RR vs RCB Eliminator Live Score, IPL 2024: Rajasthan Royals opts to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru; Hetmyer back for RR

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact player options: Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira, Tanush Kotian, Shimron Hetmyer.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson.

Impact player options: Swapnil Singh, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma.

Rajasthan Royals wins the toss and opts to bowl.

Sanju Samson: Would like to bowl first looking at the conditions and the wicket. There was dew last night. It’s all about the mindset. When you have bad days, need to have the character and confidence. That has been the challenging part - fitness and injuries. Hetty comes back.

Faf du Plessis: Would’ve done the same. Watching the game last night, there was assistance for the seam bowlers early on. This looks on the drier side with some fake grass on top. We’re going with the same team.

Ian Bishop: Different pitch to the Qualifier. It’s quite dry, extremely firm, maybe has a bit more grass cover. Last night remember, early up, there was a little bit of seam movement and little bit of swing. Otherwise, this wicket was high scoring in the group stage.

Played: 14

Won: 5

Lost: 9

Last Result: Lost to Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets (Qualifier 2, 2022)

Played: 9

Won: 4

Lost: 5

Last Result: Lost to Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets (Final, 2022)

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RR vs RCB: What happened the last time Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played each other in IPL playoff?

Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face off in the IPL 2024 Eliminator at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Matches played: 30

Rajasthan Royals: 13

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 15

No Result: 2

Last result: RR won by 6 wickets (April, 2024) 

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RCB in IPL Playoffs: Royal Challengers Bengaluru win/loss record; Stats, most runs, wickets

IPL 2024: RCB defeated CSK on Saturday to complete a remarkable season turnaround and qualify for its ninth Indian Premier League playoffs.

WICKET-KEEPER

Sanju Samson 

BATTERS

Virat Kohli (c), Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Yashasvi Jaiswal 

ALL-ROUNDERS 

Riyan Parag (vc), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell 

BOWLERS

Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Yash Dayal

Team Composition: RR 5:6 RCB Credits Left: 9.0

Bat 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal. 

Bowl 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj. 

Impact Player options: Mohammed Siraj/Rajat Patidar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep.

Bat 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R. Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

Bowl 1st: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R. Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger. 

Impact Player options: Nandre Burger/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira.

RAJASTHAN ROYALS: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj. 

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.