Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals match prediction 22 Apr 2021

RCB vs RR 16th Match Predictions & Betting Tips

Royal Challengers Bangalore will lock horns with Rajasthan Royals to play the 16th match of the IPL 2021. The match is scheduled to take place at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 22, Thursday. I have handpicked three of the best betting tips from the RCB vs RR match prediction.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have been on a roll in this ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. They have managed to win all of their three matches so far in IPL 2021. Virat Kohli and co. overcame the hurdles of Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders. Is this the year when Kohli will get his hands on the only trophy he has not won for so many years?

Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, have struggled to find their feet in the IPL 2021. Under the leadership of new skipper Sanju Samson, the Royals have managed to win just one game. Other than this victory, they have suffered a couple of heavy victories in this ongoing season of the IPL. Can the Royals turn around and hand RCB their first defeat of the season? Or will it be King Kohli and his band of boys celebrating their fourth successive win? We will have to wait for an answer to that question but in the meantime, take a look at some of the best betting tips from RCB vs RR match prediction.

RCB vs RR Team Bets:

Two quality sides will collide against each other in match no. 16 of the IPL 2021. The odds for the team bets are extremely lucrative and therefore I have managed to handpick two of them from the list in RCB vs RR match prediction.

RR to hit more sixes in the game

I know you will find it surprising that I actually have gone with Rajasthan Royals in this case but that’s what the numbers suggest. Sixes become crucial in this particular format of the game. Even if the Royals have been losing games, they have managed to hit more sixes than this particular opponent (RCB) in IPL 2021. Rajasthan Royals have so far clobbered 24 sixes in just three matches.

Whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore have managed only 15 hits in as many games. In the previous edition of the IPL, Sanju Samson and co. smashed a whopping 105 sixes in 14 matches. RCB, on the other hand, could manage only 66 sixes in 15 matches. RCB has not been able to hit more sixes against their opponents in any of the games so far. RR hit more sixes without conceding one six in one of the three matches in IPL 2021. LeoVegas is offering odds of 2.10 for Rajasthan Royals to hit more sixes in the RCB vs RR match prediction.

RCB to have the highest opening partnership

We are back in business with Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have looked in mighty form so far in IPL 2021. Three in three for Virat Kohli and his Men in Red and Black and there’s no shortage of confidence right now. Both RCB have scored more runs in the opening partnership than their opponents on two out of three occasions in the ongoing season of the IPL. In the previous season of the IPL RCB outscored their opponents on 8 occasions whereas the Royals managed to do the same on 9 occasions when it comes to opening partnership.

But here’s the twist in the tale - they had a Jofra Archer who was making those early breakthroughs for the Royals. But he has not yet joined the squad for the IPL 2021 therefore the English seamer will be unavailable for this fixture as well. Manan Vohra, who has been opening the batting for the Royals is averaging 11.00 and, on the other hand, Devdutt Padikkal is averaging 18.00. With Virat Kohli at the helm of things and last year’s sensation Padikkal is finding his form back slowly, this is unlikely to go wrong for RCB. Bet 365 is offering odds of 1.80 for the Royal Challengers Bangalore to have the highest opening partnership in the RCB vs RR match prediction.

RCB vs RR Player Bets:

The team bets were definitely more eye-catching than the odds for the player bets. However, there’s still one player bet that is unlikely to go wrong at any cost and that is regarding AB de Villiers. Therefore I have picked him for this encounter from the RCB vs RR match prediction.

AB de Villiers to score over 24.5 runs

Alien de Villiers, oops, I think I wrote something else here! But wait, isn’t that correct? Doesn’t it feel like AB de Villiers should never have retired from international cricket? Because he is still so damn good with his hallowed piece of willow! His knock of 76* from just 34 balls alongside Glenn Maxwell’s blitzkrieg against the Knight Riders, powered RCB to a mammoth total of 204/4 in the last game. The South African is the highest run getter when it comes to head-to-head encounters against the Royals. He has scored 484 runs at an average of 44.00 against the Royals.

The last time he played against the Royals, he played a storm of a knock scoring 55 unbeaten runs from just 22 balls. While playing for RCB, De Villiers has scored 4534 runs at an average of 42.49. He has a similar average of 42.56 with the bat, when he has played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Bet 365 is offering generous odds of 1.83 for AB de Villiers to score over just 24.5 runs in the RCB vs RR match prediction.