There will be a 'royal' battle for the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium

RR vs RCB Qualifier 2: Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals will face Faf du Plessis' Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second qualifier of IPL 2022 today. This match is to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, 1617 km from Kolkata. As the second progresses, the mood of the pitch and the weather will also see a lot of difference for both the teams. Rajasthan reached here after losing their first qualifier to Gujarat Titans. In the Eliminator match, RCB defeated Lucknow Super Giants. Today, it will be clear from the clash of these two teams that which team is going to meet in the final of IPL 2022 on 29th May.

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Head to Head

Bangalore has the upper hand over Rajasthan: In the history of IPL, these two teams have faced each other 27 times, in which RCB has dominated by winning 13 matches. RR has got only 11 wins in this colorful league against Bangalore. At the same time, in the last two seasons, Bangalore has beaten Rajasthan four times. In IPL 2022 too, these two teams have met twice in which both the teams have won 1-1 match.

Challenge will be for both the teams in Ahmedabad

The distance between Kolkata and Ahmedabad is 1617 km by air, so the conditions will be quite different for both the teams. Ahmedabad has a more dry than humid summer, even though the night temperature is expected to drop to 29 degrees Celsius. The ground has six red clay pitches and five black clay pitches. On several occasions the curators have left a cover of grass for T20 matches. For this crucial match, the curators can prepare a more bouncy pitch.

RR vs RCB Probable Playing XI

Rajasthan: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C&W), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Pranand Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vanindu Hasranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.