RCB Playing 11 vs Rajasthan Royals - IPL 2024, Match 19

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) takes on Rajasthan Royals in match 19 of IPL 2024 on Saturday, April 6. RCB are on a two-match losing streak heading into this game and this is their fourth game of the season.

They started their season with a loss to CSK. They won their next game against Punjab Kings and lost their next two on the trot against KKR and LSG. Against KKR, they could not defend 182 while against LSG they could not chase down 182.

RCB as a team is totally lost after consecutive defeats. The two big losses have hurt their NRR as well. They are placed eighth heading into this contest. Another loss will already be their fourth inside the first five games.

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RCB have a favourable record against RR winning 15 out of the 30 games against the franchise. They have a 50 percent win record and even won four out of their last five games including both in the last season.

However, this season so far, their weaknesses and loopholes have been exposed by the opposition. They have taken advantage of the fact that they do not have a high-class spinner in their ranks. Heading into this game, they are still dependent on their top three to score runs.

RCB Playing 11 vs Rajasthan Royals - IPL 2024, Match 19

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli will open the batting against RR. He has scored 203 runs so far in the season. Against LSG, he scored 22 off 16 balls. He has scored 7466 runs in the IPL so far.

Faf du Plessis

Faf will open the batting with Kohli. He is yet to score a fifty in this season. Last season he scored 790 runs. So far this season he has scored just 65 runs in four games at an average of 16.25.

Glenn Maxwell

Maxwell already has two ducks in this season so far. Against KKR, he got a few runs in a losing cause. He forms the big three with Faf and Kohli. He scored a duck against LSG

Rajat Patidar

Patidar can slot in at four. So far in the season, he has really struggled. Against LSG he scored 29 off 21 balls. He has been struggling for form since the Test series against England.

Cameron Green

Green can slot in at five. He was traded from Mumbai Indians by the RCB. So far, he has not been at his fluent best for RCB either with bat or ball.

Dinesh Karthik

Karthik will slot in at six. He scored just four in the match against LSG. DK has scored 90 runs in the first four games at a strike rate of 173.08. He is expected to retire after this season.

Anuj Rawat

Rawat will slot in at seven. He scored 489 runs in the first game against CSK but has tapered off since then. Against LSG he scored 11 off 21 balls.

Karn Sharma

RCB can get in Karn Sharma for one of their pacers. He is a good spinner. The franchsie should keep faith in him to deliver. He did not play in the matches against KKR and LSG.

Mayank Dagar

Dagar can slot in at nine. He has been bowling well for RCB and has been economical as well. he just needs to take more wickets.

Mohd Siraj

Siraj is the lead Indian pacer for RCB. He has been leaking runs at a very expensive rate. He has taken three wickets in the first four games.

Yash Dayal

Dayal concludes the likely XI for RCB against Rajasthan Royals. So far in the season he has taken four wickets from four games.

Impact Sub-Mahipal Lomror

Lomror has been used as an Impact Sub in the last couple of games by the RCB. He scored 33 off just 13 balls against LSG.

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