IPL 2024 RCB vs RR Live Updates: Kohli’s RCB favourite, pressure on Sanju’s return to RR

The eliminator match of IPL 2024 is about to start. In this knockout match, Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Rajasthan Royals. The team that wins this match will make it to Qualifier-2. The journey of the losing team will end here. This is the 17th season of IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore i.e. RCB has made it to the playoffs for the ninth time. Rajasthan Royals will play playoffs for the sixth time. Kolkata Knight Riders have made it to the finals by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first qualifier.

When it comes to the title, Rajasthan Royals team is ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rajasthan Royals team has won the title in 2008. Royal Challengers Bangalore has played the finals thrice, but the title remains far away from them. This means that in terms of playing playoffs and finals, Virat Kohli’s team has the upper hand over Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals. Just the title remains away from him/her.

RCB’s probable XII: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Mahipal Lomror, Swapnil Singh.

RR’s probable XII: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 3 Sanju Samson (captain), Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rovman Powell/Donovan Ferreira/Nandre Berger.