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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will take on the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 42nd match of the IPL 2025 season at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday, April 24.
RCB, led by Rajat Patidar, is occupying the third rank with five wins and three losses, amassing 10 points. Meanwhile, the Riyan Parag-led Rajasthan Royals are holding the eighth rank with two wins and six losses.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Details
Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 42, IPL 2025
Time & Date: 7:30 PM IST, Thursday, April 24
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Pitch Report
The Chinnaswamy surface could be two-paced in the middle and death overs, making batting a bit tough. However, batters would be aiming to come out all guns blazing the powerplay overs.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Probable XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal/Devdutt Padikkal.
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag (c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande/Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Top Picks
Riyan Parag
Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Riyan Parag is one of the players to watch out for with the willow from the RR set-up.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jaiswal, the RR opening batter, has been in decent form, hitting bowlers all over the park in the initial overs.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Captain picks
Virat Kohli
Former RCB captain Virat Kohli is one of the consistent players for the franchise, scoring runs with ease in the powerplay and middle overs.
Phil Salt
RCB dashing opening batter Phil Salt has been in explosive form, smacking bowlers quite early in the innings to turn the game upside down.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Head to Head Dream11 team
Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Dhruv Jurel, Virat Kohli (c), Rajat Patidar, Tim David, Yashasvi Jaiswal (vc), Krunal Pandya, Riyan Parag, Josh Hazlewood, Jofra Archer.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 Grand League Dream11 team
Phil Salt (c), Dhruv Jurel, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Wanindu Hasaranga, Riyan Parag (vc), Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Jofra Archer.
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