IPL 2015: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Venue, date and predicted line-ups

Royal Challengers are desperate for a victory

It’ll be top vs bottom as Royal Challengers Bangalore travel to Ahmedabad to face high-flying Rajasthan Royals. The Royals will be keen to get back to winning ways after suffering a loss against the Kings XI Punjab earlier this week, which was their first loss of the season.

On the other hand, these are desperate times for the Virat Kohli-led RCB, who are on a 3-match losing streak.

Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Date and time: 24 April 2015, 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)

Previous meeting: Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets

Current standings

Position	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Points
1	RR	6	5	1	10
2	CSK	5	4	1	8
3	KKR	5	3	2	6
4	DD	6	3	3	6
5	SRH	5	2	3	4
6	KXIP	5	2	3	4
7	RCB	4	1	3	2
8	MI	6	1	5	2

Top run-scorers

Royal Challengers Bangalore: AB de Villiers (129 runs in 4 matches)

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (305 runs in 6 matches)

Ajinkya Rahane holds the Orange Cap

Highest wicket-takers

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Yuzvendra Chahal (8 wickets in 4 matches)

Yuzvendra Chahal has impressed again this season

Rajasthan Royals: Pravin Tambe (6 wickets in 6 matches)

Predicted line-ups

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Manvinder Bisla, Virat Kohli (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, David Wiese, Iqbal Abdulla, Mitchell Starc, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (c), Deepak Hooda, Steven Smith, Karun Nair, Sanju Samson (wk), Stuart Binny, James Faulkner, Chris Morris, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe.