The 42nd match of the Indian Premier League 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals on Thursday. The match will be played at Bangalore's home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB has not won a single match at its home ground this season. In the last match, RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 7 wickets. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have lost their last 5 matches. In such a situation, the Rajasthan team, which has won 2 matches so far, would like to return to the victory track.

Sanju Samson will not play today
Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson will not play the next match due to injury. In such a situation, Ryan will be seen taking command in the second match. In such a situation, Ryan can make big changes in Parag playing 11. Ryan Parag, who returned from shoulder surgery and rehab, is not even around the form in which he was in IPL 2024. He also had to struggle a lot. Samson could not go to Bengaluru with the team due to injury. Sandeep Sharma's performance has not been good in the last two matches. He conceded 19 runs in the last over against Delhi and then passed 55 runs in four overs against Lucknow. If Akash Madhwal can be given a chance in his place. On the other hand, it can enter the ground without any change.

Royal Challengers Bangalore's Potential Playing 11
Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Impact Player: Suyash Sharma

Rajasthan Royals potential playing 11
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Thakshana, Tushar Deshpande,
Impact Player: Sandeep Sharma/Akash Madhwal.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasik Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandalwing, Livop Singh, Livop Singh, Livop Singh, Livop Singh, Livop Singh. Nuwan Tushara, Lungi Engidi, Mohit Rathi, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh.

Rajasthan Royals Team
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmire, Shubham Dubey, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Thikashana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Akshayveer Madalasinh, Kumarwal Singh, Kumarawal Singh, Kumarawal Singh, Kumarawal Singh, Kumarawal Singh, Kumarawal Singh, Kumarawal Singh, Quena Mafaka, Ashok Sharma.