Will coin flip favour Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru or Riyan Parag’s Rajasthan Royals today?

RCB vs RR Toss LIVE Updates, IPL 2025: Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru will host Riyan Parag’s Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2025 Match No. 42 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday. RCB will chase their first win at home when they take on RR, who will miss the services of their skipper and opener Sanju Samson.Sanju is not travelling with the side and is recovering from an injury he suffered against Delhi Capitals last week. Earlier, Samson was ruled out of Rajasthan’s game against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur after he had sustained an abdominal injury while batting against Delhi.
RCB are fourth, while RR are eighth in the points table with 10 and four points, respectively.
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RCB vs RR Toss updates, IPL 2025 match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium
TOSS: The coin flip between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals is scheduled for 7:00 PM. 
Here’s how the Toss played its part last year for RCB at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium:
RCB at home in IPL 2024
RCB won the toss on 4 of 7 matches in 2024 at home and, interestingly, opted to field first on all four occasions. While they won two games chasing after winning the toss, Bengaluru also slipped twice. Meanwhile, they were asked to bat first thrice in the remaining three games and ended up winning two of those games.
Tosses won at home: 4/7
Matches Won after Toss win at home: 2/4 
Bat second wins after Toss win at home: 2/4
Matches Won after Toss loss at home: 2/3; Batting 1st: 2/3
RR in away matches in IPL 2024
The Rajasthan Royals were one of the best touring sides in IPL 2024 and was benefitted a fine toss record, winning the coin flip in  6 of the matches away from home. Interestingly, RR ended up winning four of these contests, all while batting second. Even the defeat in the solitary game where they lost occurred a slender one-run margin!
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Matches Won after Toss win away: 4/6; Batting 1st win: 0/1; Batting 2nd win: 4/5
Matches Won after Toss loss away: 0/1; Batting 2nd: 0/1
RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Full Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma