Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) take on Delhi Capitals (DC) as Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl first in their IPL 2024 clash at the Chinnaswamy stadium on May 12. While RCB didn't make any change to their playing XI, Axar brought in Kumar Kushagra in place of Rishabh Pant in Delhi's fold.
What did the captains say?
After losing the toss, RCB skipper Faf Du Plessis, said:
“Little bit less grass than earlier games. Hopefully it's a good wicket. We look forward to every game now - we're playing some good cricket. Have to start again. We have got more of that confidence in the dressing room. Same team for us.”
Meanwhile, DC's stand-in captain Axar Patel after winning the toss, said:
“Will bowl first. Bangalore wicket is always good. It's a chasing ground. When we start well, we dominate the game. Rishabh was angry, and had appealed as well against the suspension. He's at the ground here, motivating the team. Kushagra comes in for Rishabh. Rasikh Dhar is in.”
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Playing XI
Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Swapnil Singh, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Himanshu Sharma
Delhi Capitals' Playing XI
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel(w), Shai Hope, Kumar Kushagra, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel(c), Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Delhi Capitals Impact Subs: David Warner, Sumit Kumar, Ricky Bhui, Vicky Ostwal, Pravin Dubey
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Head-to-Head
In their 30 head-to-head matchups in IPL, RCB have emerged victorious on 18 occasions, while Delhi have secured 11 wins. Meanwhile, one match ended with no result.
Pitch report
"The overhead conditions are a bit cloudy. Pitch no.8 today, there was a 182 that was chased down earlier then there was 287 and the last game was 147 which was chased down comfortably. There was a lot of live grass in the middle with the ends being dry. The grass has now been shaved off, this is now very dry and extremely hard. No grass to speak of. This venue has been unpredictable, could be a score in the high 190s, should be good for batting. There probably won't be any dew as well tonight" Ian Bishop and Matthew Hayden analysed the pitch.
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