The Royal Challengers Bangalore will clash against the Delhi Capitals in what will mark the 19th match of the Indian Premier League 2020. Both teams have been doing a wonderful job this season as the teams have tasted defeated only once in their four matches.
RCB will be feeling very confident coming into the match as they had a comfortable 8 wickets win over the Rajasthan Royals. The team looks to be well settled and for the first time in the history of the tournament the bowling of RCB has been top notch, credits to the young guns- Washington Sundar and Adam Zampa who have been applying pressure to the opposition batsman on a consistent basis.
Delhi Capitals are now the proud owners of the record for highest total in this season of IPL, kudos to the brilliance of Prithvi Shaw and DC captain Shreyas Iyer for their amazing knocks of 66(41) and 88(38) respectively. KKR did look threatening when Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi set the fireworks. But fell short by 18 runs eventually handing DC their third win of the season, which earned them the top spot again.
Both teams will be hoping to make the best of the match as the winner of the match will accumulate the top position on the table. Can RCB continue their amazing run? Or will DC cement their place at the top?
Match Toss Time: 17:30 Local (19:00 IST)
Match Start Time: 18:00 Local (19:30 IST)
Match Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Weather Report
The conditions are again ideal for cricket as clear skies are expected throughout the evening. The temperature though once again is expected to take a toil on the players, with maximum temperature to hit the 34 degree mark. The Humidity is also reported to be on the higher side and expected to float around the 65% mark.
Pitch
The pitch in Dubai has been a bit more friendly to the bowlers when compared to Sharjah and will likely stay the same way. The odd bounce and slowness of the pitch is expected to do good for the spinners. As we are back to the single match routine, the due is now expected to play a huge factor.
Team News
Both teams have not reported any injury concerns. With both the teams now well settled with their team and showing great results in the last games the teams are likely to feature the same playing Xl.
Probable Playing Xl
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers(wk), Gurkeerat Singh, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Isuru Udana, Adam Zampa
Delhi Capitals (DC): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel
RCB vs DC Fantasy Team
Rishabh Pant (wk), AB de Villiers, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli, Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Navdeep Saini
Captain Picks: Devdutt Padikkal(RCB), AB de Villers (RCB)
Vice-Captain Picks: Shreyas Iyer (DC), Prithvi Shaw(DC)
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