Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) take on Delhi Capitals (DC) as David Warner won the toss and opted to bowl first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 clash at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday (April 15).
"We are going to bowl first. The ground looks incredible, credit to the staff here. It's about getting one win, the momentum follows from there. We don't want to lose wickets in the powerplay. We have change. Marsh comes in for Powell,” DC skipper Warner said after winning the toss.
“Would have done the same. Hopefully it will turn in the second innings. This stays a good wicket generally. Will be important for me and Virat to assess the conditions early. It's difficult to defend in death overs. We have been good at our home ground as a batting unit. You got to pick your best batters and bowlers. Hasaranga comes in for Willey,” RCB captain Faf Du Plessis said after the toss.
Head-to-Head
RCB and DC have played each other 28 times so far in the IPL. While Faf Du Plessis-led side have emerged victorious in 17 games, DC have won 10 matches. In the last five matches played between both the teams, RCB have won three while DC have two victories in their pocket.
Pitch Report
'We're playing at the pitch number 8 and the square boundaries are at 61m and 66m while the straight boundary on one side is 70m. The average 1st innings score in afternoon games here is 157, it looks dry and there shouldn't be a lot of lateral movement,' Daren Ganga and Sanjay Manjrekar analyse the pitch.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak.
Subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Anuj Rawat.
Delhi Capitals' (Playing XI): 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Yash Dhull, 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Axar Patel, 6 Lalit Yadav, 7 Aman Khan, 8 Abishek Porel (wk), 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.
Subs: Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Chetan Sakariya.
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