Hello and welcome to ABP’s live coverage of the IPL 2023 game. Fans will witness the 60th encounter of the IPL 2023 between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday. Talking about both team’s campaigns as of now, the Royals have played 12 games and won six matches while RCB have won five games out of eleven matches they played this season.

The Rajasthan-based franchise won their last clash against Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets where Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 98 runs while Yuzvendra Chahal scalped 4 wickets. Bangalore on the other hand, have played their last match against Mumbai Indians where Mumbai defeated them by 6 wickets.

Both teams have played 26 matches against each other in the history of the cash-rich league where the Bangalore-based franchise has won 12 matches while Rajasthan Royals managed to win the remaining games. In order to make it to the IPL 2023 playoffs, a win is mandatory for both teams.

Predicted XI’s:

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.

Squads:

RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Donavon Ferreira, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Jason Holder, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, KC Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Vasisht.

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Manoj Bhandage, Sonu Yadav, Finn Allen, Siddarth Kaul.