Bangalore Favourites Against Rajasthan

Jaipur: High on confidence after their emphatic win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals would be eyeing revenge when they host Royal Challengers Bangalore in a Pepsi Indian Premier League match on Monday.

Rajasthan are presently lying third in the standings with 10 points from eight games, where as, RCB are at the second with 12 points from nine matches.

But it is the Jaipur outfit which will be brimming with confidence ahead of tomorrow's encounter, especially after crushing the Sunrisers by eight wickets yesterday.

Australian Shane Watson has been in cracking form with the bat for Rajasthan while his compatriot James Faulkner has been deadly with the ball.

At home, Rajasthan holds an invincible record so far in the tournament, winning all the four games they had played at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here.

Rahul Shukla, Kevon Cooper, Siddharth Trivedi, Watson and Binny all leaked runs against Sunrisers yesterday, which might prompt Dravid to bring back temperamental S Sreesanth in the playing eleven.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, on the other hand, will be short on confidence after the 58-run loss to Mumbai Indians last night.

Although they are placed in a good position, RCB will be desperate to return to winning ways as they know one more defeat will not only affect their momentum but also can change things around in quick time.

The class of Chris Gayle, who has amassed 450 runs so far, is beyond any doubt and he can tear apart any attack on his day.

RCB boasts of a strong batting line-up as apart from Gayle, they also have the likes of skipper Virat Kohli, who has 334 runs under his belt, Tillakaratne Dilshan and A B De Villiers up their ranks.

Teams from:

Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Stuart Binny, S Sreesanth, Shaun Tait, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, Kevon Cooper, Fidel Edwards, James Faulkner, Shreevats Goswami, Samuel Badree, Harmeet Singh, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Vikramjeet Malik, Kumar Boresa, Ashok Menaria, Kusal Perera, Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson, Owais Shah, Rahul Shukla, Amit Singh, Pravin Tambe.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB De Villiers (wk), Abhimanyu Mithun, Abhinav Mukund, Andrew McDonald, Arun Karthik (wk), Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, Christopher Barnwell, Daniel Christian, Daniel Vettori, Harshal Patel, Jaidev Unadkat, K P Appanna, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Moises Henriques, Murali Kartik, Muttiah Muralitharan, Pankaj Singh, Prasanth Parameswaran, R Vinay Kumar, Ravi Rampaul, Rudra Pratap Singh, S Aravind, Sandeep Warrier, Saurabh Tiwary, Sheldon Jackson, Sunny Sohal, Syed Mohammad, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Vijay Zol, Zaheer Khan.

Match facts
Monday April 29, 2013 (day/night)
Start time 16:00 local (1030 GMT)