Rajasthan Royals will face the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday, aiming to turn their season around.
The RCB vs RR IPL 2025 match on Thursday, April 24, starts at 7:30 PM IST and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast.
Skipper Sanju Samson, who missed Rajasthan’s previous match against Lucknow Super Giants due to an abdominal injury, won’t be available for the clash against RCB either as he continues to recover.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal, the Royals’ leading scorer this season with 307 runs in eight matches, will head into the match with great confidence on the back of three successive fifties.
Jofra Archer, on the other hand, has been the Royals’ most effective pacer this season with eight scalps and will continue to lead their bowling unit.
Rajasthan Royals will head into the contest after suffering a two-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants in their last outing.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, meanwhile, won their last encounter after defeating the Punjab Kings by seven wickets.
The upcoming contest between RCB and RR will be the second time that the teams are meeting in IPL 2025. The previous encounter between the sides saw Royal Challengers Bengaluru win by nine wickets.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 standings
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won five times and lost thrice this season. They are currently in third spot with 10 points and a net run rate of +0.472.
Rajasthan find themselves in eighth position, having won twice and lost on six occasions. They have four points and a net run rate of -0.633.
RCB vs RR in IPL
As far as the RCB vs RR head-to-head record goes, the two teams have met 33 times in the IPL with Rajasthan winning 14 times. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have emerged victorious on 16 occasions and three matches ended with no result.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Date | Margin |
PBKS | Punjab | Won | 20 April 2025 | 7 wickets |
PBKS | Bengaluru | Lost | 18 April 2025 | 5 wickets |
RR | Jaipur | Won | 13 April 2025 | 9 wickets |
DC | Bengaluru | Lost | 10 April 2025 | 6 wickets |
MI | Mumbai | Won | 7 April 2025 | 12 runs |
Rajasthan Royals last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Date | Margin |
LSG | Jaipur | Lost | 19 April 2025 | 2 runs |
DC | Delhi | Lost | 16 April 2025 | Super Over |
RCB | Jaipur | Lost | 13 April 2025 | 9 wickets |
GT | Ahmedabad | Lost | 9 April 2025 | 58 runs |
PBKS | Punjab | Won | 5 April 2025 | 50 runs |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals players
Riyan Parag, who will be the Royals’ captain in the absence of Samson, is the team’s second top-scorer this season with 212 runs in eight matches.
He made 30 against RCB in the two teams’ previous meeting this campaign and has also scored a fifty against the Royal Challengers in the past.
However, all eyes will be on prodigious teenager Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The 14-year-old became the youngest player to make his IPL debut in the last match after coming on as an Impact Player and made 34 off 20 balls to announce his arrival to the cricketing world.
With Samson still out injured, the teenager may get the opportunity to follow up on his impressive showing against LSG.
In terms of bowling, spinners Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and medium fast bowler Sandeep Sharma will look to complement Jofra Archer.
Hasaranga is RR’s leading wicket-taker this season with nine scalps. Maheesh Theekshana and Sandeep Sharma have accounted for seven and six wickets, respectively.
Meanwhile, RCB will be banking on the likes of Liam Livingstone, Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood to deliver.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru players: Rajat Patidar (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Mohit Rathee, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Phil Salt, Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal
Rajasthan Royals players: Riyan Parag (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals stats
- 50: Shimron Hetmyer is 1 match away from 50 matches for RR in IPL
- 50: Tushar Deshpande is 2 wickets away from 50 wickets in IPL
- 50: Wanindu Hasaranga is 6 wickets away from 50 wickets in IPL
- 50: Riyan Parag is 5 wickets away from 50 wickets in T20s
- 50: Jofra Archer is 1 wicket away from 50 wickets in India in T20s
- 100: Shimron Hetmyer is 9 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
- 200: Maheesh Theekshana is 1 wicket away from 200 wickets in T20s
- 200: Sandeep Sharma is 4 wickets away from 200 wickets in India in T20s
- 1000: Shimron Hetmyer is 98 runs away from 1000 runs for RR in IPL
- 1500: Shimron Hetmyer is 81 runs away from 1500 runs in IPL
- 1500: Riyan Parag is 115 runs away from 1500 runs in IPL
- 2000: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 86 runs away from 2000 runs in IPL
- 3000: Riyan Parag is 66 runs away from 3000 runs in T20s
- 3000: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 18 runs away from 3000 runs as an opener in T20s
Where to watch RCB vs RR IPL 2025 live
Live streaming of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 match will be available on the JioHotstar app and website. The RCB vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and Network 18 TV channels in India. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST.
RCB vs RR IPL 2025 venue: M. Chinnaswamy records
- Highest team total: 287/3 by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024
- Lowest team total: 82/10 by Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008
- Highest individual score: 175 by Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) against Pune Warriors India in 2013
- Best bowling figures: 4/9 by Samuel Badree (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) against Mumbai Indians in 2017
- Highest partnership: 229 by AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) for second wicket against Gujarat Lions in 2016
- Win rate batting first: 40% (4 Won; 6 Lost)
- Average first innings score: 171
- Average first innings winning score: 174
