Delhi Capitals (DC) lock horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as Faf Du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (May 6).
“We are going to have a bat, looks like a dry surface, and hopefully there won't be dew tonight. T20 cricket has got to do with momentum, we got to assess the conditions and post a good score. We have got a lot of away games, for me it's not an issue. With this new impact player rule, you can be so flexible. We have batted well in the top four, and we have done bulk of the scoring. Kedar Jadhav comes back for us,” RCB skipper Faf du Plessis said after winning the toss.
“We would have batted first as well. We are coming out here with a lot of energy, passion and belief. We can get only better from where we are. All facets of the game, bat, bowling and fielding. It rained today, so there might be no dew. Mukesh Kumar comes in for Anrich Nortje who has gone home and Mitch Marsh comes in as the other overseas player,” DC captain David Warner said after the toss.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches played: 29
Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 18
Delhi Capitals won: 10
No Result: 1
Last result: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 23 runs (Chinnaswamy; April 2023)
Last five results: RCB won - 4; DC won - 1
Pitch report
The pitches are normally dry at this venue, hence we don't see too many high scores here. The average score at this venue is 165. This pitch is dry and has got a few cracks in it, that's the reason why bowlers fancy their chances as well. The fast bowlers have taken 29 wickets here, while the spinners have picked 22 wickets. The spinners got to bowl fuller lengths on this sluggish surface.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.
DC Impact Subs: Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Praveen Dubey, Abhishek Porel.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood.
RCB Impact Subs: Harshal Patel, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed.
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