IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR), Match 42: Squads, Probable Playing 11, Impact Player, Fantasy Picks, Live Streaming & Telecast, Head-To-Head, Match Timings in IST, Match Prediction, Best Batter, Best Bowler, Tick – Cricket.com

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) welcome Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 42 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on April 24 (Thursday). RCB have been gracious hosts, allowing the visitors to win every game on their turf, but they will hope to get the two points this time.
Having won five on the road, RCB will hope to win the first game of the season at home and take one more step closer to guaranteeing their place in the playoffs. Will they be able to achieve it?

RCB Playing 11 
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact player: Devdutt Padikkal
RR Playing 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag (c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande
Impact player: Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad for IPL 2025
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Liam Livingstone
Rajasthan Royals Squad for IPL 2025
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag (c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma

You can catch the telecast and live streaming of RCB vs RR and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).

The RCB vs RR match will kick off on April 24 (Thursday) at 7:30 PM IST.

You can buy tickets for RCB vs RR on their official website. Click here to buy the tickets.

Safe picks: Virat Kohli (RCB), Josh Hazlewood (RCB), Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), Jofra Archer (RR)
Risky picks: Jitesh Sharma (RCB), Yash Dayal (RCB), Tushar Deshpande (RR), Wanindu Hasaranga (RR)

RCB and RR have faced each other on 32 occasions, with RCB winning 16 of those encounters. Moreover, RCB have won three of the last five matches. For RCB vs RR Head-to-Head and all other Head-to-Head information, use Cricket.com's latest tool.

RR have lost their last four matches, but the away teams have tasted success at the Chinnaswamy. That will give them a lot of confidence going into this match.  

It's hard to look past Virat Kohli for this match. He has scored 322 runs at 54.60 while maintaining a strike rate of 140. Moreover, he has scored four fifties in eight innings this season.

Josh Hazlewood has forged a great partnership with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, especially in the powerplay. Five of his 12 wickets have come in the powerplay. Overall, Hazlewood has an economy rate of 8.39 and has struck every 20.16 runs and 14.41 deliveries apart.

The pacers have taken nearly 68% of the wickets in the IPL this season in Bengaluru. They have also been better than the spinners in other aspects, including economy rate (8.2), average (22.1), and strike rate (16.1).

The good news is that there is no rain on April 24 (Thursday) in Bengaluru. The temperature is expected to hover between 28-32°C.
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