IPL 2024 Eliminator: Eliminator to be played between RCB and RR after 9 years

Ahmedabad. Everyone is waiting for the eliminator match of the Indian Premier League. Everyone wants to see whether Royal Challengers Bangalore will move towards the finals or whether Rajasthan Royals, which slipped after a stellar start, will win. Rajasthan, captained by Sanju Samson, will face a tough challenge from the confident Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League playoffs on Wednesday, who have reached here with miraculous performance. The last time both the teams faced each other in the eliminator was in 2015.

At one time it seemed certain that the Royals would be in the top two but suffered four consecutive defeats. Due to the last match against KKR being washed out due to rain, it finished second after Sunrisers Hyderabad. On the other hand, RCB sensationally reached fourth place after being on the verge of being out of the playoffs. After losing seven out of the first eight matches, Faf du Plessis’s team made it to the playoffs by defeating defending champions Chennai Super Kings.

Royals have reached here after four defeats and one rain-interrupted match, while RCB has raised alarm bells for its rival by registering six consecutive wins. Royals, the champions of the first season of IPL in 2008, were considered to be the strongest contenders for the title a few weeks ago, but the weaknesses of their batting and bowling were exposed in the last four matches.

Jos Buttler’s return to England has affected his batting. Now Yashasvi Jaiswal (348 runs), Captain Samson (504 runs) and Riyan Parag (531 runs) will have to shoulder additional responsibilities. Apart from Samson and Parag, a good innings will also be expected from England’s Tom Holler Cadmore who can open the innings with Jaiswal. Shimron Hetmyer can strengthen the lower order, although he has not been able to do wonders with the bat so far this season.

Rain of runs in Ahmedabad

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is not a place for batsmen like other grounds, hence the Royals bowlers can prove useful. On this ground, the score has crossed 200 only twice in 12 innings this season, which means that the team with disciplined bowling can have the upper hand.

On the other hand, RCB’s Virat Kohli has scored 708 runs in 14 matches this season and he can prove to be a trumpcard. Captain Faf du Plessis has also returned to form while Rajat Patidar has also scored five half-centuries. The departure of England’s Will Jacques has not affected RCB as Dinesh Karthik is scoring runs at a strike rate of more than 195 at the lower order. In the last match, Yash Dayal led the team to victory by bowling an excellent last over against Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja of Chennai Super Kings. He would like to maintain this rhythm.

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