After dropping three of their last four games, RCB is desperate for a victory.
The team needs to be led by skipper Faf du Plessis from the front.
Analyze his numbers in comparison to RR.
Du Plessis versus RR
Near 500 runs versus RR
Across 15 trips against the Royals, du Plessis has gotten back with 489 runs at a normal and strike pace of 32.60 and 131.80, individually.
The count incorporates four half-hundreds of years with 73 being his best score in such manner.
Outstandingly, du Plessis scored game dominating fifties in the two his excursions versus the Royals last season.
He would be a chomping at the bit to repeat his heroics.
Twin fifties in 2023
RCB and RR’s lady meeting last season saw the Challengers order 189/9 while batting first in Bengaluru as opener du Plessis featured with a 39-ball 62.
The different sides then, at that point, met in Jaipur as the RCB opener made a very much gathered 44-ball 55 on a precarious wicket.
RCB posted 171/5 while batting first prior to packaging out the Royals for 59.
Numbers versus key RR bowlers
According to ESPNcricinfo, du Plessis has tumbled to Trent Boult threefold across 12 IPL gatherings, overseeing 88 runs off 80 balls.
Ravichandran Ashwin has excused him once across eight IPL gatherings, surrendering only 66 runs off 62 conveyances.
Yuzvendra Chahal has likewise disturbed du Plessis in IPL, having surrendered only 38 runs off 44 balls against him (2 excusals in 11 gatherings).
An unfortunate beginning to the season
Du Plessis has made an unfortunate beginning to the season, having overseen scores worth 35, 3, 8, and 19 in his initial four excursions.
Generally, he brags 4,198 IPL runs at a normal and strike a pace of 36.18 and 134.12, separately.
The count incorporates 33 fifties. 1,263 of his IPL runs have come for RCB at 39.46 (SR: 141.75).