IPL Highlights 2024, RR vs RCB: Buttler trumps Kohli as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 6 wickets

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Saurav Chauhan gets picked for the first time in IPL as he replaced Anun Rawat from the starting XI.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Saurav Chauhan, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals stuck with the same XI from the last match as they don't want to shake the winning combination. Sandeep Sharma continues to miss due to injury. 

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson wins the toss and elects to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The home side will look to continue the winning momentum. 

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli has been fighting  a lone battle with the bat  for RCB this IPL season as he has scored 203 runs in four matches at 67.66 with two fifties. The second-best batter for the franchise, Dinesh Karthik, is way behind with 90 runs in as many games. However, premier Australia batter Steve Smith feels that Kohli might start feeling the pressure if the other batters fail to provide support to him from the other end. 

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: We are a few minutes away from the toss and Rajasthan Royals might look to bat first if they win the toss which has worked well for them in the past. Meanwhile, RCB would also like to do the same to ease off some pressure off his bowlers. Both teams have a solid batting line-up on the papers but RR will start as the favourites as the winning momentum is in their favour. 

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB might make changes to their batting line-up to accommodate Virat Kohli at the number 3 spot where the other batters have failed for them. Anuj Rawat, who has played a couple of handy knocks in the lower-middle order, can be elevated to the opener's slot where he usually bats in the domestic cricket. Glenn Maxwell should bat lower down the order to do the finisher's job alongside Dinesh Karthik. 

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar's form becomes a big concern for RCB. The talented batter missed the last season due to injury, however this year he returned with full fitness but is failing miserably with the bat. He has scored just 50 runs in 4 matches this season thus far. Patidar showed a glimpse of his clean shot-making abilities while registering 29 in their 28-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants, but he needs to do a lot more to prop up the RCB middle-order. 

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Ace RR spinner Yuzvendra Chahal claims that Virat Kohli's wicket will be crucial for his side as it will pressure on the RCB batting unit which has been struggling this season. Chahal, who is undoubtedly an RCB legend, will once again look to punish his former franchise for releasing him a couple of years back. "In the match, RCB will be under pressure if we can get the greatest ever Virat Kohli out early," Chahal said.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Riyan Parag has taken the IPL 2024 by storm with his flamboyant yet sensible batting. He has smashed 181 runs in three matches including a couple of half-centuries. The young batter has finally repaid the faith of the RR team management who backed him for the past few years despite his underwhelming show. He is second in the tally of most runs in IPL this season. He would look to continue the purple patch with the bat against a weak RCB bowling unit.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RR bowlers Trent Boult and Nandre Burger and veteran leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal have picked up form early in the season as they have performed collectively well and have shared 16 wickets between them. They will pose a tough challenge for the out-of-touch Bengaluru batters at their home turf. Faf du Plessis will look to get his rhythm back as Virat Kohli needs support from the other end to tackle the RR bowling attack.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals bowling unit has performed collectively well this season but the underwhelming form of Ravichandran Ashwin remains the only issue for them. The seasoned off-spinner has taken one wicket from three matches while giving away 8.3 runs per over. However, he will look to spin his magic again as he enjoys a good bowling record against RCB. Meanwhile, he has contributed well with the bat for the Royals when the team required.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Sandeep Sharma enjoys a good record over batting maestro Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League. Kohli has failed to break the shackles against Sandeep who is known for swinging the ball both ways. On 15 occasions both have locked horns together in the IPL, the RCB star has managed 87 runs from 67 balls against Sandeep, but he has been dismissed seven times by the bowler. His batting average against Sandeep is a poor 12.42 and strike rate is 129.85.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli has been in good form this season but his numbers at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in IPL might be a bit of a worry for RCB ahead of the mega Royal clash on Saturday. In eight matches Virat has played at this venue in the IPL, he has scored just 149 runs at an average of 21.29 and a poor strike rate of just over 94. He has yet to register a fifty-plus score in Jaipur and his best score here is 39*. In the last RR vs RCB match at this stadium, the former skipper scored a sluggish 18 in 19 balls.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli has been the only saving grace for RCB top-order thus far this season while the other star batters in the side failed to make any impact. In four matches, the former RCV skipper has scored 203 runs at an average of 67.66 and a strike rate of almost 140.97, with two half-centuries. His best score is 83*. He is the Orange Cap holder at the moment with RR's Riyan Parag right behind in the tally.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: New Zealand tearaway paceman Lockie Ferguson is still waiting in the wings for his chance in RCB jersey. After playing Alzarri Joseph in the first three matches, Bengaluru moved to Reece Topley but both pacers turned out to be expensive for them. Joseph is turning it to be the biggest flop signing of the season with an economy rate of 11.9 in three matches, while Topley who played one match this season so far has an economy of 9.75. Du Plessis and the team management might go for Ferguson in Jaipur to find the right combination.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajasthan Royals have one of the best bowling attacks in the ongoing season and they have been doing an excellent job on the pitch with Trent Boult leading the pace unit alongside two world-class spinners - Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin. Boult and Nandre Burger have been terrific with the new ball for the Royals while Sandeep Sharma has done well in the death overs for them. 

RR bowling in IPL 2024 

Best economy rate in the death overs - 7.41 

Most wickets in the powerplay - 9 

Second-Best economy rate in the middle overs - 7.6

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Even after years, RCB have failed to assemble a potent bowling attack. They have probably the weakest bowling attack in the IPL this season with no match-winning spin option and Mohammed Siraj leading a dodgy pace attack. They have yet not finalised their overseas pace options as both Alzarri Joseph and Reece Topley have turned out to be expensive while Lockie Ferguson and Tom Curran are still waiting in the wings for their opportunity. 

RCB bowling in IPL 2024 

Least wickets in the powerplay - 3 

Worst economy rate in the powerplay - 10

Second-Lowest number of wickets in the season - 18

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The big three overseas batters - Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green have become a big worry for RCB. They have invested heavily in overseas batters to team up with Virat Kohli but it has backfired for them thus far. In their first four matches, the big 3 overseas stars have failed to make any impact with the bat which put pressure on Kohli to get the job done on his own.

Batters - Du Plessis, Maxwell, Green 

Balls Faced - 133 

Runs Scored - 159 

Average - 13.25 

Strike Rate - 119.5

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler have failed to make an impact at the top for Rajasthan Royals but the form of Riyan Parag has bailed them out thus far. However, going forward, the Royals need their star opening duo to score big and create an impact in the powerplay. Buttler is under pressure now as he also had an underwhelming last season and later flopped badly in the ODI World Cup in India. He needs to get his mojo back at the earliest now before the RR management starts questioning his credentials.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: While many talk about RCB's dodgy bowling attack this season but looking at the previous results, their batting has also been quite underwhelming. Apart from Virat Kohli no other big player has made any impact. The poor form of Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green has made things difficult for RCB. The lower-middle order with Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik and Mahipal Lomror looks fine but they need something to fight for from the top and middle order to get the two points for the team.

IPL Live Score 2024, RR vs RCB; Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The two teams in contrasting form will take on each other in the mega clash on Saturday night. After losing their last two matches at home, RCB took a flight to Jaipur where they will face a litmus test againts an in-form Rajasthan Royals. RCB have failed to get their combination right as over-reliance on Virat Kohli makes them a weaker batting unit while the bowling remains a big worry for them this year too. They might make a few changes to get the right combination. While, RR will hope for their star openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler to get amongst the runs.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match no. 19 of IPL 2024 where Rajasthan Royals will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Jaipur. Stay tuned for more updates!