The Rajasthan Royals (RR) have shown a late resurgence in the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019, which has seen them move to double figures in the points table. Change of guards in the captainship department did have its effect on Rajasthan, but it may prove to be of little consequence considering the performance of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI). But as long as there is a mathematical chance to qualify, the Royals will be interested. Their opponents Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are all but out needing several permutation and combination to go their way to play the knock-out phase aka IPL 2019 playoffs. In terms of head to head, the two teams have come face to face 20 times with Royal Challengers Bangalore winning 8, Rajasthan Royals 10 and two game producing no results. Looking back at the results of their last five encounters. RCB vs RR, IPL 2019 Match 49 Preview: Playoff Berth at Stake for Rajasthan Royals Against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

RR vs RCB – April 2, 2019 – SMS Stadium, Jaipur – RR won by 7 wickets

The Bangalore batsmen lost their way batting first with only Parthiv Patel showing some resistance with a well taken 67. Shreyas Gopal was a key figure in the home side’s bowling unit picking up three wickets. In reply, Rajasthan won the game comfortably with 7 wickets which was also their first win of the season.

RR vs RCB – May 19, 2018 – SMS Stadium, Jaipur – RR won by 30 runs

Rajasthan did well to defend a target of 165 runs against a strong batting unit of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Contributions from AB De Villiers and Parthiv Patel were crucial, but the rest of the Bangalore batsmen threw away their wickets when they only needed to spend some time in the middle. The end result was the visitors losing the game by 30 runs with Shreyas Gopal picking up 4 wickets. RCB vs RR, IPL 2019 Match 49, Key Players: Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, AB de Villiers and Other Cricketers to Watch Out for at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

RCB vs RR – April 15, 2018 – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – RR won by 17 runs

Sanju Samson’s 92 helped Rajasthan Royals put in a massive total of 217/4 in their quota of twenty overs as the hapless Bangalore bowling struggled. The home team did try and make a contest of the game with a fifty from Virat Kohli and some late exuberance from Mandeep Singh, but they ended up on the losing side.

RR vs RCB – May 20, 2015 – Sahara Stadium, Pune – RCB won by 71 runs

Man of the match AB De Villiers put in an exhibition of trademark T20 shots for the Pune crowd to feast upon and young Indian batsman Mandeep Singh on the other end provided good support helping RCB set a target of 181. The RCB bowling unit were disciplined and barring Mitchell Starc all picked up a brace each assisting the team in register a 71-run win in the 2015 IPL Eliminator.

RCB vs RR – April 29, 2015 – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – No Result

The Royal Challengers Bangalore were denied a win by the rain gods as their 200 runs on board in the first innings proved to be of little consequence. AB De Villiers made 57, and Sarfaraz Khan smashed a 21 ball 45 in the death overs to put RCB in command. But the second innings never saw the light of the day as heavy rains played spoilsport.

Both sides have to win their remaining games, but for Rajasthan, the value of a win is definitely going to be more compared to that of the home team.

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