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Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals Predictions - Kohli to collar the Royals attack

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 23 Apr 2025

Simon Lewis 23 Apr 2025

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Virat Kohli top-scored with 73* off 54 balls against the Punjab Kings.
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit four sixes in his 52-ball score of 74 against Lucknow Super Giants.
Can Royal Challengers Bengaluru claim their first home win of the season?

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Virat Kohli hooks against the Punjab Kings. (credit: Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals Predictions

RCB will be eager to break their home win hoodoo as they have two home games in a row ahead of them. They are in good form with three wins from their last five games, while the Royals have lost their last four games in a row.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli has scored 67, 22, 62* & 73* in his last 5 innings.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Devdutt Padikkal hit four sixes in his 35-ball score of 61 against the Punjab Kings.
Rajasthan Royals’ Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 67, 75, 51 & 74 in his last 5 innings.
Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag has scored 43*, 26, 30 & 39 in his last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

The Royal Challengers have won three and lost two of their last five games against the Rajasthan Royals.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Form

RCB made it three wins in five games when they beat the Punjab Kings by seven wickets.

Krunal Pandya (2/25, econ 6.25) struck two early blows to restrict the Punjab Kings to 76/4 off nine overs. Suyash Sharma (2/26, econ 6.50) kept things tight at the end to limit the Kings to 157/6 off their 20 overs.

Virat Kohli (73* off 54 balls) and Devdutt Padikkal (61 off 35) eased RCB to a seven-wicket win with seven balls to spare.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Team News

The Royal Challengers are in good form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team. They will be hoping for a big win after their dominant nine-wicket win over the Royals earlier in the season.

Rajasthan Royals Form

The Royals slumped to their fourth defeat on the bounce when they went down to the Lucknow Super Giants by two runs.

Wanindu Hasaranga (2/31) picked up two key top-order wickets as the Royals did well to limit the Super Giants to 180/5 off their 20 overs.

Yashasvi Jaiswal (74 off 52 balls) and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (34 off 20) shared an opening stand of 85 off 8.4 overs to put the Royals on track for the win. Jaiswal’s dismissal saw the innings falter and they ended up losing by two runs.

Rajasthan Royals Team News

Skipper Sanju Samson is out with an abdominal injury and Riyan Parag will take the captain’s armband.

Verdict

Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Rajasthan Royals - T20

I am backing Royal Challengers Bengaluru to win. I am also backing Virat Kohli to top score for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is a good bet to top score for the Rajasthan Royals.

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