The first Eliminator match of IPL 2024 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on May 22 from 7:30 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Third place in the IPL Points Table after all the playoff matches. Rajasthan Royals is on the fourth position and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is on the fourth position. Therefore, the eliminator match will be played between RR and RCB.
Earlier in the tournament, Rajasthan Royals had registered a crucial win against RCB. Despite Virat Kohli scoring a brilliant century in that match, star batsman Jos Buttler responded with his century and gave RR the win.
Both the teams are busy preparing for this decisive match, meanwhile Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Nandre Berger has given a statement that how fun will be the sledging battle with Kohli.
Nandre Berger said in a video shared by the Royals
“I don’t think there is any batsman other than Virat Kohli against whom I have enjoyed sledging. I think I enjoy the competitive side of it. But I think when I was playing against him during the India series, people thought that there was some small fight between me and Virat, but in reality there was nothing like that between us.”
“There was no sledding going on there. It was just staredown. But I think it will be fun to play the sledding game with Kohli in this match.”
Who is ahead in head to head between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore?
Royal Challengers Bangalore has reached the playoffs after winning 6 consecutive matches. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals have not been able to get a single win in the last 5 matches. In such a situation, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) would like to maintain their winning streak in the eliminator match. 31 matches have been played between these two teams in IPL, in which RCB have won 15 matches while Rajasthan (RR) have emerged victorious on 13 occasions. At the same time, 3 matches ended without result.
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