IPL 2015: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Venue, date and predicted line-ups
It’ll be top vs bottom as Royal Challengers Bangalore travel to Ahmedabad to face high-flying Rajasthan Royals. The Royals will be keen to get back to winning ways after suffering a loss against the Kings XI Punjab earlier this week, which was their first loss of the season.
On the other hand, these are desperate times for the Virat Kohli-led RCB, who are on a 3-match losing streak.
Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Date and time: 24 April 2015, 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)
Previous meeting: Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets
Current standings
| Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points |
| 1 | RR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | CSK | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | KKR | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | DD | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | SRH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | KXIP | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | RCB | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | MI | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Top run-scorers
Royal Challengers Bangalore: AB de Villiers (129 runs in 4 matches)
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (305 runs in 6 matches)
Highest wicket-takers
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Yuzvendra Chahal (8 wickets in 4 matches)
Rajasthan Royals: Pravin Tambe (6 wickets in 6 matches)
Predicted line-ups
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Manvinder Bisla, Virat Kohli (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, David Wiese, Iqbal Abdulla, Mitchell Starc, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (c), Deepak Hooda, Steven Smith, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson (wk), Stuart Binny, James Faulkner, Chris Morris, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe.