Both sides will be looking to win but for different reasons as RCB looks to extend their 100% run and RR aims to move up the table.
As two formidable sides with contrasting fortunes gear up to challenge one another in match 16 of the Indian Premier League (IPL), fantasy players will have a significant task on their hands getting their respective teams right. The two sides in question are the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Rajasthan Royals (RR). The Challengers are currently the league leaders after winning all three games they have played in the campaign so far. The Royals, on the other hand, could only manage to win one game out of the three and are currently at sixth.
Sanju Samson’s men were handed a hefty defeat at the hands of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with their entire batting order, barring opener Jos Buttler, collapsing miserably. The Challengers have been unstoppable in all departments of the game, and like every year, are title favourites yet again. If only they could finally get their hands on the trophy for the first time in their history.
Wicket-keepers: Sanju Samson, AB de Villiers, Jos Buttler
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Glenn Maxwell
All-rounders: Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia
Bowlers: Chetan Sakariya, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB: Virat Kohli (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (WK), Kyle Jamieson, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal
RR: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (Captain, WK), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Tewatia, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
RCB: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Sams, Rajat Patidar
RR: Sanju Samson (captain), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Christopher Morris, Shivam Dube, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingstone, K.C. Cariappa, Akash Singh, Kuldip Yadav
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