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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Qualifier 2, IPL 2022: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore clash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, whoever loses will be out.
Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in second qualifier of IPL 2022 (RR vs RCB Qualifier 2) There is going to be a collision. This match is very important for both the teams at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as one mistake will get them out of the tournament. Both Rajasthan and Bangalore teams are very good. The balance of both is excellent. This is the reason that now both these teams are just one step away from the final. But the big thing here is that Rajasthan Royals have lost the previous match and Bangalore have won a spectacular victory over Lucknow Supergiants in the Eliminator match. Therefore, somewhere the pressure will be more on Rajasthan Royals. Especially on its bowlers because in the last match, despite the failure of Du Plessis, Virat and Maxwell, RCB had scored 208 runs. Although Rajasthan has quality bowlers like Ashwin and Chahal, but for them too, today is the night of doom. Let me tell you why?
RCB have amazing batsmen who play spinners
The batting of Royal Challengers Bangalore not only plays the fast bowlers well but also against the spinners, his bat spits out runs. Virat Kohli is not in form but Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell do not shy away from attacking the spinners. The biggest threat to Ashwin-Chahal is from Rajat Patidar, who scored an unbeaten century against Lucknow. This right-handed batsman had beaten two quality spinners fiercely. Rajat Patidar scored 29 runs in 8 balls against Ravi Bishnoi. At the same time, against Krunal Pandya, he managed to score 29 runs in 14 balls. Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal have variations but the big thing is that Patidars understand the ball by looking at the hands of the spinners. Also, he catches the bowler’s length very quickly. Also his technique is amazing.
The way Rajat Patidar batted in the last match, then he is being seen as a big threat. Let us tell you that the Patidars have been doing the work of saving the team in difficult times. He has played many such innings for Madhya Pradesh when the team was in trouble and Patidar saved it. Ishwar Pandey told this in an interview with The Indian Express. Let us tell you that Rajat is also called the ‘troublemaker’ of Madhya Pradesh. Apart from Patidar, Glenn Maxwell comes in the middle order to spoil the rhythm of the spinners, who pushes the spinners on the backfoot by hitting reverse sweep-switch.
Ashwin-Chahal’s bowling form is taking off!
It is also a matter of trouble for Rajasthan that the bowling form of Ashwin and Chahal has also not been special in the last five matches. Ashwin has taken 3 wickets in the last five matches but in the last match he conceded runs at an economy rate of 10. Chahal has certainly taken 7 wickets in the last five matches but there have been two matches when his economy rate has been more than 10 runs per over. In such a situation, it is clear that there is a big problem in front of Ashwin-Chahal in Qualifier 2 and it remains to be seen how these spinners face it.
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