Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Qualifier 2

Author: Shreyas
27 May 2022 06:01:20
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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League'2022, at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Weather Forecast
Clear - 35°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

RR - 14 - 9w/5l (2nd)
RCB - 14 - 8w/6l (4th)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 55(27), 30(21), 8(8), 13(12), 38(19), 46(19)*, 27(21), 54(49), 6(4), 32(24), 47(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(11),  23(12), 15(20)

2. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(28), 100(68), 70(47)*, 13(11), 103(61), 116(65), 8(9), 22(25), 7(11), 2(6), 89(56)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(24), 30(16), 2(5)

3. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 28(23)&0w, 1w, 2w, 17(9)&3w, 6(5)*&0w, 50(38)&0w, 10(7)*&1w, 2(1)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8)&0w, 1w, 40(23)*&1w

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(16), 1(2), 4(6), 19(19), 41(29), 3(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 68(41), 59(44)

5. Devdutt Padikkal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(29), 7(7), 37(29), 29(29), 24(18), 54(35), 7(7), 2(5), 48(30), 39(18), 28(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 31(32) 3(9)

6. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(13), 35(14), 42(31)*, 59(36)*, 26(13)*, 1(1)*, 3(7), 27(13)*, 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(17), 31(16)*, 6(7)

7. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(9)&0w 5(4)&0w, 8(4), 5(3), 0w, 56(31)*, 19(12), 9(5), 19(16), 4(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(15)&1w, 0(1)*, 10(10)*

8. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 2(1)*&2w, 0w, 0w, 5(7)&0w, 1w, 3(3)*&1w, 17(9)*&2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w

9. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7)*&0w, 1w, 0w

10. KC Cariappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 2w, 4w, 5w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(8)&1w, 3w, 2w

12. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Obed McCoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

14. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(15)&0w

15. Rassie Van Der Dussen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4), 12(10)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(10)

16. Karun Nair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5), 13(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(24)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 4w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

19. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Anunay Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Shubham Garhwal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Tejas Baroka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Kuldip Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Corbin Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

1. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(29)*, 12(14), 0(1), 0(1), 58(53), 30(33), 0(1), 25(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(7), 5(6), 48(36), 1(3), 9(10), 20(14), 73(54)

2. Faf Du Plessis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 88(57), 8(11), 96(64), 5(7), 0(4), 38(22), 73(50)*, 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4), 29(20), 16(24), 8(9), 23(21), 10(8) 44(38)

3. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 55(34)&0w, 23(11)&1w, 12(11), 33(18)&0w, 3(3)&2w, 33(24)&1w, 9(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(2)*, 26(11)&0w, 0(1)&0w, 35(22)&1w, 40(18)*&1w

4. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 14(11)*&0w, 5(5)&2w, 9(13)*&0w

5. Harshal Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w, 4(8)&1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(6)*&2w, 9(4)*&1w, 2w, 8(11)&1w, 11(7)&4w, 0w

6. Dinesh Karthik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(14)*, 66(34)*, 13(8)*, 0(2), 2(3), 26(17)*, 30(8)*, 37(23)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(7)*, 44(23)*, 7(3)*, 34(14), 6(4), 11(11), 2(2)*

7. Anuj Rawat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(20), 0(1), 4(5), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 26(25), 66(47), 12(16)

8. Mahipal Lomror
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(8), 42(27), 0w, 14(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(3), 0w

9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 8(19)&0w, 2w, 1w, 5w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(3)&4w, 1w, 2w, 7(3)&2w, 18(13)&2w, 1(3)&2w, 1w

10. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4w, 3(11)*&0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)*&1w, 2w, 7(4)*&0w, 2w

11. Shahbaz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 32(21)*&0w, 26(22)&0w, 7(12), 2(2)*&2w, 1(2)&1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(20)&0w, 45(26), 0w, 41(27)&0w, 17(27)&0w, 9(14)&1w, 0w

12. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(40), 5(10)

14. Jason Behrendorff
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. David Willey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(28)&0w, 0(2)&1w, 0w

16. Chama Milind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Aneeshwar Gautam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Karn Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Luvnith Sisodia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Siddharth Kaul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

21. Suyash Prabhudessai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(5), 10(9), 15(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(18), 2(7)

22. Akash Deep
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w

23. Rajat Patidar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 52(32), 21(15), 48(38), 112(54)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(16), 26(21)

2. PREVIOUS SEASONS - TOSS BASED ANALYSIS DURING PLAYOFF FIXTURES OVER THE YEARS

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 47(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(21), 5(8), 50(38)

2. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 89(56)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(5)*&1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2(1)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 9(18)&0w, 1w, 10(11)&1w, 23(12)&0w, 1(1)*&1w, 2(4)&0w, 3w

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Devdutt Padikkal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(6), 21(18), 28(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(24), 17(10), 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(3)&1w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w

9. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

10. KC Cariappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

12. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Obed McCoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Corbin Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Rassie Van Der Dussen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Karun Nair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(13)

18. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Anunay Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Shubham Garhwal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Tejas Baroka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Kuldip Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

1. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 70(44)*&0w, 8(12), 12(18), 12(9), 6(7), 39(33), 25(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(17)*, 7(8), 9(7)&0w, 35(32), 0(2), 54(35)

2. Faf Du Plessis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(11), 86(59), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(20), 0(1), 45(34), 21(22), 1(3), 67(42)*, 10(11), 50(39), 26(13), 1(2)

3. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(6)&0w, 0(1), 15(18)&0w, 9(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(9)

4. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Harshal Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 8(6)*&2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Dinesh Karthik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(8), 21(26), 8(3), 28(26), 26(30), 26(19), 52(38), 37(23)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(12), 6(4), 11(18), 22(17), 8(6), 10(12), 0(3), 9(7)

7. Anuj Rawat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Mahipal Lomror
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

11. Shahbaz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(14), 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12)&0w

14. Jason Behrendorff
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. David Willey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Chama Milind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Aneeshawar Gautam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Karn Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)*&1w, 1(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(7)&1w, 4w, 1w

19. Luvnith Sisodia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Siddharth Kaul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Suyash Prabhudessai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Akash Deep
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Rajat Patidar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 112(54)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 56

Avg 1st Innings - 150
Avg 2nd Innings - 148

Highest - 215/4 (Maharashtra vs Mumbai - March'2013)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

RR - 12 - 7w/5l
RCB - 3 - 2w/1l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

RR

Karun Nair - 10th highest run scorer (177), Avg (25.29) - 9M/8I
Jos Buttler - 13th highest run scorer (172), Avg (43) - 5M/5I
Sanju Samson - 27th highest run scorer (121), Avg (20.17) - 8M/7I

Yuzvendra Chahal - 10th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (29), SR (21.57) - 7M/7I
Ravichandran Ashwin - 19th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (27.80), SR (23.60) - 6M/6I

RCB

Virat Kohli - 2nd highest run scorer (367), Avg (73.40) - 9M/9I
Dinesh Karthik - 6th highest run scorer (200), Avg (25) - 12M/11I

Siddarth Kaul - 36th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (20), SR (16.50) - 3M/3I
Harshal Patel - 36th highest wicket taker (4), Avg (28.25), SR (18) - 3M/3I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals - 2nd May'2021
166/6 vs 167/3 (DC won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

2) Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 30th April'2021
179/5 vs 145/8 (PBKS won by 34 runs)

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

3) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals - 29th April'2021
154/6 vs 156/3 (DC won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 4w+0w=6w

4) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals - 27th April'2021
171/5 vs 170/4 (RCB won by 1 run)

Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

5) Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 26th April'2021
123/9 vs 126/5 (KKR won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

6) India vs England - 20th March'2021
224/2 vs 188/8 (IND won by 36 runs)

Pacers - 1w+7w=8w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

7) India vs England - 18th March'2021
185/8 vs 177/8 (IND won by 8 runs)

Pacers - 7w+6w=13w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

8) India vs England - 16th March'2021
156/6 vs 158/2 (ENG won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+0w=5w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w

9) England vs India - 14th March'2021
164/6 vs 166/3 (IND won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

10) India vs England - 12th March'2021
124/7 vs 130/2 (ENG won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+0w=6w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

Total Summary

Pacers
1st Innings - 40w
2nd Innings - 30w

Spinners
1st Innings - 18w
2nd Innings - 14w

Overall
70w:32w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue - 2014 onwards

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(31), 40(25), 5(2)*, 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(16), 2(5), 17(16)

2. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(24), 83(52)*, 9(6), 52(34)

3. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Devdutt Padikkal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(10), 17(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)

6. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(25)*, 0(1)*, 16(4)*

7. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

10. KC Cariappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w

12. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Obed McCoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Corbin Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Rassie Van Der Dussen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Karun Nair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(35), 19(14), 25(13), 16(14), 12(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(9), 48(24), 1(1)*

18. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Anunay Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Shubham Garhwal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Tejas Baroka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Kuldip Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

1. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(5), 77(46)*, 1(5), 80(52)*, 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(46)*, 73(49)*, 35(34)

2. Faf Du Plessis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(6)&0w, 0(1)

4. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

5. Harshal Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 31(13)&0w

6. Dinesh Karthik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 2(5), 26(17)*, 22(16), 12(6)*

7. Anuj Rawat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Mahipal Lomror
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 78(37)*&0w, 3(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Shahbaz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(11)&1w

12. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Jason Behrendorff
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. David Willey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Chama Milind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Aneeshawar Gautam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Karn Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Luvnith Sisodia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Siddharth Kaul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2)*&0w, 3w, 1w

21. Suyash Prabhudessai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Akash Deep
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Rajat Patidar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(30)

4. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
24 - 13w/11l (In favour of RCB)

(ii) Last 5 matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of RCB)

(iii) At this venue
Not Played Yet

(iv) Performers when both these sides meet - T20s

RCB

Virat Kohli - Highest run scorer (579), Avg (30.47) - 24M/23I

Harshal Patel - 3rd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (13), SR (9.5) - 6M/5I
Mohammad Siraj - 10th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (20.60), SR (18) - 5M/5I

RR

Sanju Samson - 6th highest run scorer (260), Avg (23.64) - 13M/12I
Devdutt Padikkal - 8th highest run scorer (221), Avg (73.67) - 4M/4I
Jos Buttler - 9th highest run scorer (206), Avg (41.20) - 6M/6I

Yuzvendra Chahal - Highest wicket taker (18), Avg (13.61), SR (13.50) - 13M/12I

(v) Recent Head to Head matches

1) Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 26th April'2022
144/8 vs 115/10 (RR won by 29 runs)

Riyan Parag - 56(31)*
Sanju Samson - 27(21)
Kuldeep Sen - 4w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 17(9) & 3w
Prasidh Krishna - 2w
Faf Du Plessis - 23(21)
Wanindu Hasaranga - 18(13) & 2w
Josh Hazlewood - 2w
Mohammad Siraj - 2w
Harshal Patel - 1w

2) Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 5th April'2022
169/3 vs 173/6 (RCB won by 4 wkts)

Jos Buttler - 70(47)*
Shimron Hetmyer - 42(31)*
Devdutt Padikkal - 37(29)
Yuzvendra Chahal - 2w
Trent Boult - 2w
Navdeep Saini - 1w
Shahbaz Ahmed - 45(26)
Dinesh Karthik - 44(23)*
Faf Du Plessis - 29(20)
Anuj Rawat - 26(25)
David Willey - 1w
Harshal Patel - 1w
Wanindu Hasaranga - 1w

3) Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 29th September'2021
149/9 vs 153/3 (RCB won by 7 wkts)

Yashasvi Jaiswal - 31(22)
Glenn Maxwell - 50(30)*
Virat Kohli - 25(20)
Devdutt Padikkal - 22(17)
Harshal Patel - 3w
Yuzvendra Chahal - 2w
Shahbaz Ahmed - 2w

4) Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 22nd April'2021
177/9 vs 181/0 (RCB won by 10 wkts)

Riyan Parag - 25(16)
Sanju Samson - 21(18)
Devdutt Padikkal - 101(52)*
Virat Kohli - 72(47)*
Harshal Patel - 3w
Mohammad Siraj - 3w

5) Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 17th October'2020
177/6 vs 179/3 (RCB won by 7 wkts)

Jos Buttler - 24(25)
Virat Kohli - 43(32)
Devdutt Padikkal - 35(37)
Yuzvendra Chahal - 2w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(7), 92(45)*, 0(1), 4(3), 9(6), 21(18), 19(15), 8(8), 27(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(41), 2(6), 13(8), 5(8)

2. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(14), 22(12), 24(25), 8(8), 70(47)*, 8(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 59(43)

3. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 17(9)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(22), 4(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Devdutt Padikkal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(29), 7(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(45), 35(37), 101(52)*, 22(17)

6. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(9), 42(31)*, 3(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(18)&0w, 25(16)&0w, 9(16)&0w, 56(31)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

8. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 5(7)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. KC Cariappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w

12. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

13. Obed McCoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Corbin Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Rassie Van Der Dussen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Karun Nair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(13)

18. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(24)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Anunay Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Shubham Garhwal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Tejas Baroka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Kuldip Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

1. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(35), 21(25), 4(9), 12(18), 23(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 62(46)*, 57(30), 4(9), 72(53)*, 43(32), 72(47)*, 25(20), 5(6), 9(10)

2. Faf Du Plessis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(20), 23(21)

3. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(30)*, 0(1)&0w

4. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(12)&1w, 0w, 0w, 2w

5. Harshal Patel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 9(4)*&1w, 8(11)&1w

6. Dinesh Karthik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(23)*, 6(4)

7. Anuj Rawat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(25)

8. Mahipal Lomror
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 47(39), 3(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 18(13)&2w

10. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

11. Shahbaz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 45(26), 17(27)&0w

12. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Jason Behrendorff
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. David Willey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)&1w

16. Chama Milind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Aneeshawar Gautam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Karn Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Rajat Patidar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(16)

20. Siddharth Kaul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Suyash Prabhudessai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7)

22. Akash Deep
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

OVERALL DATA OF SOME MAJOR PLAYERS AGAINST THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITION AS PART OF DIFFERENT TEAMS

Batting

1. Faf Du Plessis - Runs (295), Avg (29.50) - 10M/10I
2. Dinesh Karthik - Runs (575), Avg (31.94) - 29M/25I
3. Sherfane Rutherford - Runs (22), Avg (11) - 2M/2I
4. Shimron Hetmyer - Runs (93), Avg (93) - 3M/3I

Bowling

1. Prasidh Krishna - Wickets (3), Avg (70), SR (43) - 6M/6I
2. Trent Boult - Wickets (11), Avg (21.45), SR (15.27) - 7M/7I
3. Ravichandran Ashwin - Wickets (18), Avg (28), SR (24.11) - 22M/22I

3. PLAYER BATTLES

RR BATTING vs RCB BOWLING

1. Jos Buttler
vs Harshal - 6r, 9b, 0w
vs Siraj - 27r, 23b, 1w
vs Hasaranga - 21r, 30b, 0w
vs Hazlewood - 32r, 28b, 1w
vs Shahbaz - 18r, 12b, 0w
vs Maxwell - 25r, 19b, 0w

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
vs Harshal - 11r, 9b, 0w
vs Siraj - 7r, 11b, 0w
vs Hasaranga -
vs Hazlewood - 38r, 12b, 0w
vs Shahbaz -
vs Maxwell - 8r, 5b, 0w

3. Sanju Samson
vs Harshal - 4r, 10b, 1w
vs Siraj - 21r, 20b, 2w
vs Hasaranga - 18r, 23b, 5w
vs Hazlewood - 6r, 5b, 0w
vs Shahbaz - 14r, 6b, 1w
vs Maxwell - 37r, 18b, 0w

4. Devdutt Padikkal
vs Harshal - 1r, 4b, 1w
vs Siraj - 15r, 8b, 1w
vs Hasaranga - 11r, 7b, 1w
vs Hazlewood - 20r, 11b, 0w
vs Shahbaz - 1r, 3b, 0w
vs Maxwell - 1r, 3b, 0w

5. Shimron Hetmyer
vs Harshal - 34r, 25b, 0w
vs Siraj - 34r, 22b, 1w
vs Hasaranga - 26r, 26b, 1w
vs Hazlewood - 30r, 23b, 1w
vs Shahbaz -
vs Maxwell - 1r, 2b, 0w

RCB BATTING vs RR BOWLING

1. Faf Du Plessis
vs Prasidh - 40r, 40b, 1w
vs Chahal - 29r, 34b, 2w
vs Ashwin - 66r, 55b, 3w
vs Boult - 62r, 64b, 3w
vs McCoy -

2. Rajat Patidar
vs Prasidh - 1r, 3b, 0w
vs Chahal -
vs Ashwin - 2r, 4b, 1w
vs Boult - 5r, 8b, 1w
vs McCoy -

3. Virat Kohli
vs Prasidh - 56r, 31b, 2w
vs Chahal - 6r, 9b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 162r, 127b, 1w
vs Boult - 69r, 48b, 0w
vs McCoy - 52r, 35b, 0w (ODIs)

4. Dinesh Karthik
vs Prasidh - 11r, 6b, 0w
vs Chahal - 38r, 43b, 3w
vs Ashwin - 95r, 64b, 1w
vs Boult - 24r, 18b, 1w
vs McCoy -

5. Glenn Maxwell
vs Prasidh - 14r, 16b, 0w
vs Chahal - 120r, 70b, 5w
vs Ashwin - 115r, 55b, 2w
vs Boult - 26r, 29b, 2w
vs McCoy -

6. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR) SQUAD:

OUT - Nathan Coulter-Nile
IN - Corbin Bosch

Probable XI

1) Yashasvi Jaiswal - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3, 59, 41, 19, 68, 4, 1, 20, 2

2) Jos Buttler - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 89, 2, 2, 7, 30, 22, 8, 116, 103, 54

3) Sanju Samson - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 47, 15, 32, 6, 23, 54, 27, 46*, 38, 11

4) Devdutt Padikkal - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 28, 3, 39, 48, 31, 2, 7, 54, 24, 0

5) Shimron Hetmyer - LHB
Last 10 - 4, 6, 31*, 27*, 3, 1*, 26*, 29, 59*

6) Riyan Parag - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 10*, 19, 9, 0*, 19, 56*, 0w, 5, 18r 1w

7) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 40r 1w, 10r 1w, 50r 0w, 1w, 6r 0w, 17r 3w, 2w, 2r 1w, 8r 0w

8) Obed McCoy - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w

9) Yuzvendra Chahal - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 5w, 5r 1w

10) Prasidh Krishna - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 4r 0w, 1w

11) Trent Boult - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 17r 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w

BENCH

12) Daryl Mitchell - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 60, 24, 16, 12r 0w, 8r 1w, 11r 0w, 68r 1w, 31r 0w, 30r 0w, 3r 1w

13) KC Cariappa - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 11r 1w, 3w, 1w, 9r 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w

14) Shubham Garhwal - LHB, LAO
Last 10 -

15) Kuldeep Sen - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w

16) James Neesham - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 14, 17r 0w, 3w, 0w, 4r 2w, 16r 0w, 2r 2w, 1w, 20r 0w, 5r 1w, 0w

17) Karun Nair - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13, 3, 6, 175, 71*, 25, 0, 39r 0w, 9r 0w, 6

18) Rassie Van Der Dussen - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 12*, 6, 4, 4, 8r 1w, 86, 67, 81, 35, 45, 8

19) Navdeep Saini - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 9r 1w, 3w, 1w, 27r 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

20) Anunay Singh - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 35r 1w, 7r 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w

21) Dhruv Jurel - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 15*, 55, 64, 4, 5, 23, 22, 15

22) Tejas Baroka - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 7, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w

23) Kuldip Yadav - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w

24) Corbin Bosch - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 79r 2w, 10r 2w, 0w, 18r 4w, 5r 2w, 51r 0w, 57r 1w, 1w, 2r 2w, 61r 2w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler

B) ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Faf Du Plessis - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0, 44, 10, 73*, 38, 0, 23, 5, 96, 8

2) Virat Kohli - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 25, 73, 20, 0, 30, 58, 9, 0, 0, 12, 1

3) Rajat Patidar - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 112*, 26, 48, 21, 52, 16, 142, 86

4) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9, 40r 1w, 35r 1w, 33r 1w, 3r 2w, 33r 0w, 0r 0w, 12, 23r 1w, 55r 0w

5) Dinesh Karthik - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 37*, 2*, 11, 30*, 26, 2, 6, 0, 13*

6) Shahbaz Ahmed - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 9r 1w, 0w, 1r 1w, 2r 2w, 17r 0w, 7, 26r 0w, 32r 0w, 41r 0w

7) Mahipal Lomror - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 14, 0w, 6, 0w, 42, 16, 1r 0w, 0, 32r 0w, 79, 4r 0w, 21r 1w

8) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 1w, 2w, 18r 2w, 8r 0w, 0w, 1w, 7r 2w

9) Josh Hazlewood - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 7r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3r 0w, 4w, 3w, 7r 1w, 0w

10) Harshal Patel - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 11r 4w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 8r 1w, 4r 1w, 2w, 0w

11) Mohammad Siraj - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 9r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 5r 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 14r 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) Jason Behrendorff - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 24r 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w

13) David Willey - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 18r 0w, 0w, 0r 1w, 2w, 28r 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 1w

14) Sherfane Rutherford - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 5, 28, 16, 0, 11, 21, 2, 9*, 21

15) Finn Allen - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 10, 49, 68, 12, 64, 16, 7, 4, 68, 0

16) Akash Deep - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 13r 1w, 4w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w

17) Siddarth Kaul - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 11r 3w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w

18) Karn Sharma - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 36r 6w, 5w, 17r 0w, 0w, 6r 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 13r 2w, 0w, 6r 2w, 29r 1w, 23r 0w

19) Chama Milind - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 28r 0w, 26r 6w, 13r 0w, 20r 0w, 2w, 0w, 8r 0w, 2w, 5w, 14r 2w

20) Aneeshwar Gautam - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 12*, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2r 0w, 14r 1w, 54r 0w

21) Anuj Rawat - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 4, 0, 12, 66, 26, 0, 21, 2, 1

22) Luvnith Sisodia - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 5, 1, 38, 29, 4, 2, 0

23) Suyash Prabhudessai - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 2, 15, 10, 6, 34, 64r 2w, 39r 1w, 40, 1, 19, 73r 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Glenn Maxwell, Faf Du Plessis

Differential GL C/VC choices

RR - Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Risky - Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer

RCB - Harshal Patel, Virat Kohli, Josh Hazlewood, Rajat Patidar
Risky - Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga

 

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Ponting also reckoned that Kohli, who is now third on the highest run-scorers list in ODIs, will want to finish at the top
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:53:55 GMT
Defending champions yet to name their captain with season starting on March 22
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:09 GMT
New Zealand's five-wicket win over Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday confirmed this; that means Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are out of contention
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:26:10 GMT
Iyer points to the sluggishness of the pitch and Abrar's tight spell as reasons for India not being able to bat more aggressively
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:52 GMT
Former India allrounder comes in with plenty of coaching experience in international and franchise cricket
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:03:05 GMT
Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
He scored 38 more runs than England's collective total to complete India's 4-1 series win
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:29:28 GMT
The defending champions steamrolled past South Africa, with their spinners ruling the roost
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT
With the series already wrapped up, India's captain will be keen on marking his Mumbai homecoming with a big performance
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:15:28 GMT
Defending champions India will look to extend their dominance as SA set sights on the team to bring home a first women's title
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