IPL 2025: RCB vs RR, Match 42- Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Key Players, Top Captain & Vice-Captain Picks, Pitch Report & Key Stats

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The match number 42 of IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 24. This will be the second time that both the teams will face each other in the ongoing season. In the last encounter between both the teams, RCB registered a convincing nine-wicket win over RR at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Now, RCB will look to get another win against them at their home ground.

However, RCB haven’t won a single home game this season and RR, who are at the eighth spot in the points table, will look to take advantage of these stats. Meanwhile, RCB will also look to win their first home game of the season against an out of form RR side. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the RCB versus RR IPL 2025 42nd match.

RCB vs RR Match Details

RCB vs RR Head-to-Head Stats & Records

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals have faced each other 33 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these, RCB slightly have the upper hand with 16 wins while RR defeated them on 14 occasions with three matches ending in no result.

RCB vs RR Pitch Report

The surface of the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium has been a paradise for the batters throughout the years. We usually see high-scoring clashes at this ground where the team batting first looks to get past 200 runs. However, the fast bowlers can turn out to be effective with the new ball. The team batting first has won 41 matches at this ground in the IPL while the chasing team has won 53 times. The average score batting first at this ground is around 167 runs.

Records and Stats at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

RR vs RCB Probable playing XIs

RCB Probable Playing11: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact player: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

RR Probable Playing11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

Impact player: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore

RR vs RCB IPL 2025 Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh

RCB's Last Five Matches: Performance

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (wk), Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Kumar Kartikeya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Akash Madhwal, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashok Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Vaibhav Suryavanshi

RR's Last Five Matches: Performance

Tim David: Tim David has been a constant run scorer in the all the home matches RCB played in this and turned out to be a savior of the batting line up when their key batters fail to score big. He has scored 142 runs in eight matches this season so far at a strike rate of 194.52.

Tim David IPL 2025 Stats

Suyash Sharma: Suyash Sharma hasn’y got many wicket this season but he turns out to be an effective player with the ball in the middle-overs to slow the pace of runs. He has taken four wickets in seven matches so far at an economy rate of 8.37.

Suyash Sharma IPL 2025 Stats

Riyan Parag: RR stand-in skipper Riyan Parag has been a key player in the middle order and contributed with crucial 30s and 40s this season. He has amassed 212 runs from eight matches in IPL 2025 at a strike rate of 148.25.

Riyan Parag IPL 2025 Stats

Jofra Archer: Jofra Archer has been a constant wicket taker for RR this season and turns out to be a dangerous bowler in the powerplay. He has taken eight wickets from eight matches so far in IPL 2025.

Jofra Archer IPL 2025 Stats

RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42: Players to avoid

Lungi Ngidi: Lungi Ngidi hasn’t played a single this season and is unlikely to play against RR in Bengaluru.

Shubham Dube: Shubham Dube has been inconsistent with his bat this year and has scored more than 10 runs just once in IPL 2025.

RCB vs RR Match 42 Fantasy Team 1

Wicketkeepers: Dhruv Jurel, Phil Salt

Batters: Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal (vice-captain), Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David

All-Rounders: Riyan Parag

Bowlers: Jofra Archer, Josh Hazlewood

RCB vs RR Match 42 Fantasy Team 2

Wicketkeepers: Dhruv Jurel, Phil Salt (captain)

Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David (vice-captain)

All-Rounders: Riyan Parag, Krunal Pandya

Bowlers: Jofra Archer, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma

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