15 Apr, 19:33 (IST)

With no run on the last ball, Rajasthan Royals wins the game against the RCB by 19 runs! The best part was RCB just refused to give up until the last ball of the game! Quite a commendable effort by the Men in Green.

15 Apr, 19:28 (IST)

Royal Challengers Bangalore loses Washington Sundar returns to the pavilion on 19 as he played a reverse sweep exposes the middle stump. Royal Challengers Bangalore need 36 runs in 6 balls.

15 Apr, 19:22 (IST)

Looks a tad difficult for Royal Challengers Bangalore to walk away with the game as they need to score 3.5 runs per ball!

15 Apr, 19:18 (IST)

Washington Sundar hits Jaydev Unadkat and scores 17 runs off the last over. They still need 61 runs off 18 balls.

15 Apr, 19:13 (IST)

Good over by Ben Stokes as he gives 6 runs off the last over. 

15 Apr, 19:09 (IST)

RCB now needs 84 runs off 30 balls now. What RCB needs is towering shots to score enough runs on the board!

15 Apr, 19:03 (IST)

Slow off cutter by Laughlin and Pawan Negi attempts to hit to the leg side. Gets caught by Buttler

15 Apr, 19:01 (IST)

Mandeep Singh and Pawan Negi look to steal singles as the game slows down. They really need a few 4s and 6s on the board. 

15 Apr, 18:57 (IST)

The game for RCB slows down as they lose 3 wickets in the last few overs. They really need a good partnership. 

15 Apr, 18:56 (IST)

Now that could be the final nail in the coffin for the Royal Challengers Bangalore as they get de Villers on 20. Great catch by Unadkat!

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Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli’s i.e Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals are all set to lock horns with each other at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Both teams have lost their opening game at the IPL 2018 and then won their second games. This contest will surely be a tug of war between both the team and will be looking forward to continue their winning streak.

Talking about the RCB camp, they have hitters like Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers who can actually rip apart any bowling line up. AB’s half century in the last match against the Kings XI Punjab led the team to victory. Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson has been in form off late and had proved his prowess in the last two matches against the Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Out of the 6 games at the Chinnaswamy Stadium between RCB and RR, Royal Challengers Bangalore won – 2, Rajasthan Royals won – 3, No Result – 1. As per iplt20, Ben Stokes has dismissed Virat Kohli on 5 occasions so far in his career – including once in IPL 2017. AB de Villiers averages 48.50 against the Rajasthan Royals, Virat Kohli averages 19.85 – his lowest against any of the IPL teams. So overall, one can expect a cracker of a contest.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (From): Quinton de Kock(w), Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Tim Southee

Rajasthan Royals (From): Ajinkya Rahane(c), D Arcy Short, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler(w), Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ish Sodhi, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen