Who Will Win RCB vs RR 11th Match, IPL 2018?
Game eleven of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2018 will see Royal Challengers Bangalore face-off against the Rajasthan Royals. The match will be played on April 15 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Live action is scheduled to begin at 4 PM local time.
RCB vs RR: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Sky Sports, Fox Sports, OSN Sports Cricket HD
Live Streaming: Hotstar, Bet365, Sky Go, OSN Play
Toss Prediction
The wicket at the M. Chinnaswamy tends to offer a fair amount of assistance to the bowlers early on in the game. And also considering the fact that the teams fielding first have won more often here in the recent past, the toss-winning skipper will be inclined to bowl first.
Read on for team analysis, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for RCB vs RR 11th match, Indian Premier League 2018....
RCB Team News & Playing 11
Team News
There are no injury concerns for the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the moment and the team is expected to go in with an unchanged line-up for the game against the Rajasthan Royals.
Key Players
AB de Villiers is looking in fine form. The talisman batsman has made impressive scores of 44 and 57 and he is going to hold the key for RCB. Virat Kohli has failed to convert his starts into something substantial but a big knock from him seems around the corner. Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum are two other batsmen who can take the game away from Rajasthan Royals. The new-ball pair of Chris Woakes and Umesh Yadav will be the big threats to the opposition when it comes to bowling. Both the pacemen have taken five wickets each in two games and they will be backed by their team to get the early breakthroughs.
Recent Form
Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently placed fifth on the IPL 2018 points table with a win and a loss from their first couple of league matches. After facing defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders in their opening encounter, the Virat Kohli-led side bounced back with a four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in the next game.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Playing 11
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Quinton de Kock (wk), Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
RR Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Rajasthan Royals have signed New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi as replacement for the injured Afghanistan spinner Zahir Khan, although he is not expected to feature in the team's playing eleven for this upcoming clash. The Royals are likely to go unchanged from the last game.
Key Players
D'Arcy Short has managed only single-digit scores in his first two outings. With him struggling to adapt to the Indian conditions, the responsibility to score the big runs will fall on skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler - their key man in the middle order. Samson seems to be hitting good form with scores of 49 and 37 and he could produce another quality knock for the Royals against the RCB. Jaydev Unadkat and Ben Laughlin are the team's best bets with the ball. Both have been underwhelming in the first two matches and it will be crucial for the Royals that they bring their A-game into play on Sunday.
Recent Form
Rajasthan Royals are currently positioned at fifth spot on the IPL 2018 leaderboard with a win and a loss from two league games. After a nine-wicket thrashing by Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first match, the Royals did well to bounce back at their home ground with a ten-run win (D/L/S method) against the Delhi Daredevils in a rain-marred contest.
Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing 11
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Ajinkya Rahane (c), D'Arcy Short, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: W L W L L
Rajasthan Royals: W L L W L
RCB vs RR Head to Head
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals have played 15 completed matches against each other in the Indian Premier League with the former leading the scoreline 8-7.
The last time these two sides faced-off was back in the 2015 season when RCB won by 71 runs in the Eliminator to knock the Royals out of the tournament.
Total Matches: 16; Royal Challengers Bangalore: 8; Rajasthan Royals: 7; NR: 1
RCB vs RR Betting Odds
Royal Challengers Bangalore start off as firm favorites amongst the bookmakers to win this game at short odds of 1.55 on Betway, 1.57 on Bet365 and 1.64 on Betfair. Rajasthan Royals on the other hand are the bookmakers' underdogs and are being offered at much higher odds of 2.40 on Betway, 2.37 on Bet365 and 2.48 on Betfair.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Prediction
Both teams will look to capitalize on the momentum they gained by winning their last match. Playing at home will tip the scales slightly in favor of the Royal Challengers Bangalore who will be feeling a little more confident after their home win against the Kings XI Punjab because prior to that, they had lost their last five completed matches at this ground. RCB defeated the Royals in both the encounters when they last met them in the 2015 season and this will definitely give the former a psychological boost ahead of this clash. Although Rajasthan Royals are a strong team packed with plenty of match-winners, we feel that RCB who will be playing back-to-back matches at home are better placed to win here.
Final Verdict: Back Royal Challengers Bangalore to beat Rajasthan Royals at 1.55 on Betway, 1.57 on Bet365 and 1.64 on Betfair.
Apr 15, 2018
16:00 IST / 10:30 GMT
M Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bengaluru, India
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