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RCB vs RR Match 42 Statistical Preview: Key Stats, Records And Head To Head Ahead Of The IPL 2025 Clash

Kaushik Kashyap

RCB will host RR in match 42. [Source - IPL/x.com]RCB will host RR in match 42. [Source - IPL/x.com]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will host Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming 42nd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday, April 24th. The high-octane clash will take place at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have had a decent tournament so far, winning five of their eight matches. They are now back to their home ground after another away win and will be looking to end their losing streak in Bengaluru.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals are coming on the back of two morale-crushing defeats that have only made things even more worse in what has been a poor campaign for them so far. The Men in Pink will be desperate to turnaround everything and bounce back quickly to keep their playoff hopes alive.

RCB vs RR Head To Head Overview

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals have come up against each other in a total of 33 IPL games till date, where the Bengaluru franchise has won 16 times, while Rajasthan emerged victorious on other 14 occasions with three other games finishing without any result.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals Probable Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal.

Impact Player Options

Rasikh Dar Salam and Suyash Sharma

Rajasthan Royals

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (C), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Tushar Deshpande.

Impact Player Options

Kumar Kartikeya and Shubham Dubey.

Top Run-Scorers in RCB vs RR

We are considering the players' performance from the last RCB vs RR fixture earlier this season.

Yashasvi Jaiswal - 75 runs

Yashasvi Jaiswal has found his mojo back after having a slow start to the tournament. The left-handed opener has scored four fifties in last five outings and one of them came against RCB where he was also the top-scorer of the match.

Phil Salt - 65 runs

Phil Salt was the second highest run-scorer and was the player of the match in RCB vs RR earlier this season. Explosive opener gave a flying start to RCB's chase and finished with an impactful 65 off 33.

Virat Kohli - 62 runs

The ever consistent Virat Kohli has been unstoppable in RCB's away fixtures, especially while chasing. He remained not out with a 62 off 45 balls when these two sides met in Jaipur earlier this season.

Top Wicket-Takers In RCB vs RR

We are considering the players' performance from the last RCB vs RR fixture earlier this season.

Krunal Pandya - 1 wicket

Krunal Pandya had a good day with the ball in the away fixture against Rajasthan Royals. He conceded just 7.2 runs per over and got the important wicket of Sanju Samson with his left-arm spin.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 1 wicket

Ever consistent Bhuvneshwar Kumar is enjoying his time bowling for RCB this season. And it was another economical outing for the ace-pacer against RR in the earlier meeting where he took 1 wicket and gave away 32 off his four.

Kumar Kartikeya - 1 wicket

Kumar Kartikeya was one RR’s best bowler in their defeat against RCB in Jaipur this season. The left-arm spinner dismissed in form Phil Salt and gave away 25 runs in his three-overs spell.

RCB vs RR Key Stats

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Key Records

  • RCB has lost each of their three home matches this season.
  • RCB has been the best bowling side inside the powerplay this season - 7.88 economy, 13 wickets, 29.03 average.
  • RCB has been the worst batting side in their home matches this season - 16.83 average, 123.92 strike-rate.
  • And one of the major reasons behind RCB’s batting failure at the Chinnaswamy Stadium this year is their top order (openers and number 3) - 12.55 average, 131.29 strike-rate.
  • Tim David has been RCB’s best batter in their home matches this season - 119 runs, 1 dismissal, 185.94 strike-rate.
  • RCB’s spinners have taken only 1 wicket in three home matches this season - 15 overs, 1 wicket, 9.26 economy rate.
  • Virat Kohli has an average of 15.37 in RCB vs RR matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
  • Yash Dayal has dismissed Riyan Parag twice in the last five balls since 2024.
  • Rajasthan Royals has been Devdutt Padikkal’s favourite IPL opponent - 261 runs, 65.2 average and 143.4 strike-rate.

Rajasthan Royals’ Key Records

  • Rajasthan Royals has been the best batting side inside the powerplay this season - 67.14 average, 7 dismissals and 163.19 strike-rate.
  • However, RR has struggled with the bat in the middle-overs phase post powerplay - 27 dismissals, 23.67 average and 133.12 strike-rate.
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored four half-centuries in the last five RR matches - 5 innings, 273 runs, 54.6 average, 4 50s.
  • Rajasthan Royals have struggled with the ball in IPL this year - 39.73 average (worst), 24.4 strike-rate (worst).
  • Rajasthan Royals has the lowest batting strike-rate in the slog overs amongst every team in IPL this season - 163.83 strike-rate, 18.12 average.
  • Riyan Parag will be crucial to tackle Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood challenge as he has a strike-rate of 228.6 and zero dismissal against both of them in IPL.

Records Which Could Be Broken In RCB vs RR Match 42 Of IPL 2025

  • Phil Salt needs 3 sixes from completing 50 IPL sixes.
  • Riyan Parag needs 2 Fours to complete 100 IPL Fours.
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal is 86 runs away from completing 2000 IPL runs.