On a roll, RCB fancy their chances against Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2

Rajasthan Royals will need to shake off an ordinary bowling performance in their last outing when they clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore a team which seems to be peaking at the right time in the highstakes IPL Qualifier2 in Ahmedabad on FridayHaving sneaked into the playoffs RCB are on a roll and a tight win over Lucknow in the Eliminator has fuelled expectations for a longawaited trophy They take on Rajasthan a team which has all bases covered but still came up short against Gujarat in Qualifier 1 The IPL caravan moves to Ahmedabad after a couple of highscoring games in KolkataIt has been a quick turnaround for RCB but they wont mind that as they look to ride the momentumThe best thing is that we have one day and we play again Cannot wait to be in Ahmedabad and take the field again We are so excited and happy with how things have gone Hopefully two more games and we all can celebrate star RCB batter Virat Kohli told the IPL website after the win over LSGRajat Patidar who played the innings of his life on Wednesday will be a man with supreme confidence in another highpressure knockout fixture For someone who went unsold in the IPL auction and came into the RCB squad as a replacement player it has been a careerchanging season for him Both the highprofile openers Kohli and Faf du Plessis are big match players and will be itching to make an impact after low returns in the previous gameDinesh Karthik has managed to maintain consistency in a tough role and the team management would be also hoping for more runs in the back end of the innings from Glenn MaxwellThe team is likely to stick to the winning combination While Wanindu Hasaranga has shown the courage even when he has been taken to the cleaners Harshal Patel has been the goto pacer in slog oversMohammad Siraj returned for the LSG game and bowled well with the new ball Josh Hazlewood enhanced his reputation as a death bowler with a matchdeciding penultimate over and with the addition of a yorker in his armoury has only become tougher to score ofRCB bowlers will have to be on the top of their game against a formidable Rajasthan batting line up which rely heavily on Jos Buttler and skipper Sanju Samson Both scored against Gujarat but it did not prove to be enough Samson will be eager to convert his 30s and 40s into a substantial knock and lead from the frontIt remains to be seen how the bowlers comeback after a forgettable outing R Ashwin had a rare off day against Gujarat while Prasidh Krishna paid the price for bowling length balls to David Miller in the final overSquadsRajasthan Royals Sanju Samson captain Jos Buttler Yashasvi Jaiswal Ravichandran Ashwin Trent Boult Shimron Hetmyer Devdutt Padikkal Prasidh Krishna Yuzvendra Chahal Riyan Parag KC Cariappa Navdeep Saini Obed McCoy Anunay Singh Kuldeep Sen Karun Nair Dhruv Jurel Tejas Baroka Kuldip Yadav Shubham Garhwal James Neesham Nathan CoulterNile Rassie van der Dussen Daryl Mitchell Corbin BoschRoyal Challengers Bangalore Faf du Plessis captain Virat Kohli Glenn Maxwell Mohammed Siraj Harshal Patel Wanindu Hasaranga Dinesh Karthik Josh Hazlewood Shahbaz Ahmed Anuj Rawat Akash Deep Mahipal Lomror Finn Allen Sherfane Rutherford Jason Behrendorff Suyash Prabhudesai Chama Milind Aneeshwar Gautam Karn Sharma David Willey Rajat Patidar and Siddharth KaulMatch starts at 730 pmThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever