The 39th match of IPL 2022 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals will be played on Tuesday, 26 April 2022 at The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. The match will start at 07:30 PM local time.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will compete with Rajasthan Royals in their next match of IPL 2022.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have played 8 matches so far in IPL 2022, winning 5 and losing 3. With 10 points, they take the 5th spot in the points table. RR has played 7 matches so far, winning 5 and losing 2. With 10 points, RR is placed in the 3rd spot.

In their earlier encounter in the ongoing tournament, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets. Batting first in the match, Rajasthan Royals posted a gigantic total of 169-3 on the scoreboard. Later, RCB was able to chase the match and won by 4 wickets.

Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous game of IPL 2022. In the match, RCB batted first and arrived with a miserable batting performance. Suyash Prabhudessai slammed 15 runs while Glenn Maxwell scored 12 runs.

For SRH, the chase was quite easy. With Abhishek Sharma’s 47 and Kane Williamson’s 16, SRH reached the target in the 8th over itself with 9 wickets in their kitty. Marco Jansen was awarded man of the match for picking 3 wickets in the match. 2 other DC bowlers also scalped T Natarajan 3 wickets and Jagadeesha Suchith 2.

Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Capitals in their previous match. RR batted first in the match and piled up 222-2. In reply, DC could score 207 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Rishabh Pant scored 44 runs for Delhi Capitals.

For RR, Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal hit 116 and 54 respectively. However, 3 top middle-order batsmen scored quick runs. Sanju Samson remained unbeaten on 46 for DC. Rajasthan Royals won by 15 runs in the match.

The 39th match of IPL T20, 2022 is to be held at MCA Stadium, Pune. The surface of MCA Stadium Pune first helps the batsmen but also the spinners as the game progresses. We hope to score 180 in this game.

Temperatures are expected to hover around 32-34 degrees Celsius on the day of the match. There is no chance of rain during the game.

The toss plays an important role in every match. The idea is that whoever wins the toss has a better chance of winning. According to the prediction of the toss, the team that wins the toss may decide to field first.

The results of both the last 5 matches are given below:

• RCB Won: 5
• RR Won: 0
• Tied: 0
• No Result: 0

TV Channels:

• India – Star Sports
• UK – Sky Cricket
• Australia – Fox Sport

The Rajasthan Royals are a strong team overall compared to Royal Challengers Bangalore. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the T20 format are part of this squad, so Rajasthan Royals are more likely to win today’s match. The probability of winning both the matches in today’s match is given below:

Rajasthan Royals have a 54% chance to win this match
Royal Challengers Bangalore have a 48% chance to win this match

Captain: Jos Buttler
Vice-Captain: Faf du Plessis
Jos Buttler, Glenn Maxwell, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Suyash Prabhudessai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Josh Hazelwood, Trent Boult, Harshal Patel

• Match: RCB vs RR, IPL 2022, 39th Match
• Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT, 07:30 PM LOCAl, 07:30 PM IST
• Date: Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Luvnith Sisodia, Siddharth Kaul, Josh Hazlewood

Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj

Sanju Samson(C), Arunay Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Jos Buttler (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell, Kuldeep Yadav