Royal Challengers Bengaluru will lock horns against Delhi Capitals in the 62nd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday. RCB has done well to keep themselves alive in the playoff race by winning their last four matches.
We take a lot at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: W W W W L
The Faf du Plessis-led team won their last game against Punjab Kings by a comprehensive margin of 60 runs. Virat Kohli scored a fine knock of 92 runs off just 47 balls as the talisman continued his rich form. The linchpin showed he could bring his best against the spinners, scoring 23 off 13 balls as he made use of the slog-sweep.
Delhi Capitals: W L W W L
Delhi Capitals have also come up with an inspiring performance in the second phase of the tournament. The Rishabh Pant-led team has won five out of their last seven matches and they will look to continue the good show against RCB.
Head to Head: Matches: 31, Won by RCB: 19, Won by DC: 11, NR: 1.
Players to watch out for: Mohammed Siraj, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, and Glenn Maxwell will hold the key for RCB.
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Rishabh Pant, and Tristan Stubbs will be the crucial players for DC.
DC Squad: Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Prithvi Shaw, Harry Brook, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, David Warner, Pravin Dubey, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhye Richardson, Rasikh Salem.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.