RCB bank on home advantage
ESPNcricinfo previews the IPL game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals in Bangalore
Match facts
Sunday, April 15, BangaloreStart time 2000 (1430 GMT)
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Virat Kohli had a forgettable outing in his last game but he still managed to score 57 runs, not fluent, but still important runs. He is known to be a fierce competitor and he would quickly want to acquit himself from the ignominy of bowling that 28-run over.2011 head-to-head
Last year, Royal Challengers demolished the Royals in Jaipur by nine wickets, courtesy of a 44-ball 76 from Gayle. The other match in Bangalore was abandoned without a ball being bowled.Stats and trivia
- Johan Botha has bowled 13 balls to Chris Gayle in IPL and has given away 21 runs. Four off them in overthrows and another four off a dropped catch.
- Cheteshwar Pujara has played six innings for Royal Challengers and has scored 51 runs.
- Royal challengers have played Royals seven times and hold a 4-3 advantage.
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" We had about 40 runs [in last two overs]. We thought even if they get 20 runs off Virat, they will have 20 runs to get. Unfortunately that over went for 29 runs (sic. 28), so they had about 15 runs to get [off the last over]."Muttiah Muralitharan dissects what went wrong in those last two overs against Chennai Super Kings
Rahul Dravid has come out in support of his inexperienced attack
Devashish Fuloria is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo