RCB vs RR: Both these franchises shared an intense rivalry with a legacy of over a decade. On the one hand, the Royal Challengers have been playing a substantial role in the IPL for over 15 years; on the other hand, the Royals are one of the historic franchises of the league with over 13 league appearances except for their suspension in 2016–17.
RCB vs RR: Head to Head
Both these franchises have been part of the T20 platform since its inaugural season, and though the Royals rose to excellence in the very season to establish themselves as champions, RCB, despite doing exceptionally well in several seasons, failed to get their hands on the title.
Both teams have encountered each other 28 times in the IPL and have shared a neck-to-neck rivalry, as RCB won 13 of these and the Royals too have emerged victorious 12 times in the encounters.
| 2008 | Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets Rajasthan Royals won by 65 runs |
| 2009 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 75 runs Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets |
| 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets |
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets The match was abandoned without a ball being bowled |
| 2012 | Rajasthan Royals won by 59 runs Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 46 runs |
| 2013 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets |
| 2014 | Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets |
| 2015 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets No Result Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 71 runs |
| 2018 | Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs Rajasthan Royals won by 30 runs |
| 2019 | Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets No Result |
| 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets |
| 2021 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 10 wickets Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets |
| 2022 | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 wickets Rajasthan Royals won by 29 runs Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets |
RCB vs RR: Top 3 memorable matches
After the disappointing loss against the Supergiants the Royals would look to make a comeback, RCB on the other hand were eminent against the PBKS. Before these two giants clash on Sunday, we take into consideration the top 3 matches ever played between the two franchises.
1. RR encountered the prolific Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2021 on the 22nd of April 2021. The Challengers won the toss and chose to bowl against the Royals. Batting first the RR put on a decent 177 in their 20 overs, with good sustainable innings from the RR lower order batters Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag and Rahul Tewatiya as they batted throughout the 20 overs.
The Challengers, on the other hand, had a shivering start as the inform Padikkal and Kohli fetched many runs in the powerplay itself and eased the pressure on the batting side.
This pressure was entirely felt by the RR bowlers and the RCB openers made a mockery of their attack as they chased down the massive total with 21 balls remaining at the loss of no wicket. Padikkal scored a massive 101* off 52 balls and on the other end, the skipper stood tall with 72 runs as RCB won the match by 10 runs.
2. The next most thrilling RCB vs RR encounter was when both these franchises faced each other in the 2nd Qualifier of 2022 and the match was won by RR in a highly entertaining contest which was won with sheer dominance from the inform veteran Englishman Jos Buttler.
Batting first RCB could manage 157 runs in their 20 overs all thanks to the inform Patidar’s blistering 58 off 42, while on the other end, RR batters didn’t need to put on much of a show as the match was taken away from the Challengers single handedly by the ace batter Butler who scored a flyer 106 not out of 60 balls.
3. The last match on our list takes us a long way back to 2009 the Kumble phase of RCB, on the 18th of April when the Challengers put on a scanty score of 133 with a subtle 68 from the Indian veteran Rahul Dravid.
The Royals too, however, fell to the intrusive bowling track and crashed miserably for a mere total of 58, as they lost by a humongous 75 runs on such a timid target, the lowest ever for the Rajasthan Royals.
This deed was led by the Challengers skipper himself as he achieved a magic number of 5/5 in 3.1 overs and broke the back of the Royals’ batting.
RCB vs RR: Interesting Facts
RCB
- RCB are the only IPL team to have made 3 200+ runs partnerships
- Most Runs(900+) and centuries(4) scored by a single player in only one season – Virat Kohli in 2016
- RCB players have scored a total of 13 centuries – the most by a single franchise.
- The maximum no.of 6s hit by a franchise in the IPL.
- Biggest ever team total of 263 runs in the IPL.
RR
- Highest successful run chase in the history of the tournament.
- Fewest defeats in a season – just 3 in 2008
- Shane Warne is the only player to have featured and won the title in the dual role of a captain-coach.
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