitch report reckons today's surface looks drier than the strip used in the last game here, against Punjab Kings, so he expects it to play better. He notes that the Chinnaswamy has been the best venue for quick bowlers this year, but he expects a more batter-friendly surface today.

Someone in the Royals camp has received his cap. It looks like Kunal Singh Rathore, who is a wicketkeeper-batter. We'll get a confirmation soon enough.

Someone in the Royals camp has received his cap. It looks like Kunal Singh Rathore, who is a wicketkeeper-batter. We'll get a confirmation soon enough.

Win the toss Rajat please

Pitch report: We are in the dead centre of the middle out here. 73 metres down the ground and 64 metres either side of the square. The surface looks a lot drier and the average first innings score this season has been 166. There has been something for the quicks, it's been a bit two-paced and extra bounce as well, the surface today looks much better though," reckon Eoin Morgan and Simon Katich.

18:45 local, 13:15 GMT, 18:45 IST: "Lot of clapping and back-patting in the RR huddle. Didn't actually see any cap being presented (because of my viewing area) but looked like Kunal Singh Rathore is going to be given a go," informs Kaushik.

RCB are not the only side who have faced struggles at home this year. Omkar Mankame took a look at how every team has fared at their grounds in the first half of the season.

Well Mr Mankame, some teams did not do well on away grounds either.

Cheers..