RCB vs RR Toss LIVE Updates, IPL 2025: Rajat Patidar's RCB host Riyan Parag's RR. (BCCI)RCB vs RR Toss, IPL 2025: Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru will host Riyan Parag’s Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2025 Match No. 42 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday. RCB will chase their first win at home when they take on RR, who will miss the services of their skipper and opener Sanju Samson
Sanju is not travelling with the side and is recovering from an injury he suffered against Delhi Capitals last week. Earlier, Samson was ruled out of Rajasthan’s game against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur after he had sustained an abdominal injury while batting against Delhi.
RCB are fourth, while RR are eighth in the points table with 10 and four points, respectively.
TOSS: The coin flip between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
Here’s how the Toss played its part last year for RCB at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium:
RCB won the toss on 4 of 7 matches in 2024 at home and, interestingly, opted to field first on all four occasions. While they won two games chasing after winning the toss, Bengaluru also slipped twice. Meanwhile, they were asked to bat first thrice in the remaining three games and ended up winning two of those games.
Tosses won at home: 4/7
Matches Won after Toss win at home: 2/4
Bat second wins after Toss win at home: 2/4
Matches Won after Toss loss at home: 2/3; Batting 1st: 2/3
The Rajasthan Royals were one of the best touring sides in IPL 2024 and was benefitted by a fine toss record, winning the coin flip in 6 of the matches away from home. Interestingly, RR ended up winning four of these contests, all while batting second. Even the defeat in the solitary game where they lost occurred by a slender one-run margin!
Tosses won away from home: 6/7
Matches Won after Toss win away: 4/6; Batting 1st win: 0/1; Batting 2nd win: 4/5
Matches Won after Toss loss away: 0/1; Batting 2nd: 0/1
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
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