RCB vs RR Match Preview & Where to Watch Live? IPL 2025 Match 42

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) takes on the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Thursday, April 24. The match starts at 7:30 PM IST, with RCB still looking for their first win at home.

Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are placed eighth on the points table, having won just two out of their first eight games. RR, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are all locked on six points and looking to move up the points table.

Teams are in must-win situations with the second half of the season underway. The top four teams are well placed on the IPL 2025 points, and the teams in the bottom half of the points table now need to start winning games on a regular basis.

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RCB vs RR Match Preview

RR is rocked by a match-fixing controversy heading into this contest. They are also without their skipper, Sanju Samson, for the last two games, which has put a lot of pressure on the batting lineup.

He is set to be unavailable in this game as well as he has stayed back in Jaipur to recover from his side strain. This is the reverse fixture between the two sides, with RCB winning the previous game in Jaipur by nine wickets.

RCB has a different kind of problem heading into this game. They are placed fourth on the IPL 2025 points table heading into this game. They have won five out of their 8 games all away from home. They have lost all three games at home. As a side, they are yet to crack the code of winning at home. They have four more games remaining at the Chinnaswamy and need to win all four to finish strongly in the league stage. The batting and bowling have looked good overall, it's just that they need to crack the code of winning at home.

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RCB vs RR Head To Head

The head-to-head between the two teams is pretty even in the IPL. Out of the 33 games played, RCB has won 16 games while RR has won 14. Bengaluru has won three out of the last five games played between the two sides, including the first game by nine wickets in IPL 2025, on April 13.