RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator: Predicted Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11

After the high intensity game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), it is now time for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to pause the celebration and shift their focus on the Eliminator encounter in this Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) season scheduled against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) starting on 22 May, 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Faf du Plessis-led RCB team will be entering this knockout game on the back of an incredible 27-run victory over the Chennai Super Kings in another must-win match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Incidentally, the winner of the Eliminator game will then face the losing team from the Qualifier 1 while the loser of the knockout match will straightaway be out of the IPL 2024 playoffs. In this article piece, check out the predicted Royal Challengers Bangalore playing 11 for the RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator. 

RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator: Predicted Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11

Interestingly, the Royal Challengers Bangalore players will be feeling very much high on confidence as they are coming into this knockout encounter of the T20 competition after having registered as many as six back-to-back victories in the league stage. It will be really important for the RCB team management to pick the right Royal Challengers Bangalore playing XI for the big game against Rajasthan Royals scheduled to start on Wednesday. However, things are looking pretty sorted at the top with the in-form opening combination of Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis. The duo stitched a fine opening stand of 78 runs in the previous match against Chennai Super Kings. 

While talking about the Virat Kohli stats in the ongoing edition of IPL 2024, the former RCB captain has smashed a blistering tally of 708 runs from 14 games at an excellent average of over 64. With an impressive strike-rate of more than 155, he has notched up as many as 5 half-centuries and 1 hundred. During the league stage match against Rajasthan Royals, Kohli scored an exceptional century which eventually ended up coming in a losing cause. On the other hand, Faf also played a match-winning half-century knock against Chennai Super Kings in the must-win match. 

The RCB team management will be backing Rajat Patidar to continue his impressive form at the No.3 position in this batting line-up having scored a total of five half-centuries in this Indian Premier League 2024 season so far. The Australian pair of Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell will also be feeling confident after playing crucial cameos each in the previous game. They will once again depend a lot on the duo of wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik and hard-hitter Mahipal Lomror to deliver the goods in the finisher's role. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore found a great left-arm spin bowling all-rounder in Swapnil Singh midway through this IPL 2024 season. Despite not getting many opportunities with the bat, he has played a crucial role with the ball picking wickets on consistent basis in the middle-overs. On the other hand, senior leg-spinner Karn Sharma has also bowled really well during the last few matches in the ongoing T20 tournament. Sharma can also hit big sixes lower down the order as he did in the group stage game against Kolkata Knight Riders. In the pace bowling department, the trio of Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj and Lockie Ferguson have been doing well in the previous matches. Dayal bowled a fantastic final over in the last match against Chennai Super Kings with the senior duo of MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease. The left-arm pacer is currently RCB's leading wicket-taker in the IPL 2024 season having picked up as many as 15 wickets from 13 games at an average of 28.13. 

Therefore, the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Lockie Ferguson and Cameron Green will be the four overseas players for the RCB playoffs Eliminator game against Rajasthan Royals. RCB are most likely expected to use either of Mahipal Lomror or Yash Dayal as the Impact Players in this Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match. 

1. Faf du Plessis
2. Virat Kohli
3. Rajat Patidar
4. Glenn Maxwell
5. Cameron Green
6. Dinesh Karthik
7. Karn Sharma
8. Swapnil Singh
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Yash Dayal
11. Mohammed Siraj

RCB IPL 2024 Squad

Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.