Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru is competing against Riyan Parag's Rajasthan Royals in match 42 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 which is being played at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, on April 24 (Thursday. Both teams will be eyeing to pick up a big win here. Where RCB would be trying to win their first home game of the season, RR would have the challenge to end their four-match losing streak that too in the absence of their in-form superstar and regular skipper Sanju Samson.

RR won the toss and elected to bowl first. They have brought in Fazalhaq Farooqi in place of Maheesh Theekshana. On the other hand, RCB have not made any changes in their line-up.

Captains At Toss

"We will bowl first. The wicket looks a bit sticky and should get better later on. It's back to our ethics now, if we can give our 100 percent, the results will take care of themselves. Sanju (Samson) bhai is recovering and hopefully he will be back soon. One change for us. Theekshana is out and Farooqi is in," said Riyan Parag after winning the toss.

"We would have loved to bowl first as well, the surface has been tricky and unpredictable this season and we will try to adapt as quickly as we can. We have to be good at shot-selection. We are going with the same team," said Rajasthan Royals.

RCB Vs RR Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

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