Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report: RR vs RCB: After thumping KKR, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) will host Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The match will be the 60th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023) season at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday, May 14, starting at 3:30 PM. Sanju Samson-led Royals had lost three on the trot matches prior to their dominant 9 wicket wins and would hope to maintain their winning ways as the tournament comes to an end. RCB has been more miss than hits this season. A win here for RCB will help them equal RR on the points table, while RR would move to the top 3 with a victory. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
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Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch favours bowlers due to the pitch’s slow nature. The RR vs. RCB match will be played in the afternoon, which means that the spinners will come into the game. With only a 7% chance of rain, the temperature in Jaipur could hover around 27 to 42 degrees Celsius, which will help the spinner in both innings.
Due to the slowness of the pitch and the large dimensions of the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, scoring boundaries pose a challenge.
A total of 51 IPL matches have been played at this venue, with the chasing team winning 34 times and the team batting first winning 17 times. The average score for the team batting first is 159 runs.
This will be the fifth and final match to be played here this season. This season, the pitch has played differently in each game. The first two games saw the chasing side struggle, while the third game was an aberration as RR managed to make just 118. The last saw the highest ever score record being broken twice as RR made 214 from their 20 overs and SRH chased it down on the last ball to win the game.
The highest total ever recorded is 217 runs, set by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last game that was played here on May 7. Conversely, the Mumbai Indians hold the record for the lowest total ever recorded at this venue, scoring only 92 runs.
Both teams are likely to aim for winning the toss and choose to bowl first. As the game is being played in the afternoon, the team with the better spinners will have an advantage.
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