RR vs RCB Match Prediction : IPL 2025, 28th Match – Who Will Win Today’s IPL Match Between RR vs RCB?

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The Rajasthan Royals will look to get back to winning ways as they return to home turf this weekend. They will host the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Both teams are coming into this match on the back of a loss.

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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Head-to-Head Record

The two teams have faced each other in 31 matches to date. The Royal Challengers Bangalore have a slight edge with 15 wins compared to 14 for the Rajasthan Royals. 2 matches ended without any result.

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Live-streaming and Broadcast

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RR vs RCB Team Previews

Rajasthan Royals

The Rajasthan Royals have been a bit inconsistent this year. With 2 wins in 5 matches, they are currently placed 7th on the points table. However, as the team returns to familiar turf, they will hope to turn things around.

Rajasthan has a strong batting lineup led by Sanju Samson. He is the leading run-scorer for his team and the team will expect a solid knock from him. His opening partner, Yashasvi Jaiswal, hasn’t had the best of times in the middle and is averaging just over 21 runs per inning.

The middle order has some quality batsmen like Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel, and Shimron Hetmeyer. However, none of them have been consistent this year. The bowlers haven’t been in the best of forms as well. Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana are the team’s leading wicket-takers with 6 wickets each.

Hasaranga missed the previous match due to personal reasons but should be available for selection here. The three seamers, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, and Jofra Archer have been pretty expensive and will need to bowl a better line and length.

Rajasthan Royals Expected Playing 11

Sanju Samson (C & WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmeyer, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Much like the Rajasthan Royals, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have been a bit inconsistent as well. The team has lost two of its last 3 matches. Nevertheless, they are still placed 3rd on the points table.

The opening pair of Phil Salt and Virat Kohli has been pretty solid so far, with Kohli being the joint-highest run-scorer for RCB. Skipper Rajat Patidar has scored a couple of half-centuries as well, lending strength to the middle order. However, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, and Jitesh Sharma need to bat better during the middle overs if RCB wants to get back to winning ways.

Tim David has played a couple of good cameos and is slotted in the role of a finisher. Coming to the bowling, the three seamers, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, and Yash Dayal have done a decent job so far but they have been expensive at times.

Hazlewood is the leading wicket-taker for the team with 8 wickets. Krunal Pandya is the team’s best spinner so far with 7 wickets.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Expected Playing 11

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

RR vs RCB Toss Prediction

Half of the last 10 matches played here were won while batting first, while the other half were won while chasing. In 6 of those matches, the team winning the toss has opted to bat first but we feel that chasing might be a better option.

Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

This will be the first match of this edition played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium so it remains to be seen how the surface behaves. Going by the past season, we expect a track that favors the batsmen. The pitch offers good pace and bounce, and playing shots will get easy once the batsmen settle down.

The par score here is around 185-190. The seamers will get some help with the new ball but they will have to bowl a good line and length. The weather will be hot and dry with temperatures of over 35 degrees.

RR vs RCB: Who Will Win?

RR has struggled this season as its Indian batters have underperformed. It's bowling is also not the strongest and this is why we don't think home advantage is going to help it much in this match against RCB. With a stronger batting lineup that will prefer the high-scoring Jaipur venue, we are backing the RCB team to win.

RR vs RCB win percentage stands at 58% in favor of RCB.

Todays IPL Match Prediction: Royal Challengers to Win.