IPL 2015 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals: Venue, date and predicted line-ups
The IPL has reached the halfway point and the Rajasthan Royals are currently on top of the table! But after winning five on the trot, their campaign has wobbled a bit. They lost two matches and then the third one got washed away, and one of those two losses was against RCB against whom they will be lining up now in the return leg at Bangalore. RCB themselves made a poor start to their campaign but have resurrected it since the arrival of Mitchell Starc. Here are all the details about the ‘Battle Royal’ that we are about to witness:
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date and time: April 29, 2015 at 8PM
Previous meeting: RCB won by 9 wickets
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points |
| 1 | Rajasthan Royals | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Delhi Daredevils | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Mumbai Indians | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Kings XI Punjab | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Highest run-getters:
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Virat Kohli (220 runs)
Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane (323 runs)
Highest wicket-takers:
Royal Challengers Bangalore – YS Chahal (10 wickets)
Rajasthan Royals – Pravin Tambe (6 wickets)
Predicted line-ups:
RCB – Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, David Wiese, Harshal Patel, Mitchell Starc, Iqbal Abdulla and Varun Aaron.
RR – Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (C), Steven Smith, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson (WK), Deepak Hooda, Stuart Binny, James Faulkner, Chris Morris, Dhawal Kulkarni and Pravin Tambe.