RR vs RCB Prediction

On one side we have Rajasthan Royals, the champions of the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League. On the other side, Royal Challengers Bangalore, who haven’t won a trophy yet but remain one of the biggest clubs in the league. Fair to say there will be a lot of interest among fun88 fans for the RR vs RCB prediction.

Both the teams had their own challenges with the 2022 mega auction disrupting all the squads and this should make the RR vs RCB prediction for IPL 2022 interesting.

Rajasthan Royals retained captain Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the retention window with each most certainly featuring in the playing XI.

They decided to release Jofra Archer, owing to his fitness concerns and Ben Stokes opted out to focus on international fun88. Both Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes were crucial for Royal’s success.

RCB are yet to win IPL trophy whereas RR have claimed it in the inaugural season in 2008.

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RCB had retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and Mohammed Siraj ahead of the auction, players who can take the pitch report out of the equation. AB de Villiers’ retirement put them in a big hole but they managed to fill it to some extent by getting Dinesh Karthik.

RCB released Yuzvendra Chahal but went to a bidding war in the auction for Wanindu Hasaranga. They also brought back Harshal Patel.

Much like their counterparts, RCB also had one perplexing buy-in of Faf du Plessis, supposedly to don the AB de Villiers role. Although the veteran from South Africa player is a proven performer, he doesn’t compliment the rest of the RCB batting line-up.

RCB and RR are placed into two different groups for the upcoming IPL edition. They will face each other twice in the league stage. Given their current squads, the RCB vs RR prediction should incline towards Rajasthan Royals.

RCB vs RR Match Prediction

As for the historical record between these two teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore have had a slight edge. Out of 22 completed matches between them, RCB have claimed 12 while RR have been victorious on 10 occasions.

The RR vs RCB match prediction could favor the Royal Challengers but we will look into some other factors to determine if it holds true.

Speaking about the squad strengths and weaknesses for the upcoming season, both the teams have pretty strong bowling attacks. RCB possesses Siraj, Hazlewood, Hasaranga, and Harshal Patel while RR have Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Yuzvendra Chahal.

RCB have a 100% win record against RR in the last 2 seasons of IPL.

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RR have some top-class batters in Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Sherfane Rutherford, and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who are excellent against pace as well as spin. RCB, on the other hand, have terrific batters of pace in Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Dinesh Karthik but they’re also very vulnerable against spin.

Glenn Maxwell will have to be at his best if RCB are to tackle the spin duo of RR. How these top guns fare could affect the RCB vs RR today match prediction.

As for the IPL 2022 edition, RCB doesn’t have a great complimentary batting line-up with du Plessis, Kohli, and Karthik being suspect against leg-spin. But SRH doesn’t quite have the quality to exploit this weakness.

RCB’s bowling attack of Siraj, Hazlewood, Hasaranga and Harshal Patel looks pretty solid.

RR had an interesting auction, where they bought some quality players such as Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, and Shimron Hetmyer.

However, buying Devdutt Padikkal not only screwed their budget for the remaining auction but will force them to tweak the batting order in the upcoming season. RR also struggled to get overseas players and eventually picked anyone without much thought.

Devdutt Padikkal who has a highest avg against RR, will play for RR in the new season.

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It was a long time back when Rajasthan Royal won the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League under the captainship of late Shane Warne.

The team with a new squad is geared up to add yet another IPL T20 title to their kitty in 2022, and the mega auction saw them make some smart purchases including former RCB player Yuzvendra Chahal. Rajasthan Royals began on a slow note in the previous edition and will hope to make amends this time to stay on top of the IPL match prediction before the RR vs RCB clash.

While the historical numbers are on Bangalore’s side, the current squad match-ups favor Rajasthan significantly. As such, Rajasthan Royals will be favorites in our IPL match prediction for RCB vs RR in the 2022 edition.

RR vs RCB Head to Head

The two Royal franchises have been part of some thrilling matches in the RR vs RCB head to head rivalry. Royal Challengers Bangalore have a 55% win record against Rajasthan Royals, having won 12 out of 22 matches.

Both the teams have found it hard to defend the target against each other. RCB have won 69% of their matches while batting second, with 9 victories out of 13 clashes.

RR have chased down the target successfully on 6 out 9 occasions – a win percentage of 67%. Rajasthan Royals have dominated at home as well as away from home, winning 57% and 67% of matches, respectively.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have been dominant at neutral venues with a win percentage of 78%. The pitch report should still be a factor in these games.

Head to Head	RR Played	RR Won	RR Win %	RCB Played	RCB Won	RCB Win %
Overall	22	10	45%	22	12	55%
Bat First	13	4	31%	9	3	33%
Bowl First	9	6	67%	13	9	69%
Home	7	4	57%	6	2	33%
Away	6	4	67%	7	3	43%
Neutral	9	2	22%	9	7	78%

The two sides have met each other in 19 matches on Indian soil, with two of those getting abandoned without a ball being bowled and one ending in a no result.

Of the 16 completed RR vs RCB head-to-head matches, both teams have won eight games each. The recent record goes in RCB’s favor as they defeated RR in both the league games in 2021 as well as in the 2020 season.

At neutral venues, the two teams have clashed in nine matches. RCB have been extremely dominant in this scenario, winning 7 matches compared to 2 by RR.

The Royal Challengers had scored 200 once in the RCB vs RR head to head battles while Rajasthan Royals’ highest team total reads 217. As for the lowest score, RR were once shot out for just 58.

RCB’s lowest team score in this rivalry reads 70. RCB have an average first innings score of 157 while RR have posted 145 on average while batting first.

Head to Head	RR	RCB
Highest Team Score	217	200
Lowest Team Score	58	70
Average 1st Inn Score	157	145
Average 2nd Inn Score	120	147

Virat Kohli, as he often does, tops the batting charts in the RR vs RCB head to head record, having scored 579 runs for Bangalore. Ajinkya Rahane has scored 347 runs – the most from an RR batter.

As for the bowling performances, Yuzvendra Chahal has snared 18 wickets for RCB while Shreyas Gopal has 14 scalps from the RR side.

Anil Kumble recorded a sensational haul of 5/5, for long the best haul by a spinner in the Indian Premier League history, against RR and it’s the best spell by an RCB bowler against Rajasthan Royals.

RR’s leggie, Shreyas Gopal with 4/16 bowled the best spell for RR vs RCB, dismissing Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers among others in his excellent spell.

Among the highest individual scores recorded, Ajinkya Rahane’s 103* remains the highest for Rajasthan Royals in RCB vs RR head to head games while Devdutt Padikka’s 101* is the highest for RCB against RR in head to head games.

Head to Head	RR	RCB
Most Runs	347 – Ajinkya Rahane	579 – Virat Kohli
Highest Individual Score	103* – Ajinkya Rahane	101* – Devdutt Padikkal
Most Wickets	14 – Shreyas Gopal	18 – Yuzvendra Chahal
Best Bowling Figures	4/16 – Shreyas Gopal	5/5 – Anil Kumble

Considering the IPL 2022 will be played entirely in Maharashtra, RCB’s dominance at neutral venues could come in handy.

RR and RCB faced each other twice in the year 2019, the last time these teams met in India. The first match produced results while the second match could not produce any result. In the first match, RR won the game by 7 wickets. The first match took place at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

RR had won the toss and decided to bowl first against RCB. Batting first, RCB made a moderate total of 158 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.

Parthiv Patel became the leading run-scorer in the game with 67 runs off 41 deliveries. Marcus Stoinis scored 31 runs off 28 balls and Virat Kohli made 23 runs by consuming 25 deliveries.

Tournament	Match Date	Venue	Match Winner	Margin
IPL 2022	4/26/2022	Pune	RR	Won by 29 runs
IPL 2022	4/5/2022	Mumbai	RCB	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2021	9/29/2021	Dubai	RCB	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2021	4/22/2021	Mumbai	RCB	Won by 10 wickets
IPL 2020	10/17/2020	Dubai	RCB	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2020	10/3/2020	Abu Dhabi	RCB	Won by 8 wickets
IPL 2019	4/30/2019	Bangalore	NA	NA
IPL 2019	4/2/2019	Jaipur	RR	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2018	5/19/2018	Jaipur	RR	Won by 30 runs
IPL 2018	4/15/2018	Bangalore	RR	Won by 19 runs
IPL 2015	5/20/2015	Pune	RCB	Won by 71 runs
IPL 2015	4/29/2015	Bangalore	NA	NA
IPL 2015	4/24/2015	Ahmedabad	RCB	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2014	5/11/2014	Bangalore	RR	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2014	4/26/2014	Abu Dhabi	RR	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2013	4/29/2013	Jaipur	RR	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2013	4/20/2013	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2012	4/23/2012	Jaipur	RCB	Won by 46 runs
IPL 2012	4/15/2012	Bangalore	RR	Won by 59 runs
IPL 2011	5/11/2011	Jaipur	RCB	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2010	4/14/2010	Jaipur	RCB	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2010	3/18/2010	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 10 wickets
IPL 2009	5/7/2009	Centurion	RR	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2009	4/18/2009	Cape Town	RCB	Won by 75 runs
IPL 2008	5/17/2008	Jaipur	RR	Won by 65 runs
IPL 2008	4/26/2008	Bangalore	RR	Won by 7 wickets

RCB vs RR Toss

Rajasthan Royals have been slightly more fortunate when it comes to the RCB vs RR toss results.

The two teams have met on 25 occasions, of which one was abandoned without the toss, one was abandoned after the toss whereas the other one ended in a no result. Out of those 24 instances, RR won the toss 13 times while RCB were lucky 11 times.

RR have a 64% win record after winning the toss, having won 7 out of 11 completed matches. RCB, on the other hand, have won eight games with a win percentage of 73%.

As such, expect the RR vs RCB toss to affect the match prediction. Both the teams have shown a strong preference for batting second in this rivalry. As such, expect the toss winner to bowl first, depending on the pitch report of course, in the RCB vs RR matches in the upcoming season.

RR vs RCB Betting tips

Several top players will be in action when Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore lock horns in the IPL 2022. In our RR vs RCB betting tips, look out for Jos Buttler as the player of the match.

Other top choices in the RR vs RCB betting tips include Sanju Samson, Virat Kohli, and Yuzvendra Chahal.

RCB’s former veteran spinner Yuzi Chahal will be the key player for RR this season.

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While the past record is in the favour of RCB, the current squad match-ups suggest RR are likely to do better in the upcoming season and this could sway the RCB vs RR match betting tips.

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