Royal Challengers Bengaluru are all set to face Rajasthan Royals in their Eliminator of IPL 2024 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. RR, who had been main the factors desk at more often than not, ended the league stage on the third spot after their conflict in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders was referred to as off on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati.
RR had a shot on the prime two as they wanted a win, whereas KKR had already sealed the primary spot going into the ultimate league sport of the season. But rain performed spoilsport in Royals second residence in Guwahati to deny them any probability of competing in one other deserted sport of the season.Â
SRH had been third in the factors desk however moved to second with their win over Punjab Kings in the 69th match of the match. RR wanted a win as the one level of the No-result was not sufficient. The two teams (RR and SRH) end on the identical factors – 17 – however the Sunrisers have an NRR of +0.414, whereas the Royals have an NRR of +0.273.
Here’s how RCB have performed in opposition to RR in IPL playoffs
Bengaluru have gone up in opposition to Rajasthan two occasions in IPL playoffs and have a parity of 1-1 in opposition to the 2008 champions. RCB first met RR in the 2015 Eliminator and defeated the Royals by an enormous margin of 71 runs.
Batting first, RCB made 180 on the again of half-centuries from AB de Villiers and Mandeep Singh, whereas their bowlers – Harshal Patel, Sreenath Aravind, David Wiese and Yuzvendra Chahal picked two wickets each. RCB bowled RR out at 109 to win the sport.
The two then confronted each other in Qualifier 2 in IPL 2022. Bengaluru got here into the sport after a win over Lucknow Super Giants in Eliminator, whereas RR misplaced to Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1.Â
In this sport, RCB made 157 batting first with a half-ton from Rajat Patidar however Jos Buttler‘s hundred led the best way for the Royals in their straightforward seven-wicket win in 18.1 overs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru made their method into the playoffs after a 27-run win over Chennai Super Kings in match 68 of IPL 2024. RCB made their method into the playoffs for the ninth time.
RCB was the fourth workforce to affirm its place in the playoffs after Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad sealed their locations just a little earlier.Â