In IPL 2024, an eliminator match will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals. The match will be played on May 22 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Rajasthan Royals team topped the points table most of the time in IPL 2024, but their form faltered at the last moment and they slipped to the third position at the end of the league stage.

Actually, Rajasthan Royals' match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Guwahati on Sunday was called off due to rain and they had to settle for third place. KKR had secured the first position while Royals needed a win to clinch the second position. But rain dashed Royals' hopes and they had to settle for third place.

Rajasthan-Bangalore clashed twice in the playoffs

Now the eliminator match will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The team that wins will enter the second qualifier. Let's find out when these two teams have faced each other in the playoffs before in the history of IPL.

Rajasthan vs RCB Playoff History

Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have met twice in the IPL playoffs. Both teams have beaten each other once. In 2015, RCB and RR faced each other in an eliminator match for the first time. At that time, RCB defeated Rajasthan by a huge margin of 71 runs.

Talking about this match, RCB batted first and scored 180 runs. AB de Villiers and Mandeep Singh scored half-centuries. Then Harshal Patel, Srinath Arvind, David Veesa and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2 wickets each to break the back of Rajasthan Royals. RCB bowled out RR for 109 runs.

The Royals got their revenge two years ago

This was followed by a match between RCB and Rajasthan in the second qualifier of IPL 2022. Bengaluru defeated Lucknow in the eliminator match to enter the second qualifier, while Royals lost to Gujarat Titans in the first qualifier.

In this match, RCB scored 157 runs while batting first. Rajat Patidar scored a half century. But Jos Buttler dashed RCB's hopes with a century to give Royals an easy 7-wicket win.

Expect an exciting match

After this, now Rajasthan and RCB will meet for the third time in the playoffs. Looking at the statistics, the eliminator match between RCB and Rajasthan Royals is expected to be very exciting. RCB is the fourth team to reach the playoffs while Royals is the second team. RCB will be seen trying to win their maiden IPL title. Rajasthan Royals will be seen trying hard to become champions for the second time.