After getting a consecutive defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders despite good performance, Royal Challengers will now lock horns with Delhi Capitals to hunt a winning point. Delhi Capitals on the other side have won two out of five matches and are keen to back on the winning track. Royal Challengers in a match against Kolkata Knight riders scored 205/3 with Virat Kohli scoring 84 off just 49 balls and AB De Villiers scoring 63 off balls, but Andre Russell the muscle stole the show by hitting disastrous 48 runs off just 13 balls including 7 sixes and one boundary. Andre Russell became a nightmare for Royal Challengers Bangalore, but Virat Kohli led RCB would like to forget the past and move on to the next battle.
Delhi Capital have lost the past two matches consecutively but they have the ability to turn the things at any point and they have proved that against Kolkata Knight Riders when they won the match in a thrilling super over match. Prithvi Shaw scored a 99 runs off 55 balls but he has been a flop show afterwards. Skipper Shreyas Iyer is getting the pace in his innings day by day. Likewise, the biggest threat for Royal Challengers Bangalore will be Kagiso Rabada who have been the X Factor for Delhi Capitals. But, Kagiso Rabada have to face the fellow mate AB De Villiers who has played a lot of cricket against him and can be another X Factor for RCB after Virat Kohli.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have deployed Marcus Stoinis as an All-Rounder which did favored a bit to the team but still suffering defeats from past five matches. Royal Challengers need to send Stoinis on the opening slot in an order to get a good start and to give a strong hold to the middle order. Virat Kohli is the world’s best batsmen and needs to be at one down in an order to give a back to the team. After suffering defeat in the home ground, RCB will host Delhi Capitals after Andre Russell dismantled Bengaluru side. Indian Premier League have witnessed a lot of thrilling matches, but Royal Challengers Bangalore are facing the worst time ever in IPL history.
Probable XI:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav/Tim Southee, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Delhi Capitals:
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Colin Ingram, Axar Patel, Chris Morris/Trent Boult, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishant Sharma
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Prayas Barman, Umesh Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Coulter-Nile
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Rahul Tewatia, Colin Ingram, Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Sandeep Lamichhane, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Colin Munro, Jalaj Saxena, Amit Mishra, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nathu Singh, Bandaru Ayyappa
