Rajasthan Royals (RR) Team Updates

• Debutants Gujarat Titans (GT) registered a seven-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Qualifier 1 to become the first team to enter the IPL 2022 Final.
• After being put in to bat first, RR posted a competitive total of 188, courtesy of a powerful knock by Jos Buttler (89 off 56). Barring Rashid Khan (0-15 in 4 overs), every GT bowler had their task cut out against the RR batters.
• RR have some thinking to do regarding their fifth bowling option. Another defeat would eliminate them from the competition. On that note, here are the top three reasons why RR lost Qualifier 1 against GT.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler will probably open the inning.
• Jos Butler is the orange cap holder with more than 700 runs in his kitty.
• Sanju Samson will bat at the one-down position.
• Devdutt Padikkal and Shimron Hetmyer will handle the middle-order batting.
• Sanju Samson will lead the Rajasthan Royals as a Captain. He is also a good Wicket-Keeper
• Sanju Samson will do the Wicket Keeping for Rajasthan Royals.
• Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
• Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna will lead the pace attack of his team.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (BLR) Team Updates

• In what was an absolutely nerve-wracking, high-scoring contest, befitting the stature of an Eliminator, Royal Challengers Bangalore held their nerve, pulled off a 14-run victory over the Lucknow Super Giants, and booked a date with the Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad for the second Qualifier
• Rajat Patidar , the star with the bat smashed unbeaten 100 and became the first ever uncapped player to score hundred in Playoffs.
• Onus will be on the Best 3 batters of RCB - Maxwell, Faf and Kohli to take them through to finals.
• Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli will probably open the inning.
• Rajat Patidar will bat at the one-down position.
• Glenn Maxwell and Mahipal Lomror will handle the middle-order batting.
• Faf du Plessis will lead the BLR as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
• Dinesh Karthik will do the Wicket Keeping for BLR.
• Wanindu Hasaranga and Shahbaz Ahmed will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
• Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood will lead the pace attack of his team.
• Harshal Patel (1/25) and Josh Hazlewood (3/43) were immense in the final two overs of the game, while Wanindu Hasaranga (1/42) took the important wicket of Hooda.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Key Players

• Shimron Hetmyer [4, 6, 31*, 27*, 6*]
• Ravichandran Ashwin [0W, (40*, 1W), 1W, 1W]
• Sanju Samson [47, 15, 32, 23, 54]
• Yuzvendra Chahal [0W, 2W, 1W, 3W, 0W]
• Jos Buttler [89, 2, 2, 30, 22]

Royal Challengers Bangalore (BLR) Key Players

• Virat Kohli [73, 20, 0, 58, 9, 0]
• Josh Hazlewood [2W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 2W]
• Harshal Patel [0W, 4W, 1W, 0W, 1W]
• Faf du Plessis [44, 10, 73*, 0]
• Glenn Maxwell [(40*, 1W), (35, 1W), (33, 1W)]
• Wanindu Hasaranga [1W, 2W, 5W, 2W, 2W]

RR vs BLR Captain and Vice-Captain Choices

• Faf du Plessis [PTs: 661, CR: 9]
• Glenn Maxwell [PTs: 703, CR: 9.5]
• Sanju Samson [PTs: 835, CR: 9]
• Jos Buttler [PTs: 1266, CR: 11]