Fresh from their victory over SunRisers Hyderabad within the Super Over on Sunday evening, Delhi Capitals (DC) will tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.
Both groups are on eight factors, with DC simply above RCB in second place thanks to higher internet run fee (NRR). RCB’s NRR took a dip after Sunday’s afternoon match that noticed them succumb to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 69 runs for his or her first lack of this season.
Prior to the loss to CSK, RCB had gained all their 4 matches. While their middle-order boasts of big-hitters like Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers, their openers Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Virat Kohli have lately struck kind.
Padikkal, who scored a century towards Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, continued his good kind on Sunday though it was reduce brief. His departure noticed RCB lose observe.
DC, who noticed the return of Axar Patel on Sunday after the left-arm spinner recovered from a bout of Covid-19, will miss their ace off-spinner R Ashwin who left for residence after Sunday’s sport since he desires to be along with his household through the Covid-19 pandemic.
While Ashwin stated he may return later, DC haven’t got a lot worries because the spin duo Amit Mishra and Patel look in kind.
Both did nicely towards SRH, conceding 57 runs of their eight overs, and selecting three wickets.
It will likely be fascinating to see how Kagiso Rabada & Co bowl to the likes of Maxwell and de Villiers who’ve performed quickfire knocks. DC bowlers’ battle with these two RCB hard-hitters in addition to opener Padikkal may nicely determine the course of the match.
DC’s prime order seems to be settled and powerful. RCB tempo bowler Harshal Patel, who’s the main wickettaker within the match, can have to regain confidence after his final over on Sunday value 37 runs as Ravindra Jadeja smashed him for 5 sixes and a 4.
Squads:
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Sam Billings, Shimron Hetmyer, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Umesh Yadav, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Ripal Patel, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Chris Woakes, Vishnu Vinod (wicketkeeper), Aditya Tare (wicketkeeper).
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Finn Allen (wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers (wicket-keeper), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, Okay.S. Bharat.
